Cover: FSU strozier Library Photo Archives The campus of Florida State College for Women displays its support for the war effort on Landis Geen, 1942.

War Stories - WWII wrought dramatic changes on FSU and in the lives of many members of our university family. Told here for the first time are the stories of nine faculty members whose encounters with the worst of all wars, changed their lives forever.

War Child - The end of WWII fifty years ago this summer triggered the end of Florida State College for Women. FSCW's final chapter, though, was the first for Florida's second oldest university.

From Lab to Market - Universities everywhere are beefing up efforts to put nifty faculty creations into the hands of consumers. At stake can be thrilling breakthroughs in science, medicine and technology--and big bucks for the alma mater.

Standard Issue - One reason so many Americans are functionally illiterate on matters on science is that our schools have such low or nonexistant standards in teaching it. An FSU science educator leads a national effort to change that.

Cross Talk - Governments often have strange ways of communicating--or not communicating--with their citizens. A new analysis of the rhetoric surrounding the Chernobyl disaster shows that silence is often less than golden.