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

Raptor Rapture
By Melissa Hendricks
Bill Seegar and his team of wildlife biologists are using a sophisticated satellite tracking system to solve the mysteries of peregrine falcon migration.
  Author's Notebook
  Related Sites

In Short - An all-plastic battery... acid test for a new contraceptive... the hot secret behind a fiery new foil... testing dirt's strength... butter your eggs

O N    C A M P U S E S

The Brody Era Begins
By Sue De Pasquale
Take a deep breath and hold on tight as we whisk you through a typically exhausting day in the life of the university's 13th president.
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In Short - Hospital gets new president... pedagogy goes high-tech... is there a Medicare audit on the horizon?... creative approaches to funding

H E A L T H    &    M E D I C I N E

Ejner's Hope
By Charles Salter Jr.
After years of coping with debilitating Parkinson's disease, Ejner Johnson is ready to become a new man--through a brain surgery technique known as pallidotomy.
  Related Sites

In Short - The genetics of prostate cancer... heartwarming breakthroughs... surprises in nerve regeneration... insurance against stroke damage?

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

Cultivate Mess
By Dale Keiger
Figurative painter Raoul Middleman '55 has been called "the last American painter." Prolific, garrulous, and a little bit hammy, he renders life in all its fleshy rawness.
  Raoul Middleman Art Gallery
  Author's Notebook
  Related Sites

In Short - Lessons in ancient diplomacy from the Amarna Letters... taking issue with Sex in America... a fast-rising Celtic harp champ

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

Ike's View of the '90s
By Louis Galambos
What would Dwight D. Eisenhower think about the U.S. of today? Louis Galambos is uniquely qualified to opine: he's spent 25 years sifting through Ike's papers.
  The People Behind the Eisenhower Papers
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By Dale Keiger

In Short - Coming apart in Canada... adventures of an expeditions editor... TQM misinterpreted... Singapore's authoritarian democracy

D E P A R T M E N T S

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