Say What?
Think today’s computers are smart? Just look at what’s coming. Meet a multinational bullpen of computer scientists who are rapidly bridging the divide between humans and machines.
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Making Waves
After 60 years at the vanguard of the physics of sound, prolific inventor James E. West is on to his next big project: a smart stethoscope.
LOVE, Reign O’er Baltimore
As an agent of change in his adopted hometown, Scott Burkholder ’02 has turned to art to inspire hope.
Bridging the Past
By looking back in time to study the evolution of covered bridges, Rachel Sangree equips students with wisdom they need…
Good Behavior
Paul Ferraro is looking to win-win incentives to save the Chesapeake Bay—and the planet.
Facing the Future
By creating ready-to-implant plastic bone that can turn into living tissue, Warren Grayson and his team aim to improve life…
Can You Hear Me Now?
Those best positioned to do research to help the deaf are the deaf themselves, contends Tilak Ratnanather. As a role…
The Need for Speed
By Andrew Myers Illustrations by Andrew Colin Beck In November 2014, a new sort of high-rise emerged on a grassy,…
Data Downlink
Alumnus Chris DeBoy oversees New Horizons’ Radio System, and its daily downloads from Pluto promise to shed new light on…