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Volume 91, No.4, July-August 2005


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Essential Einstein: A journey through space, time, and culture
 
 
Preview Ariel Dorfman: In the Footsteps of September 11, 1973
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Duke Magazine-Feature Images Life, the Universe, and Einstein by Robert J. Bliwise
In this centennial year of Einstein's revolutionary theories of space, time, and gravity, humanities scholars say that his influence extended far beyond science
Love's Labor Lost by Ben Sands
Competing for the bachelorette: "The longer I ran, the more difficulty I had suppressing the only question that seemed relevant at the time--What the hell am I doing?"
China Trade by Philip Tinari
Charting the complex web of connections among the tobacco industry, China, the university, and an artist's meditations on the cigarette and human life
Unraveling the Human Genome by Dennis Meredith
To the director of Duke's newest multidisciplinary institute, the genome constitutes a mesmerizing mystery--and a life's work
Greeings from Long Island by Steven Petrow
An alumnus discovers the glorious architecture and quiet splendor of a world all but swallowed by time
Departments
Gallery
Gallery-Virginal
Retrospective
Retrospective: Medicine's Diamond Jubilee
Update
Mystery of the Master Builder
Mini-Profiles
Mini-Profiles:Chairman of the Boards
Snapshot
Student Snapshot-Divide and Conquer
 
Between the Lines, thoughts by Robert J. Bliwise As we were editing the account of a young alumnus' Bachelorette pursuits, reality--or reality TV--struck again. Word came that Andrew Schuler, assistant professor of civil engineering in Duke's Pratt School of Engineering, had been cast as "The Professor" for a new reality show, The Real Gilligan's Island.
Storm warnings and a vulnerable coastline
Faith and tolerance, violence and statistics, newspapers and memories
Presidential pronouncements at commencement, a Durham native as trustee chair, smart housing for smart students; Campus Observer: cross-generational learning; Syllabus: PHYS EDU 18-Fly Fishing
Matters of life and death: Neurologist Richard Payne, director of the Divinity School's Institute on Care at the End of Life, talks about the Schiavo case, its implications, and his own experiences dealing with death.
Books A political, social, and personal history of Title IX; the towering life and dynamic times of Theodore Dreiser
Register Reveling in reunions, honoring engineers, tapping the best from TIP; Career Corner: the ins and outs of outplacement; Retrospective: the hospital opens; mini-profiles: cultivating a vineyard, optimizing the lumber industry, breaking through career barriers

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"How are we going to be able to build a better world where democratic values and institutions will have to forge a more global society in which difference does not necessarily mean antagonism?"

--Chilean President Ricardo Lagos A.M. '63, Ph.D. '66, in his commencement address to the Class of 2005

"The South does not mind insanity, as long as it's local."

--Michael Malone, a Hillsborough-based writer, at the annual dinner of Duke's Friends of the Library
"Winning this award is a testimony to the hard work and resolve of our student athletes and their quest for excellence in all facets of their Duke experience."

--Football coach Ted Roof, on receiving American Football Coaches Association's 2005 Academic Achievement Award for the 100-percent graduation rate of the class that entered in 1999
"I want to wish you all a very rewarding career--which, I guess, is about over."

--Harvey Owen, professor emeritus of electrical engineering, speaking at the reunion dinner for the Class of 1960