Super Powers
Surviving two bouts of cancer means embracing—and resisting—change
Surviving two bouts of cancer means embracing -- and resisting -- change
At History’s Elbow
Relief reigns after Japanese surrender aboard USS Missouri
An alumnus travels back to Japan where he fought on the USS Missouri
The Ghosts of Wounded Knee
Massacre continues to haunt Lakota Indians
An Almost Forgotten Oil Spill
Remembering the Ixtoc I Oil Spill in the Gulf of Mexico
On the Shoulders of Giants
Becoming the president of Girard College
A Curious Feline
Geriatrician and cat attend to the dying
Terrorism on Trial
Lawyer represents defendants in U.S. and at Guantanamo
Over the last year, Edward B. MacMahon Jr. (Col ’82) has been working as a defense attorney in Guantanamo Bay, Cuba.
Heroes of a New World Economy
Development up close and personal in Kenya
Imagine a global economy that provides people affordable goods and services that allow them to solve their own problems.
Scenes from an Inauguration
Patient people, poetric address part of historic ceremony
On the morning of the inauguration of the 44th president of the United States, I woke up next to Abraham Lincoln...
A Million Stories to Tell
Service in Iraq motivates veteran to study Arabic, pursue journalism
I moved to Egypt in August to study Arabic at the American University in Cairo. I came by way of UVA, but more by way of Iraq, a place I’ve never left far behind. I was a soldier there from 2004 to 2005, and I feel compelled to re-engage the Middle East on civilian terms.
A Run to Remember
Beijing native bears Olympic torch in China
Thousands of my friends have asked me one question: How did I get that special honor as a torch bearer? That’s a long story to tell.
Crossing the Aisle
Background as a journalist helps effort to untangle political gridlock
Virginia was a smaller state in 1968, and its politics had been one-party Democratic for the previous swath of the 20th century.
Cuba from the Bottom Up
After Fidel, life's little struggles go on
Nowhere has news of what was, by all accounts, one of the most anticipated transitions of power been received with more yawning than in Cuba itself.
On Top of the World
Spiritual journey finds fulfillment in Dalai Lama
Just Did It
How I created a new product
A Mother’s Challenge
Mission of Mercy
