VOL. 9 NO. 4      SPRING 2000

F E A T U R E S
HOPE FINDS A HOME
How, with a billionaire's help, the University of Utah built on genealogy and genetics to become a world leader in the race to cure cancer. by Adam Olson, photos by Brett Colvin, Dennis Mecham, Kent Miles, and Steve Leitch
IDEAS STIMULATE IDEAS
Firsthand accounts about what a difference donors' largesse has made, from the first of many students who will benefit from the University's $646 million Sesquicentennial fund-raising campaign. by Kathryn Austin, photos by Dave Fields
IN MY TIME
Four alumni recount simpler times, when campus was contained in Presidents Circle, basketball was played in the Deseret Gym, and Cummings was the U's field of dreams. by Nettie Bagley
   

D E P A R T M E N T S
UP FRONT
Best Wishes.
by Anne Palmer Peterson

S I D E L I N E S
Leaving Las Vegas. by Anne Palmer Peterson
At Their Peak. by Dave Fields

AND FINALLY . . .
According to Confucius. by Jason VandenAkker
T H E  A S S O C I A T I O N
ARCHIVES
Read past issues of Continuum.
BOOKSHELF
A plethora of titles by prolific faculty and alumni authors, plus our faculty "On the Nightstand" feature. by Kathryn Austin

FROM BOOMERS TO SLACKERS: UTAH'S NEXT-GENERATION ALUMNI
The Alumni Association begins to plot the course of the next 150 years. by Theresa Desmond

 

ON THE COVER

Aided by the campaign? You bet students are, a theme reflected in this issue and its cover, illustrated by artist Cary Henrie.

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