. . .  Summer 2002

:: Crossing the Color line
White and Black Students in the 1950s defied traditions that had kept them apart

:: The Last Dean of Women
Deborah Bacon at 95 recalls the 'Doris Day' '50s and tempestuous '60s

:: Mary Sue Coleman is U-M's 13th President
University of Iowa's chief executive to assume office Aug. 1

:: Affirmative action is upheld in Law School admissions case
Nation's newspapers editorialize on the use of race as a factor in admissions after court rules 5-4 in University's favor 

:: Family-pattern blindness coming into focus
Life Sciences Gene therapy research offers hope to millions with macular degeneration

:: Little Mel
Mel Wakabayashi '66 is perhaps the most unlikely star in the long history of Michigan sports, and surely one of the most inspirational

:: The Commuting Mind of Linda Gregerson
Dual Careers of poetry and scholarship make her a singularly lyrical thinker

:: Get Your Guns Boys, They're Robbing the Bank!
A U-M med student was almost the man who shot Jesse James

:: How the Automatic Swim Timer Cleared the Deck at the Pool
Challenged by a bet, water polo-playing engineer revolutionized how races are determined

:: Picasso's War
U-M Museum of Art to exhibit rarely seen works through Sept. 15; includes powerful visual and poetic responses to the Spanish Civil War

:: Bludgeon Battalion of '69 *Web Exclusive*
U-M Museum of Art to exhibit rarely seen works through Sept. 15; includes powerful visual and poetic responses to the Spanish Civil War

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