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ALUMNI CHAPTERS 28 Upcoming events and contacts
CLASS ACTS 30 News from your classmates, photo wrap-ups, and alumni profiles
BACK PAGE 40 Paul Geremia, Still Playin’ the Blues
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MORE . . . COVER: ASSOCIATED PRESS PHOTO/DAVID GOLDMAN CONTENTS PHOTOS: NORA LEWIS;
ALUMNI MAGAZINE | FALL 2012 | VOLUME 20, NO.1
FEATURES 10
GETTING TECHNICAL ON CRIME By John Pantalone ‘71 URI’s Digital Forensics and Cyber Security Center is establishing the University as a leader in cyber security research and education
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14 REAL LIFE THROUGH THE LENS By Brian Pernicone After getting his start at The Good 5-Cent Cigar, David Goldman ‘98 is now an award-winning international photojournalist 20
THE BUSINESS OF DUMPSTER DIVING By Todd McLeish A recent graduate and a current senior have launched a recycling company that saves their clients hundreds of dollars a month
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A YEARNING FOR HOME By Jennifer Gaul ‘89 Brandeis faculty member Mitra Karbassi Shavarini ‘84 transcends cultural differences with a new book about her Iranian immigrant family
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AP PHOTO/DAVID GOLDMAN; COURTESY MITRA SHAVARINI
Cover: Stationed in Afghanistan, U.S. Army Sgt. Jesse Campos, 25, of Houston, Texas, said, “Prior to my last deployment, everyone was telling me that they will pray for me. I believe it helps, and deployment can be pretty lonely, so I got the tattoo so that I always remember that people are praying for me.”
24 THROW YOUR iPHONETM. WE DARE YOU. By Maria V. Caliri ‘86, M.B.A. ’92 Six URI alums hold key positions in a rapidly growing startup company whose products protect athletes and consumer electronics 26
SALUTE TO ELEANOR PORTER By Jan Wenzel ‘87 Eleanor Porter ‘51 gets national recognition for reaching out to war amputees with inspiration, support, comfort—and cookies!
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