
March-April 1997
Pivotal Partnerships
by Bridget Booher
Like all cities, Durham is confronting a multitude of challenges; and like all universities, Duke is aware that its own future is inextricably linked to the fortunes of its hometown
Engineering a Series of Successes
by Edward Prewitt
A career marked by abrupt changes in direction, but never by snap decisions, has taken
enterprising manager Jim Vincent from the fields of western Pennsylvania, through
the shoals of emerging technologies, and into the frontiers of current science
Biotechnologies Promise and Peril
"What happens over the next forty years is going to make the last twenty years in
biotechnology look like the beginning of the automobile industry"
Duke After Dark
A joint project involving the magazine, reporters and photographers of The Chronicle,
and University Photography documents life beyond the classroom
Sweet Words and Melancholy Melodies
by Robert J. Bliwise
In Jon Marans' Old Wicked Songs, a teacher and his student discover surprising truths
about themselves--and enduring truths about music
Under the Gargoyle
Finding the musical meaning in two weeks of wonder spent touring through China
Spotlight
Around the world--in a dozen mega-concerts--with the Three Tenors
Forum
Chapel roots, speech patterns, financial currents
Gazette
A president at graduation, a center for NAFTA, an outpost in the Far East,
a caution on newsletters
Books
Language that has been lived with and loved
Quad Quotes
Academic achievement and relief from taxes, the Gothic Bookshop and its list
of bestsellers
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