Winter 2015

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Contents

Features

Engaging Art

The Block Museum is a driving force for collaboration

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A Precious Mission

Carolyn Duran leads Intel’s conflict minerals program

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Race and Inequality in America

Professor Kevin Boyle talks segregation and inequality

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A Building of Note

There is a striking new addition to Evanston's lakefront

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Campus Life

Then: Political Theater

Mock Political Conventions gave students a voice

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A Good Neighbor

Settlement on Chicago's West Side has Northwestern roots

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The Secret of Vivian Maier

Pamela Bannos explores the photographer's legacy

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Welcome to the DOJO

Engineering majors have built a community for expression

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Cool Tools

Knight Lab is helping journalists tell better stories

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Putting Reconstruction on the Map

Professor, alumnus collaborate on study

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Standard-Bearer

Max Chapman earned the Wildcats’ coveted No. 1 jersey

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Advancing Invisibility

Julia Abelsky developed nanoscale cloak of invisibility

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Alumni Life

The Alumnae Celebrates 100 Years

Group plays key role in Northwestern’s past, future

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My Northwestern Direction: Stephen Wilson

How fertilizer fed a global network

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Caeli Quinn: Climate Rider

Cyclist launches environmental nonprofit

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Nizar Ku: BBQ Cowboy

Engineer brings American barbecue home to Malaysia

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Alumni Updates

Elisabeth Bumiller, Sophia Shaw, Mike McMullan

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Passings

Remembering Stanton Cook, Russell Dohner

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Mourning Seema

Alumna remembers a Northwestern friend

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Purple Prose

To Err Is Human; to Own Up, Sublime

Coming clean helps a young CEO define her company

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Mailbox

Mailbox

Inspired by ­“Forgiven,” remembering Franklyn Haiman

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