Winter 2012
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My fight, my faith
As CIA director, Leon Panetta '60, J.D. '63 oversaw the mission to find Osama bin Laden. Now, as secretary of defense in an age of budget austerity, he has to make sure the Pentagon doesn't break the bank and that the nation doesn't break faith with the men and women who serve.
Winter 2012
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General Joe
When Joseph Peterson '72 signed up for ROTC as an undergrad, he planned to complete his military service and then move on. Nearly four decades later, he finally has: with three stars on his shoulder and having served as deputy commander of U.S. Forces Command.
Winter 2012
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From enemy to empathy
Political scientist William Stover teaches students to understand volatile conflicts through firsthand experience. Thanks to virtual simulations, there aren't casualties. But there is a new way of seeing.
Winter 2012
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Bronco Battalion
What does it mean for a Jesuit university to be home to the Reserve Officers' Training Corps? Seventy-five years after ROTC came to Santa Clara—and 150 years after officers were first trained on campus—a few answers are clear.
Winter 2012 | FEATURES
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Going global
A $2 million grant creates a yearlong fellowship program—with students taking part in a global network of socially conscious businesses.
Winter 2012 | SCIENCE, TECHNOLOGY, AND SOCIETY
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New to the Board
Santa Clara's Board of Trustees welcomed four new members in October 2011.
Winter 2012 | TRUSTEES
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Santa Clara Snapshot: 1942
1942 was a year of great change for the Mission Campus as the country ramped up for war.
Winter 2012 | SNAPSHOT
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Digital War
Assistant Professor of Art Ryan Reynolds explores what it means to see—versus to truly understand.
Winter 2012 | ART
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Warrior class
An interview with One Bullet Away author and former marine Nathaniel C. Fick.
Winter 2012 | ETHICS
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The language of faith
A global gathering of youth. A Mass with the Pope and 2 million pilgrims.
Winter 2012 | RELIGION
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.
