The Oldest Living Things on Earth Summer 2016

Editor’s note: The tree and life
- Class Notes
Features
The Ancient Ones
When he had just turned 22, the author set out on a pilgrimage to touch the oldest living things on earth. That was in 1974. He went back in 2014. The trees had not changed. But he had.
Experimental in Nature
Notre Dame’s Harper Cancer Research Institute is trying a different strategy in the fight against the disease: bringing scientists from diverse fields onto a single team.
The Forsaken Virtue
A meditation on dignity in our post-dignity world.
Glass Master
Kiva Ford and the fusion of beauty, art and function.
In the Present / Kiva Ford
The Call of the Streets
How Jim O’Connell’s one-year plan turned into a lifetime of taking healthcare and humanity to the homeless of Boston.