Fun, ‘Family’, and Friends

Friends, FUN, and the Future

This issue marks the completion of another transition at JUNE, as our new Editor-in-Chief, Bill Grisham, will be responsible for subsequent issues, beginning with—can you believe it--Volume 10. I have felt honored to have been able to serve in various capacities with FUN for 20 years and with JUNE for nearly a decade. Although I admit to feeling some sense of relief when I passed the torch into...

Fruit Fly Family Fun

A recent comparative analysis of the sequenced genomes of 12 Drosophila species (Drosophila 12 Genomes Consortium, 2007; Stark et al., 2007) reveals a comprehensive picture of the evolution of small animal genomes and greatly improves computational predictions of functional elements in the D. melanogaster reference sequence.

Financing from Family and Friends∗

We present two models in which a family investor differs from a non-family investor only in that she has an altruistic relationship with the entrepreneur who seeks financing. We show that because of this single difference, family finance is a source of trust capital whereas formal finance is a source of risk capital. Both deepen the financial market. Family finance has two drawbacks: Risk remai...

To my family and friends

Family fun--family tragedy: ATV-related deaths involving family members.