Exchange
To the editors, from the editors. Cover mosaic creator, Rob Silvers of Runaway Technology.

Around the Pond
Dr. Mike Barnicle speaks, as does Dr. Kathleen Scott. Plus "Highlights," campaign news, and this summer's hedgerow heroes.

Branches of Learning
Featured dean Lee Edwards of Humanities and Fine Arts, and the "Deans' List" of faculty honors.

Three generations, three alumnae
The '40s, the '70s, the '90s: An excellent woman from each.

Learning Who Exhales
A fascinating passion for lizard breath, plus a profile of a woman science department head.

Imagining Edna Skinner
Reflections on our first woman dean, grand progenitor of women's education at UMass.

Honoring Dean Helen
"Homage to Helen Curtis" by Paula Hodecker B.F.A. '89.

Women With Say
Our heroes, our centerfold, A formal portrait.

Who Cares?
A perennial problem of child-care on campus.

Make Pay for Mommy
A feminist economist has had about enough of this dissing of the second shift.

Twenty-Five Years of Women in T-shirts
Still spunky after all these years: Everywomen's, Women's Studies, and the Status of Women Council.

Visual Arts
Under construction in the art department: a dynamite design curriculum by a trio of women architects.

Books
Stirring the feminist pot: Through the Kitchen Window by Arlene Avakian et. al.

Extended Family
Alumnae/i events in "UMass Gatherings" and "Gallery" showcasing UMass talent.

Great Sport
The women of the UMass sailing club weigh their (single) anchor and (resolute) prospects.

North 40
Sisterhood is sensible. Cleaner, too.

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