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Alumni combat children’s health issues in Zimbabwe
Published in the Apr. 6, 2011, issue
In the rural district of Mutoko in Zimbabwe, where most people subsist on farming, don’t have electricity in their homes, and get their water from rivers and streams, children are hungry and schoolhouse toilets often are filled with blood. Also in...Read moreTV writer turns novelist
Howard Gordon ’84 pens a page-turner involving a race to stop terrorists
Published in the Apr. 6, 2011, issue
Many people know Howard Gordon ’84 as a successful television writer and producer — most recently as one of principal shapers of hit show 24, which followed rugged counterterrorism agent Jack Bauer for eight seasons. Gordon has used some of...Read moreNewsmakers
Published in the Apr. 6, 2011, issue
He didn’t accept his award in front of millions of television viewers, but DAVID LAUR ’84, right, took home an Oscar nonetheless. The Pixar software engineer — one of 19 Technical Achievement Award honorees — won for his role in developing Pixar’s Alfred...Read moreNew Releases
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Known and Unknown: A Memoir
By Donald Rumsfeld ’54
(Sentinel/Penguin) The former secretary of defense chronicles his half-century career, from his first political job on Capitol Hill during the Eisenhower administration through congressional seats during the Kennedy and...A Chance to Make History: What Works and What Doesn’t in Providing an Excellent Education for All
By Wendy Kopp ’89 with Steven Farr
(PublicAffairs) Drawing on her experiences leading Teach for America, a national teacher corps that trains recent college graduates and professionals to teach in low-income communities, Kopp describes what she has learned...Reagan
By Eugene Jarecki ’91
In his latest documentary, Jarecki examines the paradoxes, myths, and legacy surrounding the 40th president. He follows Reagan’s rise from a small-town lifeguard to Hollywood actor and spokesman for General Electric to the...CURRENT ISSUE: Apr. 6, 2011
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- Alumni combat children’s health issues in Zimbabwe
- TV writer turns novelist
Howard Gordon ’84 pens a page-turner involving a race to stop terrorists - Newsmakers
- Known and Unknown: A Memoir
- A Chance to Make History: What Works and What Doesn’t in Providing an Excellent Education for All
- Reagan