March/April 2012

Features

The Whole World in His Plans

In a bid to solve the planet's most pressing problems, eBay's first president, Jeff Skoll, MBA '95, is funneling his fortune into Hollywood movies to raise awareness and spur public action.

Two Against the Odds

Born with cystic fibrosis, their bodies took a relentless pounding—literally—every day of their lives. But twins Ana and Isa Stenzel, '94, are still going strong thanks to iron will, lung transplants and each other.

Hitting Cancer Where It Hides

As with any battle, it's important to know your enemy. Professor Amato Giacca has made a career of understanding tumors' tricks. Now his team is developing several promising drugs that exploit them.

Farm Report

FINDINGS

Marketing for Good

Profit, and a purpose

MILESTONE

Results Break Record

Dollars for scholars

STUDENT VOICE

The Good-Enough Vegetarian

My plant-based life

WRITING

An Everyman in a Unique Dystopia

A novel look at North Korea

IN CLASS

The Horse's Mouth

Where students become scholars

VENTURE

Stanford Withdraws Its N.Y. Bid

What happened in NYC?

Planet Cardinal

ON THE JOB

Art Neuro Video

Art and science unite

BRIGHT IDEA

First Aid Faster

In South Africa, an emergency response

FITNESS

Head Games

A workout for your brain

Departments

FIRST IMPRESSIONS

Giving All You've Got Is About More Than Dollars

Giving all you've got

END NOTE

Leisure, Pursuits

Big man off campus

Class Notes

Farewells

Suburban Developer

Donald M. Koll, '55

Innovating Engineer

Elliott Levinthal, PhD '49

Stockton Booster

Geraldine Jeffry Roach Dunlap, '45

Online Exclusives

Leaving Goldman: An Analysis of the Resignation Heard 'Round the World

Law Professor Joseph Grundfest, JD '78, talks in a Q&A about why it's no secret large financial institutions don't always do the best they can for clients.