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Stories for Feb. 3, 1999

  
Decoding the Lowly Fruit Fly

  
Admissions Lawsuit: Berdahl Responds

  
McQuade Named New VC

  
Grading Grad Schools: A Forum on University Rankings

  
New Wireless Research Center

  
Campus Charitable Campaign Stories

  
Honoring the History of African Americans

  
Photo: Trouble in Paradise

  
More About: The World of Insects

  
Mentors Guide Staff Interns

  
Photo: Whodunit?

  
Calling All Computer Techies

  
Photo: Faculty Art on Display


Regular Features

  
Awards

  
Campus Memos

  
News Briefs

  
Obituary

  
Staff Enrichment






Photo of the Week: Four Decades of Dance

Photo: Dancers

Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater celebrates its 40th anniversary season with four Bay Area premieres at Zellerbach Hall Feb. 19 to 28. Ailey and a group of young black modern dancers first performed in 1958, forever changing the perception of American dance. The troupe has since performed for an estimated 19 million people in 48 states and 68 countries, including two historic visits to South Africa. For tickets, call 642-9988. Atsushi Iijima photo.





Top Story: Decoding the Lowly Fruit Fly

Berkeley's six-year-old project to map and decode all 12,000 genes in the fruit fly is teaming up with a private genetics company in hopes of reaching its goal in record time, perhaps by the end of this year. (continues)




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February 3 - 9, 1999 (Volume 27, Number 21)
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