Faculty
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Freedom not to choose
Behavioral finance expert Meir Statman explains why most employees shouldn't be given the choice of managing their own retirement accounts.
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Honoring top educators
A few of the stellar SCU faculty recognized in 2012 for their scholarship, teaching, and leadership.
Winter 2013
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New from SCU faculty
A remarkable new collection of short stories by Ron Hansen M.A. '95, Nancy C. Unger's historical survey of women and the environment, and much more.
Winter 2013
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Odes to Omaha
Essayist and critic Sven Birkerts reviews the new story collection by Ron Hansen M.A. '95. Hansen will read from his book on Nov. 20 in Corte Madera.
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Engineering with a Mission
The engineering work being done today was the stuff of imagination when the School of Engineering started a century ago. Where do we go from here?
Fall 2012
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We, robots
Adventures with the Robotics Systems Laboratory by land, sea, and sky. And in orbit.
Fall 2012
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Sarah Kate Wilson vs. Godzilla
An engineering professor tackles big problems—like attracting more women to her field and transferring mountains of data through the air.
Fall 2012
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Deluge and drought
Lessons in how to wedge data into smaller spaces. And build a smarter energy grid.
Fall 2012
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Building biomedical tests
Where engineering meets biology, the work ranges from diagnosing voice disorders to tracking toxicity in the brain.
Fall 2012
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The long view
Build it safer and stronger—sustainably.
Fall 2012
Winter 2013
Table of contents
Features
To catch a thief
A young mathematician at SCU has helped equip police in Santa Cruz and L.A. with an algorithm that predicts where crimes might happen next. Is this the future of policing?
How to avoid a bonfire of the humanities
A veteran chronicler of Silicon Valley looks at why the high-tech industry needs—and wants—folks who know how to tell a story.
The play’s the thing
Kurds, Arabs, countrymen: Shakespeare Iraq brings the Bard to Ashland like you’ve never heard him.
Mission Matters
Heart of the matter
A statue that’s gazed on the Mission Gardens for 130 years gets a much-needed restoration. As layers of paint are peeled away, stories of the past emerge.
All work and all play
They make Erik Hurtado ’13 WCC player of the year and the No. 5 pick in pro soccer’s draft.
Got MOOC?
There’s global interest in a Massive Open Online Course in business ethics.
