Who is Dr. Stephon Alexander?

100 Pages·2013·24.54 MB·English

COSMIC
J A Z Z
PARTICLE PHYSICS,
QUANTUM GRAVITY,
DARK ENERGY—AND A FEW
MUSICAL INTERLUDES—
WITH PROFESSOR AND
IMPROV MUSICIAN
STEPHON
ALEXANDER
Mar/Apr 2013
Five Dollars
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Porroglossum echidna
Bulbophyllum frostii
Bulbophyllum guttulatum
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Delicate Beauty
Biochemistry professor Bernard Trumpower is
making art out of science by photographing the College’s
entire 1,000-plant Brout Orchid Collection, including
this Brassavola nodosa. He’s about halfway through
what he believes will be a four-year project.
(See page 21 for story.)
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Pony Express
Skijoring used to be a staple of Winter
Carnival, as seen in this image of the
1931 festivities. One- and two-man teams
racing around campus on skis pulled by
horses, however, have gone the way of
keg jumping, carnival queens and, thanks
in part to climate change, majestic snow
sculptures on the Green. This year’s carnival
took place February 7-10.
Photograph courtesy Boston Public Library,
Leslie Jones Collection
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One of the really marvelous things about the trip was
Volume 107 • Number 4 the camaraderie among the travelers. I found a group
Sean Plottner of largely like-minded individuals who were looking to
Editor
Lee Michaelides experience a learning adventure. —Stan Sack ’79
Managing Editor Cuba: Through the Eyes
Wendy McMillan
art dirEctor of the People
Lisa Furlong
December 1–8, 2013
sEnior Editor
Theresa D’Orsi
Journey to Havana, Cienfuegos,
aluMni nEws Editor
Joanne Coburn and Trinidad with Rebecca E. Biron,
businEss ManagEr Associate Professor of Spanish and
Margo M. Nutt
Comparative Literature and Chair
officE ManagEr
Sue Jenks of the Program in Latin American,
Production ManagEr
Latina/o, and Caribbean Studies.
Gavin Huang ’14
Svati Narula ’13
Lauren Vespoli ’13
Contact the Dartmouth Alumni Travel
intErns
office to express your interest in this
Regina Barreca ’79, Mark Boillotat
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One of the really marvelous things about the trip was
the camaraderie among the travelers. I found a group
of largely like-minded individuals who were looking to
experience a learning adventure. —Stan Sack ’79
Cuba: Through the Eyes
of the People
December 1–8, 2013
Journey to Havana, Cienfuegos,
and Trinidad with Rebecca E. Biron,
Associate Professor of Spanish and
Comparative Literature and Chair
of the Program in Latin American,
Latina/o, and Caribbean Studies.
Contact the Dartmouth Alumni Travel
office to express your interest in this
or future licensed People-to-People
programs to Cuba.
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Two Nights in Paris
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