Seen & Heard

Life Saver

Johns Hopkins transplant surgeon Robert Higgins ’81 on miracles, minorities and paying it forward.

Promise Kept

To honor her dying husband’s wishes, Dr. Lucy (Goddard) Kalanithi ’01 made sure his unfinished memoir was published. Little did she realize the posthumous bestseller would take on a life of its own.

Flyboy

It took only six decades for David Dingman ’58 to fulfill his dream of building and flying his own aircraft. Mission accomplished.

Out of the Ordinary

Animation professor Jodie Mack uses materials others might discard to create experimental animated films—and inspire undergrads.

Over the Hill?

A crew of determined alumni takes on the excruciating hike known as the Fifty—in reverse—before they turn 50 themselves.

Voices in the Wilderness

John Chittick ’70 • Mateo Romero ’89 • Jayne Conroy ’80 • Brian Schott ’93 • Lori Florio ’80 & Emily Vitale ’80 • Steven Fox ’00

Portfolio

Plot Boiler
New titles from Dartmouth writers (September/October 2024)
Flight Patterns
Daniel R. Sheldon ’99 explores bird “mysteries.”
In Her Element

Each summer, Alaskan Jill Fredston ’80 heads out to explore thousands of miles of rugged Arctic coastline in her oceangoing rowing shell.

Caroline Pott ’02
A conservation biologist on life in the middle of the Pacific

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