H E A L T H    &    M E D I C I N E

Empathy 101
By Keri Hicks '97
A peer counselor's account of her draining--yet exhilarating-- experience spent helping classmates cope with heartache, hopelessness, and fear.
In Short - Fighting cancer through vaccines... a bone-building antibiotic?... dialysis disparity... two new conspirators in colon cancer

P U B L I C    P O L I C Y    &    I N T E R N A T I O N A L    A F F A I R S

Top Cops Hit the Books
By Dale Keiger
We take you into the classroom and on the beat with a committed group of police executives who've come to Hopkins for an innovative new graduate program.
In Short - Memories of World War II... moving forward with public TV... needle exchange programs under scrutiny

S C I E N C E    &    T E C H N O L O G Y

Yesterday's Whiz Kids: Where Are They Today?
By Melissa Hendricks
It's been nearly 30 years since Julian Stanley launched his "grand experiment" to radically accelerate learning for young prodigies. Their stories run the gamut.
In Short - New promise for muscle-damaging diseases... liquid jets that make light... an alarming rate of coral decline... clue-giving curves
Test Your Solution to "Can You Protect the Roman Empire?"

H U M A N I T I E S    &    T H E    A R T S

Matthew Burtner, the Composer, in Five Prose Movements
By Dale Keiger
Listen closely to the works of this promising Peabody graduate and you may divine the sound of the wind, the squeak of a bus's brakes, the drone of a bass clarinet. It's all music, he says.
In Short - The perils of "cultural pollution"... alumni in the film world earn acclaim... one wife's unsung efforts... an early morning photo shoot

O N    C A M P U S E S

The Dance
By Eileen Cunningham '97
"It is warm where I am hiding, and they are dancing and I am watching, and it will always be so..." A short story by the co- winner of the Sudler Prize in the Arts.
Common Ground at Half Court
By Heather Byer (MA '96)
Nothing's a greater social equalizer than pick-up basketball. An account of a three-month, 48-state odyssey across "America's Courts."
In Short - Preparing to avoid tragedy... so-long to Engineering's dean... a stellar season for women's basketball... look who's talking

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