
Winter 2006-07

Michael Ratner ’70LAW goes head-to-head with the U.S. government over the rights of Guantánamo Bay detainees
With storytelling in her blood, novelist Kiran Desai '99SOA wins the Man Booker Prize
A series of exhibitions and symposia offers new perspectives on the city that Robert Moses built
An artifact mysteriously disappears from the Cathedral Church of Saint John the Divine
Who solved the Poincaré Conjecture, one of the world's most difficult math problems?
Researchers have discovered a key mechanism within the deadly Marburg virus that enables it to break down the body's immune system
Researchers make a major discovery concerning faraway planet Upsilon Andromeda b
A researcher says that the medical profession must address the “serious scientific and social concerns” raised by genetic research that targets racial and ethnic groups
Associate professor Angelos Keromytis has developed a way for computers to automatically fix security breaches
The Fascinating Saga of the World's Most Revered and Reviled Bird, by Andrew D. Blechman '93JRN
An Anthology from the Silents Until Now, edited by Phillip Lopate '64CC
Inside the Decade that Transformed Wall Street, by Jonathan A. Knee
Photographs by Rebecca Lepkoff, 1937–1950, text by Peter E. Dans '61PS and Suzanne Wasserman