True grit
In a heated showdown with Western cattlemen, Idaho environmentalist Jon Marvel, AB’72, tries to outlaw livestock grazing on public lands. By Lydialyle Gibson
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Eye robot
Chicago geophysical scientist Patrick McGuire develops artificial-intelligence technology to turn astronauts into “cyborg astrobiologists.” By Jason Kelly
A nurse’s shift
A former academic finds personal fulfillment—and a different set of intellectual problems—amid health-care shortfalls and patients who face matters of life and death. By Theresa Brown, AB’87, PhD’94
A novel approach
Presumed dead by the Alumni Association, an alumnus shares some life benchmarks, told through four writers’ lenses. By Alan M. Charlens, SB’58, PhD’63