'Jewish Jordan' discusses career over Shabbat dinner

It's not every day a rising basketball phenom hands back a full scholarship to one of the top college teams in the nation. For Tamir Goodman, the decision came without hesitation. At a Jewish Shabbat dinner held on campus last Friday, Goodman spoke to students of the inseparable roles basketball and religion have played in his life.

From the origins of life to the nature of 'God'

Audience members left yesterday's lecture by Stuart Kauffman with more questions than answers. The former Penn professor elaborated upon a variety of topics, from reductionism to Darwin to the battle between faith and reason, before a nearly packed auditorium at the University Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology yesterday afternoon.