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A valedictorian of Olympic proportions
Kelly Crowley ’99 medaled twice in cycling at the 2012 Paralympics—and won gold in Athens in swimming in ’04 and was valedictorian of SCU.
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Bobby Seale: The story of a Black Panther then and now
Stories and a Q&A session with the 1960s civil rights activist and founding member of the Black Panther Party
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Faith in the press?
As news organizations consolidate, the picture of the world presented to readers becomes less nuanced—especially at the intersection of politics and religion.
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Hispanics, religion, and the elections
The editor of a major Spanish-language outlet in the Bay Area on the possibly election-deciding impact of the Hispanic vote in 2012.
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Engineering with a Mission
The engineering work being done today was the stuff of imagination when the School of Engineering started a century ago. Where do we go from here?
Fall 2012
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We, robots
Adventures with the Robotics Systems Laboratory by land, sea, and sky. And in orbit.
Fall 2012
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Sarah Kate Wilson vs. Godzilla
An engineering professor tackles big problems—like attracting more women to her field and transferring mountains of data through the air.
Fall 2012
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Deluge and drought
Lessons in how to wedge data into smaller spaces. And build a smarter energy grid.
Fall 2012
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Building biomedical tests
Where engineering meets biology, the work ranges from diagnosing voice disorders to tracking toxicity in the brain.
Fall 2012
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The long view
Build it safer and stronger—sustainably.
Fall 2012
Winter 2013
Table of contents
Features
To catch a thief
A young mathematician at SCU has helped equip police in Santa Cruz and L.A. with an algorithm that predicts where crimes might happen next. Is this the future of policing?
How to avoid a bonfire of the humanities
A veteran chronicler of Silicon Valley looks at why the high-tech industry needs—and wants—folks who know how to tell a story.
The play’s the thing
Kurds, Arabs, countrymen: Shakespeare Iraq brings the Bard to Ashland like you’ve never heard him.
Mission Matters
Heart of the matter
A statue that’s gazed on the Mission Gardens for 130 years gets a much-needed restoration. As layers of paint are peeled away, stories of the past emerge.
All work and all play
They make Erik Hurtado ’13 WCC player of the year and the No. 5 pick in pro soccer’s draft.
Got MOOC?
There’s global interest in a Massive Open Online Course in business ethics.
