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Flipping the Bird

The surprising strategy for minimizing precooked food waste.

By Summer Moore Batte

The Big Game Disaster of 1900
Features

The Big Game Disaster of 1900

With no seats available at the Big Game in 1900, hundreds of fans climbed onto a nearby rooftop to watch. Twenty minutes after kickoff, tragedy struck.

by Sam Scott

Obituaries - November/December 2015
Farewells

Obituaries - November/December 2015

Musical, Medical Centenarian
Farewells

Musical, Medical Centenarian

Ephraim Engleman, '33

by Julie Muller Mitchell

Foreign Policy Scholar
Farewells

Foreign Policy Scholar

John David Steinbruner, '63

by Mike Vangel

Where Law and Art Meet
Farewells

Where Law and Art Meet

John Henry Merryman

by Julie Muller Mitchell

The Dish

The Dish

One Lucky Mistake
Departments

One Lucky Mistake

Serendipity strikes

by Alison Carpenter Davis

Fungus Among Us
Departments

Fungus Among Us

A truffle evangelist

by Carolyn Jung

Artifacts of Conscience
Departments

Artifacts of Conscience

A prankster comes clean

by Charles (Chuck) Fulkerson Jr.

Books, Music & Film
Departments

Books, Music & Film