January/February 2014

Features

Tomorrowland

The robot revolution has arrived

The Challenge at Hand

It's hard to teach machines new tricks

The Lowdown on Lingo

A handy reference guide

They're watching. How can that be a good thing?

Surveillance technology may finally improve privacy laws

Will They Eat Our Lunch?

Coexisting with robots is inevitable, but the collisions may be painful

"I Was Trapped in My Own Body"

A rare condition stole Henry Evans's physical abilities, and gave robots a profound purpose

Spotlight

SPOTLIGHT

Elway Rallies Again

As his losses off the field mounted, the Hall of Fame quarterback staged a comeback

INSIGHT

A Presidency Revisited

President Emeritus Gerhard Casper reflects on campus issues in a new memoir

Farm Report

Making a Financial Statement

Down on oil and gas

REUNION HOMECOMING 2013

What Is Happiness, Anyway?

Talk about happy

Forging My Comfort Zone

How making things remade me

Departments

FIRST IMPRESSIONS

The Machine Issue

All about machines

PRESIDENT'S COLUMN

Preparation That Lasts a Lifetime

Lifetime learning

1,000 WORDS

Night Moves

END NOTE

Grace Under Pressure

Heroic acts

Class Notes

Farewells

Dance Pioneer

Susan Valerie Cashion, MA '82, PhD '83

Spy Satellite Mastermind

Albert Dewell Wheelon, '49

Renaissance Researcher

Raymond Henry Watten, '46, MD '49

Online Exclusives

Onstage with Oscar

An undergrad goes to Hollywood

Alumni and Their Oscar Moments

Speeches featuring five from the Farm