In Praise of Darkness
“I decided to become an airline pilot in part because I believed that aviators might enjoy a particularly pure experience of night,” writes Mark Vanhoenacker ’96 in a New York Times essay that may change the way you think of the dark. Read the Essay.
Senior Honored at Sugar Bowl
Quarterback Reece Foy ’18 was named to the Allstate AFCA Good Works Team for his community service work. Here, he contributes a first-person account of his trip to New Orleans.
Loomis Illuminated
Geoffrey Giller ’10 tells the story of Frederic Brewster Loomis, the 1896 alumnus who unearthed our mammoth skeleton—and who is still frustrating and surprising scientists today.
Before the Outbreak
When Kathryn Hanley ’89 began studying the Zika virus, no one else was interested. That all changed in 2015. Now her lab leads the way in the search for a treatment.
What’s in the Box?
Jessica Bruder ’00 helped break one of the biggest news stories of our time. And it all began with a mysterious package on her doorstep.
More Kudos for Taubman
Pulitzer Prize-winning professor William Taubman was recently honored at the Amherst Center for Russian Culture, where distinguished scholars gathered to discuss his work. And earlier this month, The New Yorker became the latest publication to review, in its Briefly Noted section, his new book on Gorbachev. Read the review.