2007: Volume XIX, Number 2

In this issue...

The parent rap: why babies matter in academia
Early babies, tenure babies, or no babies at all? Mary Ann Mason explores the best time to have a baby if you’re pursuing an academic career.
— By Lisa Harrington

Learning to teach, with a little help
Nationally recognized and emulated, the GSI Teaching & Resource Center prepares students for teaching at Berkeley and beyond.
— By Dick Cortén

What makes the wheel go around
An outstanding mentor shares the joys and day-to-day tug of working with GSIs.
— By Dana Buntrock

Dateline: Berkeley
A look inside the Graduate School of Journalism and the people behind its pizzazz and clout.
— By Dick Cortén

A cerebral night in Berkeley
Take a mind-expanding trip inside the human brain with Aubrey Gilbert, a doctoral student in the Helen Wills Neuroscience Institute.
— By Barry Bergman

Out of the lab to the top of the world
Ain't no mountain high enough for Berkeley-trained biophysical chemist who relishes first ascents.
— By Arlene Blum

Tour de Berkeley
A mainstay in the Visitor’s Center since his freshman year, grad student Michael Colvin knows his way around campus.
— By Lisa Harrington

Remembrance
A. Richard Newton, Dean of Engineering: a life well lived, at lightning speed.
— By Dick Cortén