More Moneyball, More Math Problems
In the movie adaptation of Moneyball, Michael Lewis’s seminal 2003 account of the sabermetrics revolution in baseball, actor Jonah Hill plays a newly-hired member of the Oakland Athletics in charge of…
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Giving Done Right: Effective Data For Philanthropy
Philip Buchanan ’92, the president the Center for Effective Philanthropy (CEP), has some tips on what to look for in an …
A Line in the Sand, by John F. Ross ’81
Turning a phrase well is often celebrated in our culture, as is the ability of a painter to capture an expression or a f…
The Big Hopper Reveal (video)
The 32 students in Professor Voth and Assistant Professor Moller's sections of IDEAS 170 spent half the fall semester cr…
IDEAS: Putting the Art in Smart Design
Biographer Walter Isaacson—who wrote about Albert Einstein, Leonardo da Vinci, and Steve Jobs—has said, “Those who thriv…
Historical Row: The WESt Coast
The Golden Gate Bridge is one of the best-known landmarks in American history, at once an engineering marvel and an aest…
Men in the Machine: Playwright Haymon ’16 Explores Kafka in Contemporary America
(Photo of Miranda Haymon ’16 by Jejomar Ysit ’19.)
This September 5–17, at The Tank in New York City, Miranda Haymon …
The Troll Under the Bridge
The Fremont Troll is 28 years old, 18 feet tall, and lurks beneath the Aurora Bridge in Seattle. It was Steve Badanes ’6…
Letters: Reflecting on an Interview with Muhammad Ali
Dear Editors:
Congratulations on the “Journalism's Brave New World” issue of the magazine. It reminded me of my earli…
Q&A WITH J.R. RHODES ’90: OFFERING MUSICAL PRESENCE WITH HER NEW ALBUM, “I AM”
With the newest album by J.R. Rhodes ’90 titled “I Am”—a sentence both as simple and complex as existence—the message is…