Cornell Alumni Magazine - March / April 2008

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FEATURE STORIES
The Great QuantifierStranger Than FictionBody WorkBig Picture The Great Quantifier Nobel laureate Robert Fogel '48 rewrites history by the numbers. And those numbers are often controversial. Read more... Stranger Than Fiction (3 comments) It's late February 2007, and NBC's hit sitcom "30 Rock" is in the process of skewering celebrity. Tracy Jordan, the star of the program's show-within-a-show, is hoping to add a sycophant or two to his entourage. Read more... Body Work Abraham Stroock '95 and his colleagues in tissue engineering aim to beat biology at its own game. It's the most common surgery in the United States: tympanostomy, in which children suffering from chronic ear infections have tubes inserted through their… Read more... Big Picture Don't look a gift-dragon in the mouth: On the Hill, St. Patrick's Day isn't about shamrocks and beer—it's about parading a giant beast through campus and setting it aflame. Read more...

FEATURE STORIES

The Great QuantifierStranger Than FictionBody WorkBig Picture

The Great Quantifier

Nobel laureate Robert Fogel '48 rewrites history by the numbers. And those numbers are often controversial. Read more...

Stranger Than Fiction (3 comments)

It's late February 2007, and NBC's hit sitcom "30 Rock" is in the process of skewering celebrity. Tracy Jordan, the star of the program's show-within-a-show, is hoping to add a sycophant or two to his entourage. Read more...

Body Work

Abraham Stroock '95 and his colleagues in tissue engineering aim to beat biology at its own game. It's the most common surgery in the United States: tympanostomy, in which children suffering from chronic ear infections have tubes inserted through their… Read more...

Big Picture

Don't look a gift-dragon in the mouth: On the Hill, St. Patrick's Day isn't about shamrocks and beer—it's about parading a giant beast through campus and setting it aflame. Read more...

March / April 2008 VOLUME 110 NUMBER 5

DEPARTMENTS

From David SkortonKeeping Ezra's Vision Alive (3 comments)

Letter From IthacaA Fresh Look (10 comments)
What's changed—and what hasn't

From The HillSeeber Talks Strike on Stewart Show (1 comment)
Seeber Talks Strike on Stewart Show. Plus: Alum Fights Blast from the Past; Endowment Tops $5 Billion; Undergrads Flee Kenyan Uprising; 30,000+ Aim for the Hill; Hum Ec Project Under Way; Campaign Party Offers 'Meeting of the Minds'; and Sigma Pi Suspended for 'High-Risk Drinking'

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