Johns Hopkins Magazine -- November 1997
Johns Hopkins Magazine
Home

CURRENT ISSUE

PAST ISSUES

SEARCH
JH MAGAZINE

GET IN TOUCH

HOW TO ADVERTISE IN
THE PRINT EDITION

JOHNS HOPKINS
MAGAZINE FAQ

November 1997
TABLE OF CONTENTS

P U B L I C    P O L I C Y    &    I N T E R N A T I O N A L    A F F A I R S

In Search of Brother Number One
By Dale Keiger
No journalist has persisted in covering Cambodia like Nate Thayer. His doggedness paid off last summer when he came face to face with the elusive Pol Pot.
In Short - A school study that starts at the beginning... why NATO expansion is a big mistake... peripatetic bottles that hold surprises inside


H E A L T H    &    M E D I C I N E

Fighting Back Against Brain Attack
By Marjorie Centofanti (MA '95)
Using pioneering imaging techniques, Hopkins researchers are working to diagnose stroke more quickly--and accurately than ever before.
In Short - The ethics of embryonic stem cells... bringing home the Lasker... tumor- fighting broccoli sprouts... colon cancer breakthrough


O N    C A M P U S E S

Uncertainty in the Archives
By Joanne P. Cavanaugh, (MA '97)
Modernity has come calling, knocking the dust off the archives. Will history be squandered as the information age accelerates?
Preserving the Life of a Lab
By Lynne Lamberg
Curt Richter, the man known as the "father of the biological clock," worked for nearly 60 years at Hopkins. The vast hoard of data he left behind is an archivist's dream--and nightmare.
In Short - Creating a college town... no more dusty shelves at the MSE... presidential summit... bidding irregularities... a call for honor


S C I E N C E    &    T E C H N O L O G Y

Taming the Terabyte
By Melissa Hendricks
Driven by their need to transmit tremendous chunks of data, Hopkins researchers are helping to build and test-drive the next generation of the Internet.
In Short - Post-practice action in the brain... telling water from water... a "drunker sailor" straightens up... flouride that's out of this world


H U M A N I T I E S    &    T H E    A R T S

Nightmare in Nanking
By Sue De Pasquale
Author Iris Chang (MA '91) sheds new light on World War II's "Forgotten Holocaust"--an eight-week orgy of torture and killing that left 300,000 Chinese dead.
In Short - Obsessed with Western decline... the value of unreliable texts... an alternative holiday ballet... "birdpeople" Lionized


D E P A R T M E N T S

Editor's Note
Letters
Essay
Alumni Notes
Alumni News
Contributors to the November Issue