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October 2002
Volume 66, Number 1

Feature stories:

The Trouble with Frogs
by Bruce Fellman
Ecologist David Skelly is attempting to solve a puzzle: the recent appearance of amphibians with abnormal limbs. The answer could shed light on the mystery of human disease.

The Duke and I
by Arthur Galston
Edward Kennedy Ellington was awarded an honorary doctorate in 1967. A Yale biologist tells how the Duke became Doc.

A Firm Foundation
by Mark Alden Branch ’86
Since 1953, the Ulysses S. Grant Foundation has given Yale undergraduates a place to try teaching—and New Haven schoolchildren the inspiration to dream big.

One Good Turn
by Bruce Fellman
As an exhibition at the Art Gallery shows, wood turning has metamorphosed from simple craft to high art.

Freshman Address
by Richard Levin ’74PhD
If the Class of 2006 needed a role model, Yale’s President told freshmen to look no further than Benjamin Franklin.

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