Thirty years after dropping out, Nina Louise M.A. ’20 returned to the classroom. But books accompanied her all the way to her Ph.D. program in Hawaii.
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Alone Together
Their relationship deepened so much while being apart that Jo Blankenship ’16 and Cassidy Brown ’21 wondered if it could survive while being together.
A Conversation With Misty Copeland
Misty Copeland was the first Black female principal dancer with the American Ballet Theatre. She talks about her experience and struggles while breaking new ground.
A Conversation With Madhu Viswanathan
Madhu Viswanathan, profess of marketing, says his Business for Good program challenges his entrepreneurial students to think about the needs of low-income, low-literacy consumers.
A Conversation With Jonas Mureika
Jonas Mureika studies quantum physics — matter and energy at the level of atoms an subatomic particles. We don’t yet understand it, but he and others are in search of the “Holy Grail of physics.” Mureika talks about his quest.
A Conversation With Abby Wambach
Abby Wambach, who delivered the Commencement address at the 2022 Commencement Exercises, talks about Title IX, equal pay for women and misogyny.
Gates and Soyinka On Mentors and Ancestors
Historian Henry Louis Gates Jr. and Nobel Prize-winner Wole Soyinka — student and mentor —came to campus to share stories about the ancestors shaped them and their decades-long friendship that binds them.
What He Carries
Eli Scott’s shoulders are big enough to carry a team. Seriously — look at his shoulders. You could build a small cabin on them.
It’s a Trek
Star Trek’s science fiction universe always has been a commentary on the present as much as a vision of the future. Mikayla Gingrey ’21, a Star Trek devotee and an intern with CBS Studios, ranks her 10 most important Star Trek characters.
L.A. Flower Market
The L.A. Flower Market is the largest wholesale flower market in the United States. To Natasha Nguyen M.A. ’13, it’s a second home.