FEATURES

BITE OF THE APPLE
Wealth, power, raddichio! Six stellar alumni in New York City.

BARRIERS TO LEAP
Hong Kong-born and one of a handful of women at her level, engineer Kei May Lau is the embodiment of opportunity seized.

THE RHINO IN THE ROOM
College costs on a tear. Should we run screaming or what?

PALAIS UMASS
Appearances were trim, appliances were chubby, and the Student Union was new.

UMASS IN THE FIFTIES
Student life was really neat back then.

MAKING IT NEW: THE CHANCELLOR'S VISION
What land-grant colleges started doing in the 1860s, every school worth its salt is doing now. It's up to the long-time innovators to lead the way again.

DEPARTMENTS

LETTERS
Responses to the summer issue.

FIRST IMPRESSIONS
The freshmen are here and so is Campaign UMass.

CAMPAIGN NEWS
A new department heralding a new venture.

SCHOOLS AND COLLEGES
UMass as apple pie: Dean Robert Helgesen of Food and Natural Resources.

DEANS' LIST
of faculty honors

BOOKS
The history stuff.

VISUAL ARTS
The high-tech stuff.

MASS GATHERINGS
The stuff of greatness.

CLASS NOTES

EPILOGUE
Hurricane Doric remembered