On The Cover
Broken levees led to massive flooding in New Orleans in the wake of Hurricane Katrina, a disaster experts fear could repeat itself in the California Delta, where a fragile labyrinth of levees could be seriously damaged or fail should an earthquake occur even as far as 100 miles away.

Read the story

Cover photo courtesy FEMA

Dean's Message:
The many dimensions of diversity

Broken levees: New Orleans to Sacramento
Can Katrina's lessons forestall disaster in the Delta?
by Robert Sanders

The ghost bird and the robot
High-tech camera seeks the elusive ivory-billed woodpecker
by David Pescovitz

Telemedicine's sight for sore eyes
Rural clinics in South India benefit from technology that could revolutionize health care in the developing world
by Rachele Kanigel

FOREFRONT takes you into the labs, classrooms, and lives of professors, students, and alumni for an intimate look at the innovative research, teaching, and campus life that define the College of Engineering at the University of California, Berkeley.

Published two times a year by the College of Engineering Office of Marketing & Communications. Have a comment about Forefront? E-mail your letter to the editor. Click here to learn more about the magazine.