Healing Torture’s Wounds

2004 Issue 2May 20, 2004May 2, 2014

Healing Torture’s Wounds

CYNTHIA WILLARD '88 REMEMBERS THE EXACT MOMENT she decided to become a physician. She was walking down a red-dirt path between her dormitory and a mission hospital in rural Liberia. Flanked by large green reeds, she stopped at the top of a hill and looked around. The beautiful vista belied a country…

2004 Issue 1January 20, 2004May 2, 2014

New Ideas Infuse the Curriculum

BARRY CHERNOFF CAN BE A HARD GUY TO REACH when classes are not in session. His work as an environmental scientist bent on saving ecosystems from destruction takes him to remote areas of South America where he is more lik…

2003 Issue 4August 4, 2003May 5, 2014

Wesleyan’s Building Boom

IN 1876 WESLEYAN ACQUIRED ITS FIRST LAWN MOWER. The front of North College, formerly a meadow, became a well-trimmed lawn with mature, beautiful trees. From a small collection of brownstone buildings, the campus would ev…

2003 Issue 4August 4, 2003May 5, 2014

Preventing Fatal Medical Errors

WHEN SUZANNE DELBANCO '89 WAS 14 YEARS OLD, her cousin Debbie went into a hospital to have a broken nose fixed. An undetected genetic condition predisposed Debbie to react to general anesthesia with a dangerous and susta…

2003 Issue 3May 4, 2003May 5, 2014

Chasing the Widow-Maker

ALAN MILLER '76, INVESTIGATIVE REPORTER FOR THE LOS ANGELES TIMES,was searching for a story that would make readers put down their coffee. He wanted his words to change lives. He had won awards—though not yet the covete…

2003 Issue 2March 4, 2003May 5, 2014

Harrah’s Full House

GARY LOVEMAN '82 WAS HAVING DINNER on the mezzanine level of Harrah's showcase casino, the Rio in Las Vegas, but unlike the hundreds of people gathered below him at card tables or slot machines, he wasn't having fun. He'…

2003 Issue 2March 4, 2003May 5, 2014

After the Bubble Burst…

AS EXECUTIVE VICE PRESIDENT OF SOFTWARE FOR SUN MICROSYSTEMS, Jonathan Schwartz '87 would like to simplify modern life without sacrificing the conveniences of technology. He'd like to use his cell phone to get a Coke at …

2003 Issue 1January 4, 2003May 5, 2014

Smoke Signals

ALDOUS HUXLEY AND GEORGE BURNS HAD AT LEAST ONE THING IN COMMON: Both believed a good cigar is essential to happiness. Huxley said a cigar is "much more lasting than love, so much less costly in emotional wear and tear."…

2003 Issue 1January 4, 2003May 5, 2014

Biology’s New Data Mavens

PEOPLE ARE DATA. That's the mantra for a new breed of biologists who use computers to sort through vast databases comprising billions of bits of information about genes. They are searching for patterns that reveal why o…

2002 Issue 4September 4, 2002May 5, 2014

Campaign Artistry

THE SHUTTER CLICKS AND BROOKS KRAFT '87 CAPTURES President George W. Bush whispering in the ear of Senator Ted Kennedy, the president's hand lightly resting on the senator's shoulder as both men smile. It's a quintessent…