Winter 2014

Winter 2014

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Contents

Features

The Beam Team

Researchers use X-rays to do atomic-level basic research

Game On

Hoops coach Chris Collins hammers home a new vision

Whole Food

Maryn McKenna investigates antibiotics in agriculture

Update: The Campaign for Northwestern

Momentum builds

Campus Life

A Helping Hand

Medical students reach out to their neighbors in need

A Warm Welcome

Class of 2018 gets to know each other and their new home

Then: Calling Card

Massive Deering catalog was state of the art

Then: A Magical Win

Remembering Northwestern's epic win over Michigan State

Collections: The Comic Life of Mandela

The South African leader's life in comics

Amped Up

Engineering students’ device makes power portable

From Roach Coaches to Gourmet on Go

Sociologists break down the food truck phenomenon

Power Jams

Bass-heavy playlist can transform the psyche

A Commercial Success

Annual ad review looks at the Super Bowl's big draw.

Dynamic Duo

Charles Wang and Dylan Wu make a good match

Alumni Life

Helping Students in Need

New fund created for students in crisis

Club News: The Adventures of Flat Willie

Flat Wille goes 'round the world

Joe Chappelle: Playing with Fire

Chicago Fire producer and director gives his all

Caralynn Nowinski: Solving 'Big Problems'

Innovator leads UI Labs' digital manufacturing institute

Saqib Nadeem: Gone to the Dogs

Doggy day care operator runs Paradise 4 Paws

Alumni Updates

Gillian Flynn, Ben Knight and Aarti Sequeira

Passings

Remembering James Foley and Martha Hyer Wallis

Purple Prose

Mean Girl

You are who you are

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