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Winter 2002
Vol. 64, No. 2

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Special Report: Growing the Rochester Endowment
by Scott Hauser

The University's endowment has benefited from the bull markets of the late '90s, but managers have created a portfolio designed to withstand bear markets, too.


Alzheimer's: New Science, New Hope?
by Mark Liu '87

Long at the forefront of research on the debilitating neurological disease, Rochester scientists are using a multipronged assault to unlock the keys to Alzheimer's.


The Return of Freshman Week
by Jeffrey Marsh

Incoming students may not learn class yells any more, but they discover a lot about learning and life at the College in a newly revived, weeklong Orientation program.


A Foot in Two Worlds
by Jenny Leonard

Janet Catherine Berlo, one of the nation's most prominent authorities on the art of the Plains Indians, discovers her own artistic identity after a bout of "quilt madness."


Pipe Dreams
by Jeffrey Marsh

The Eastman School of Music strengthens its nationally recognized organ program with several new initiatives.


The Orchestration of a Tony Award Winner
by Jeffrey Marsh

A two-time winner of Broadway's highest honor, orchestrator Douglas Besterman '85 has helped create the music for some of the stage's biggest hits.

 



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Editor: Scott Hauser
Associate editor: Jeffrey Marsh
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Published three times a year for alumni, students, their parents, and other friends of the University, Rochester Review is produced by the Office of University Public Relations, Robert Kraus, associate vice president for public relations.

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