Q & A: Gruen Contends Ethics and Genetics Are Out of Sync

2002 Issue 3July 4, 2002May 5, 2014

Q & A: Gruen Contends Ethics and Genetics Are Out of Sync

Cloning is a hot topic right now, and Lori Gruen is in the middle of the debate. But she’s not a scientist or a medical doctor; she’s a philosopher with a strong sense of social justice and a passion for a well-reasoned argument. For her it’s all about ethics. Just don’t call her a bioethicist. &nb…

2002 Issue 3July 4, 2002May 5, 2014

Celluloid’s Successor

AS AN ARTIST WORKING ON THE EXPERIMENTAL EDGE OF HIS MEDIUM, Paul Kaiser '78 challenges people. His medium—computer-generated "virtual film"—is hot in cinema (think Toy Story or Spider-Man), but his work is as far from t…

2002 Issue 1January 4, 2002May 5, 2014

The Elusive Frontline

STEPHEN YOUNG '73 IS A CAREER DIPLOMAT IN THE STATE DEPARTMENT who was looking for a one-year bridge assignment until a posting he desired opened up in 2002. A colleague persuaded him to serve as director for three count…

2001 Issue 2July 4, 2001May 5, 2014

Games Mathematicians Play

Though Carol Wood knew she kicked butt at “Bust a Move Millennium,” she never thought she’d catch the attention of the national media. But there she was in a story in the Dec. 22, New York Times. “It was during …

2001 Issue 2July 4, 2001May 5, 2014

Hot Site, Cool Science

It’s become a familiar story: An earnest individual sees a way to create a new Web site that fills a perceived void. Countless hours of work lead to a launch, then the site steadily attracts a large and devoted following…

2001 Issue 2July 4, 2001May 5, 2014

Scenes from a Spiritual Journey

The shimmering light dances and glows in her eyes. Jan Willis is an earnest teenage girl from a small dirt road mining town who has just been awarded a full scholarship to an Ivy League university. It’s an incredible op…

2001 Issue 1January 4, 2001May 5, 2014

Elvis Rings from South College

It’s a late New England autumn noon along the Connecticut River, and from the steeple of an old brownstone building on a grassy hillside the bells begin to chime out the lilting, distinctive notes of...an Elvis Presley s…