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THE UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO MAGAZINE

June 1996

Table of Contents
VOLUME 88, NUMBER 5 JUNE 1996

Cover: Conservator Barbara Hamann applies a removable cellulose adhesive to an ancient carved relief, helping to protect it during the Oriental Institute Museum's restoration. Photo by Lloyd DeGrane.

  • Local color
    The murals and mosaics of Olivia Gude, MFA'82, address social divisions-and unite communities.
    KIMBERLY SWEET

  • Death by design
    "Things fall apart" is a common road to death, but not the only one. An orderly demise-programmed cell death-may lie behind illnesses from Alzheimer's to AIDS.
    WILLIAM BURTON

  • The trials of a public intellectual
     Professor Jean Bethke Elshtain's views on democracy's decline have brought her a White House invitation and attacks from leftist scholars.
    DEBRA SHORE

  • "The museum is now closed."
    The Oriental Institute takes extreme measures to save its priceless artifacts.
    TIM ANDREW OBERMILLER

    DEPARTMENTS

    A detail from the mural Where There Is Discord, Harmony: The Power of Art (see "Local Color"). Photo by Matthew Gilson. RETURN TO MAGAZINE'S MAIN DIRECTORY