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Volume 61, Number 2, Winter 1998-99

Departments			Features
Letters to the Editor President's Page Rochester in Review Major gift restores library reading room Faculty receive Goergen Awards Rochester, Polish University reaffirm collaboration President Emeritus Wallis dies Forum 98 sets course for women Four appointed to endowed chairs Institute of Biomedical Sciences continues to rise In brief Notes on research A new way to treat Alzheimer's: epilepsy drugs Rochester quotes Sports: 1998 Hall of Famers Review Point: Howard Kirschenbaum, Warner School Alumni Review Sesquicentennial celebrations nationwide Four join Trustees' Council Simon sets Paris reunion for all alumni Alumni legacies Alumni Councils Alumni Gazette Through-hiker: John Illig '86 Healthy survivorship: Wendy Schlessel Harpham '80M (MD) Our eight-footed friends: John Cigliano '85 Making military history: James Johnson '70M (MD) The story of the opera: Wende Persons '79W, Paula Kimper '79E How to play longer, better: Howard Scott '41 Class Notes River Campus Undergraduate River Campus Graduate Eastman School of Music School of Medicine and Dentistry School of Nursing In Memoriam Class Acts Alumni Relations: The Florescues In Appreciation Meliorist: Dick '65 and Susan Quick Rice '67 Books & Recordings by alumni and faculty Recommended Reading After/Words Arthur Miller '56 Back cover Homework: Wilson Day Alumni Association Announcements Before you sell your home or vacation property . . . Spring '99 Reunion for Classes of 1965-69 Early Fifties 50th Reunion Travel			The World at Rochester Undergraduates share some thoughts on where they came from, how they're faring now, and where they hope to go from here. Fish Story by Tom Rickey After years of concern over the possible toxic effects of consuming mercury-tainted fish, a Rochester team has shown that it is still OK to chow down on those tempting fruits of the sea that we used to think were so good for us. Y2K and All That by Sally Parker A popular-culture expert dissects the current American fascination with angels, dinosaurs, and aliens, among other forms of millennial madness. Cliff Notes by Rose Ericson Simon School professor Clifford Smith is as likely to quote Yogi Berra as Adam Smith, to liken derivative securities to Legos, and to ask his audience to deal with such improbabilities as an orchestra concertmaster hammering at a nail with his violin. School for Serpents by Steve Bradt It turns out snakes are a lot smarter than anyone thought. In fact, more than one corn snake in David Holtzman's lab has proved itself a real smart asp. Diva with a Difference by Kathy Thomas Renée Fleming '83E (MM): Aside from her gorgeous voice, abundance of talent, and hyper-dynamic energy, she's also sort of . . . normal.

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