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Big Picture

Campus

Erich Osterberg is at his best when he’s under the weather.

Continuing Ed

Shazam’s cofounder on being a “wantrapreneur”

Features

Amid the turmoil of post-Civil War America, Amos Akerman, class of 1842, went toe to toe with the KKK.
Professors reveal the books they’ve read in the year of the pandemic.
Despite a life of hard knocks, Reggie Williams ’76 keeps on keeping on.
Allie Young ’13 got voters to the polls—on horseback.
Writer Paul Maclean ’28 lived hard, died young, and became the center of an acclaimed novel by his brother, Norman Maclean ’24.
What do mummified baboons have to do with the origins of international commerce? Everything!
Lawyer and activist Maya Wiley ’86 explains why she wants to be the next mayor of New York City.

Letters

Readers write, react, and respond. (March/April 2021)

Look Who’s Talking

Assistant professor of Italian

Voices in the Wilderness

Zoo CEO J. Kirby Fowler Jr. ’88 walks on the wild side.
Mohawk filmmaker Tracey Deer ’00 fights stereotypes.
Ophthalmologist Bonnie An Henderson ’89, DMS ’93, innovates for cataract patients.
Kate Cohen ’92 casts her eye on our culture—and her kitchen.

Web Extras

An architect’s detective work takes him on a personal odyssey.
The introduction to “Thaddeus Stevens: Civil War Revolutionary, Fighter for Racial Justice,” by Bruce Levine
An excerpt from “Resilient By Nature”
How to Use Affirmations

Green Room

Textile designer Jean Mason ’11 explains how she found her way as an artist, designer, and small business owner.
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Portfolio

Norman Maclean ’24, the Undergraduate Years
An excerpt from “Norman Maclean: A Life of Letters and Rivers”
One of a Kind
Author Lynn Lobban ’69 confronts painful past.
Trail Blazer

Lis Smith ’05 busts through campaign norms and glass ceilings as she goes all in to get her candidate in the White House. 

John Merrow ’63
An education journalist on the state of our schools

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