ADELPHI UNIVERSITY ISSUE NO 451 | FALL 2014 Protecting the Pangolin and the Planet Operation Homecoming Teaching in the City Randee Heller 69 ON SHOW BUSINESS 2O14 UNIVERSITY NEWS 4 A Populist Approach to Public Health 5 Winter Wonders EVERYONE Editor’s Letter 6 President Scott's “My Adelphi” WHO COMES 8 The Mortarboard Meets Project Runway BACK FROM 1O Remembering Jonathan Larson ’82 WAR IS 12 The New York Theatre Workshop 13 Swirbul Library, Back to the Future CHANGED. A Lasting Tribute PAGE – Alice Psirakis Diascosavvas ’98 ATHLETICS on coming home 38 Adelphi Gave Her Roots and Wings 4O A Season to Remember 4O They Can Play FEATURE STORIES FACULTY FOCUS 14 Protecting the Pangolin 32 Picture This 18 Teaching in the City 34 Ultracold Molecules are Cool (in Physics) reuni24 onOperation Homecoming PAGE “There’s no secret. I go. I do the best I can, and if I get [the role], that’s great, and if I don’t, well, that’s the way it goes. That’s show business.” – Randee Heller ’69 PAGE AUVU, the Magazine of Adelphi University is published twice a year by the Adelphi University Office of Public Affairs. We welcome your thoughts and comments. Please address letters to: Bonnie Eissner, editor-in-chief AUVU, the Magazine of Adelphi University Adelphi University, Levermore Hall, Room 205, One South Avenue, P.O. Box 701, Garden City, NY 11530 or email THE MAGAZINE OF ADELPHI UNIVERSITY
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