Winter 2007 • Volume 17 No. 3

Features

Terrific Teachers
Don’t leave the U without a class from at least one of these exceptional professors.
by Kelley J.P. Lindberg

The White Death
A U of U historian looks at avalanches, natural disasters, and the blame game that often ensues in their aftermath.
by Marcus Hall

A Nobel Effort
The journey of Nobel Prize-winner Mario Capecchi has taken him from the streets of Italy to the heights of scientific achievement.
by Susan Sample

Departments

Alumni Association

Association News
Emeritus alumni honorees; Kris Bosman, the Association’s new advancement coordinator; Scholarship Walkway; 2007-08 board members.

Alum Profile
Painter Anton Rasmussen’s latest work represents the culmination of his search for oneness and universality.
by Linda Marion

Through the Years
Keeping up with alumni

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