Universities on the Defensive
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In an excerpt from his Alumni Day talk, a national education leader lays out the challenges facing higher education
Features
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Lives: Earl Staten Browning Jr. *53
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Face to face with evil, he did the right thing
Power to the People
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Social psychologist Amy Cuddy *05 explains how we make judgments, and how our bodies can help us feel more powerful
Lives: Peter B. Lewis '55
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A generous lone ranger
In Our Heads
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Professor Michael Graziano ’89 *96 develops a new theory of what it means to be conscious
Lives: Penn Townsend Kimball II '37
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Falsely accused, he fought to clear his name
The People Who Saw Evolution
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After 40 years of research on Darwin’s finches, Peter and Rosemary Grant have written their valediction
Butler’s Last Stand
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Alumni get last look at housing
Lives: Michael deCamp '49
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He explored the wonders of another world
Our Unforgettable Trees
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More than shade, trees offer a link to history
Lives: Martha Carr Atwater '86
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She had Emmy-winning talent, but many knew her as mother and friend
Inside the President’s Inner Circle
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After his latest stint in Washington, economics professor Alan Krueger is back on campus with new, eclectic interests — and stories to tell
Literature’s Glass Ceiling
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Why Jennifer Weiner ’91 has taken on the writing establishment
Lives: Alan Rosenthal *58 *61
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He saw government’s sausage being made
Hearts and Minds
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Directing a landmark study of heart disease, Herman Taylor Jr. ’76 took on more than medicine
Reporting on Government Surveillance: Q&A - Barton Gellman '82
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Q&A: Barton Gellman ’82
Lives: Barbara A. Brenner *77
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‘The pit bull of breast cancer’
Mississippi Eyes
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Matt Herron ’53 remembers the summer of 1964, when he led a seminal photography project to capture the story of civil rights in the South
The Good Neighbor
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Thirty-three years ago, Marty Johnson ’81 set out to fight poverty in his own backyard. He’s still at it.