March/April 2010

Features

COVER STORY

A Breakfast Solution

Anemia and malnutrition stunt the cognitive development of many children in poor, rural areas of China. Through testing and field trials, researchers from the Freeman Spogli Institute found an answer that may give millions of kids a better future.

The Sex Scholar

Her physician's career foreshortened, an enigmatic faculty member instead pursued a path-breaking study of women's sexuality at the turn of the 20th century. Her findings, buried and forgotten for decades, reveal a surprisingly modern attitude among Victorian-era women.

The Man Who Dropped Clocks

The winning entry in our 13th annual fiction contest features an aging patriarch trying to repair the estrangement caused by his son's modern ways.

Departments

FIRST IMPRESSIONS

Our Best Export

In China, a problem solved

PRESIDENT'S COLUMN

A Growing Presence Overseas

Going global

1,000 WORDS

Keeping the Faiths

EXAMINED LIFE

Grace, and a Golden Touch

David Brown's credits

STUDENT VOICE

Be Like Charlotte

A teacher attends to the little things

END NOTE

The Breadwinner's Dilemma

How far should you go for the right job?

Red All Over

Farm Report

Planet Cardinal

ON THE JOB

Ben the Builder

A house builder in a kilt and on a mission

BRIGHT IDEAS

What the e-Nose Knows

An electronic nose sniffs out new possibilities

Showcase

Beebo's Significant Other

The curious case of Beebo Brinker

Where It's Always Shark Week

Cartoonist Jim Toomey's buoyant humor

Class Notes

Profiles

SPOTLIGHT: MAYFIELD HARRIS, '46, MD '49

Still Cutting After All These Years

SPOTLIGHT: JULIE A. STULCE WILLIAMSON, '66

Her Concerted Effort

SPOTLIGHT: DOROTHY HERZBERG, MA '64

D.C. for Beginners

SPOTLIGHT: SCOTT HORNBEAK, '76

A Perfect Fit

SPOTLIGHT: RICH ROLL, '89

Strong for Vegetables

Farewells

Drug Combatant

Michael Weston

Supremely Supportive

John Jay O'Connor III

Songbirds' Diplomat Audio

William Belton

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