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December 4, 2024
Renovated Sports Center Is a Community Gathering Place
President Bilger, Treasurer Lynn Valenter, Yasodha Gopal, MD, and Michael Lombardo reflect on the space.
December 4, 2024
Find the Synchronicity
In Chinese 311, Yijing hexagraphs are analyzed to explore Chinese text and tradition.
December 5, 2024
Discovery’s Edge
Reed scientists revolutionize our understanding of land, sea, space, and the human body.
December 5, 2024
Climbing to a New World
Could old-growth forest canopies hold the secret to keeping biodiversity, and our planet, intact? Botanist Steve Sillett ’89 has been researching up in the trees to find out.
December 5, 2024
Ghost Trees
Reed biology students have been scouring the Portland area for hybrid oak trees. Their journey could reshape the way we see our ecosystem.
December 5, 2024
In the Classroom and Out at Sea
Susan Rickards ’90 is a science teacher by day and a marine mammal researcher in any spare moment.
December 5, 2024
What Aerosols Can Tell Us About Climate
Trish Quinn ’82 examines sea spray, dust, and pollutants in our atmosphere to better understand their climate effects.
December 5, 2024
The Polar Pundit
Professor, public servant, and polar expert Kelly Falkner ’83 has a lot to show for her 40-year science career, including her very own Antarctic glacier.
December 5, 2024
Shoot for the Star
Craig DeForest ’89 is leading NASA’s PUNCH mission to make 3-D observations of an underexplored region of space: the sun and its atmosphere.
December 5, 2024
Zooming Out: The Cosmic Web
Farhan Hasan ’18 wants to untangle the mysteries of the distant universe.
December 5, 2024
Vantage Point
To see a black hole, Shep Doeleman ’86 needed a telescope the size of a planet. So he built one.
December 5, 2024
Zooming In: Stringing It All Together
Naomi Gendler ’16 is on her way to finding the most fundamental explanation of our universe.
December 5, 2024
Reed Legends at Los Alamos
Mark Galassi ’87 and Tess Light ’91 are on the frontlines of nuclear nonproliferation.
December 5, 2024
Laser Focused
Alison Saunders ’11 has the biggest laser in the world and a dream: to understand what occurs in the cores of planets and stars.
December 5, 2024
The Miracle Worker
Dr. Kevan Shokat ’86 isn’t just curing lung cancer. He’s reshaping the way scientists conquer disease.
December 5, 2024
Our Plastic-Stable Brains
Gina Turrigiano ’84 revolutionizes neuroscience with her research on brain plasticity.
December 5, 2024
Precision Pointe
With the discipline of a ballerina, Rachel Klevit ’78 investigates the proteins implicated in disease.
December 5, 2024
On the Future of Medicine
Roger Perlmutter ‘73 transforms scientific questions into lifesaving treatments.
December 2, 2024
Take a Bite of the Future
The event that assembled community values, goals, and relationships into a lunchtime meal.
October 11, 2024
