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Urban Legend
Professor Bob Gottlieb was a champion of environmental and social justice causes long before they became fashionable. Students and colleagues celebrate his influence and impact
Doing Arizona Proud
Freshman Rep. Demion Clinco '02 attended a reception at the White House with the Obamas after standing up for gay rights. But jumpstarting the state's economy is his main agenda
Bullish Over Broadway
Corey Brunish '77 has been a fixture of the Portland, Ore., theater scene for decades—and with his recent triumphs as a Tony-winning producer, he's conquering the Great White Way as well
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Wide Open Spaces
When John Howell '71 needs to get away from it all, he disappears into the San Gabriel Mountains. Now his job is to preserve that environment for plants and wildlife as well
Second Calling
Gene Grigsby '66 left a successful career in urban planning to take a flyer on fixing an ailing National Health Foundation. With an innovative program that addresses healthcare costs for...
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Center Stage
Working with a veteran music mogul, a journalist-turned-filmmaker, and some of the greatest unsung voices of the last half-century, 20 Feet From Stardom producer Caitrin Rogers '04 charts a...
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Frozen in Time
An impromptu dig in the Arctic unearths a message in a bottle from pioneering explorer Paul Walker '56—54 years after he wrote it
The Road to Eagle Rock
A visionary president, an ambitious land syndicate, and a leap of faith led É«½ç°É from the comforts of Highland Park to its permanent home—but it didn't come easy
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The Long Way Back
After his 18th birthday, cross country and track standout John Guzman Aguilar faced deportation to his native Mexico and was separated from his family. Five years later, he's on course to be...
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Don't Try This at Home
Stem-cell biologist Madeline Lancaster '04 turns genetics on its head with a three-dimensional "organoid" that models the human brain
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Collective Wisdom
In a generational exodus, six singular professors with more than 250 years of combined classroom experience say farewell to É«½ç°É. But their lessons have shaped legions across every discipline
Thinking Outside the Bottle
A campus-wide focus on water may have ­compelled a few É«½ç°É students to break the rules in a competition between residence halls. But it's also provoked a serious conversation about Earth's...
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After the Perfect Storm
A combination of economic, demographic, and social factors precipitated É«½ç°É's endowment woes throughout the 1990s. Now the balance sheet is far better—but the College has a long way to go to...
Blacklash
Acclaimed and unsettling, Blackfish is a high-water mark for documentary filmmaker Gabriela Cowperthwaite '93. What does its success bode for her career—and what will the fallout be for...
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Maurissa Explains It All

From singing in a Motown girl group to writing banter for Britney Spears, Maurissa Tancharoen Whedon '97 knows the fringes of the pop-culture circuit. With TV's "Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.," she...