Penn Arts & Sciences Magazine - Spring 2005

Features

Cover
Still a Lot More to Do
After decades crusading for civil rights, Mary Frances Berry reflects on her past and contemplates the road ahead.
by Joseph McLaughlin

Down with Fractions
College dean Dennis DeTurck is taking on the math establishment – and Penn’s general requirement.
by Ted Mann

Boxing Day Tsunami
U.S. ambassador Jeffrey Lunstead coordinates response to Sri Lanka disaster.
by Tracey Quinlan Dougherty

Briefs

Getting It Right
Middle school teacher writes about the brother of a kid with cancer.

School of Hard Rocks
New film portrays an unusual teacher and his unconventional school.

Departments

Dean’s Column
Integrated Knowledge

SAS Journal
Science Cafe
Easy Listening
Dinner and Democracy
Novel Thoughts
Found in Translation

SAS Frontiers
Under My Skin
Straussians Amok
Many Worlds, One Nation
Neuroethics
Promises I Can Keep

With Class
The Big Bang & Beyond

SAS Partnerships
Graduate Prize Fellowships
Partners: Contemporary pARTners
Our Deepest Thanks
Phantastic Generosity

Last Word
On the Pleasures of Surfing
by Aubry Wand

Last Look
Up to Par