Hello World (in ‘Second Test Issue’)

FEATURE
Time Out
One term off campus can make all the difference in a college career, as these life-altering stories from alumni attest.
FEATURE
The World According To Neel
With a career path that defies convention, Neel Shah ’05 goes from faking it as a gonzo journalist to making it as a television sitcom writer.
FEATURE
The DAM Interview
President Jim Kim explains what he’s learned in his first two years on the job and talks about his plans for the future.
CLASSROOM
Digital Dilemma
Students tweeting during a lecture? Laptops on or off? When it comes to wi-fi in the classroom, professors have no easy answers.
MUSIC
Rolling Up the Rug
When eight non-music majors hit the jazz scene in the 1950s, they found themselves in the swing of things, on campus and off, body and soul.
SPORTS
Gap Year
Can you say “coach of the year” in French? For Patrick Turcotte ’95, pas de problème.
RESEARCH
What’s New
A roundup of fresh findings and new insights from faculty and students.
TRIBUTE
R.I.P.
Remembering the best and verse of Harold “Rip” Ripley ’29, a class secretary for the ages and the ageless.
CONTINUING ED
Victoria “Tory” Rogers ’83
A pediatrician on kids and obesity.
SEEN & HEARD
Newsmakers
Alumni making headlines around the world.