Dream deferred
Joshua Hoyt, AM’95, leads the fight for immigrants' rights in Illinois.
Away with words
Ben Zimmer, AM’98, took over William Safire's On Language column before it was pulled earlier this year. Now where's a word nerd to turn?
Points of interest
Eric Fischer’s digital maps turn geographic data into works of art.
Legacy
Jeannette Piccard, SM’19 (1895–1981), a “pioneer of the skies”Features »
How to institute change
Social scientists establish the Urban Network to share lessons and information that strengthen antipoverty programs.
Whistle blower
Examining sports through a Freakonomics lens, economist Tobias J. Moskowitz makes some controversial calls.
Faith in farming
Fred Kirschenmann, AM’62, PhD’64, wants to pass on his self-taught sustainable-agriculture lessons to younger generations.
By a hare’s breadth
Lee Pruett’s (AB’99) depiction of the 1996 theft of former University President Hanna Gray’s portrait from Hutchinson Commons gave the Magazine’s Peeps Diorama Contest judges the biggest sugar rush.MORE FROM THE MAGAZINE
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