Features

Rediscovering a Master

Prof. Sarah Wagner-McCoy unearths new manuscripts that cast fresh light on the first major African-American novelist.

Cheating Heisenberg

Kater Murch ’02 predicts the unpredictable qubit.

Woman for All Seasons

Playwright Caroline Miller ’59, MAT ’65, dusts off script after a dramatic pause lasting four decades.

Portland on the Take

Benji Fisher ’94 probes Stumptown’s seedy past.

Life Beyond Reed

Our recurring series explores how the liberal arts shape the careers of Reed grads.

Adventures in the First Person

Inside Job

Reed student gets an education about life behind bars

Our Brilliant Students

Two Seniors Nab Watsons

Will travel the globe studying coral reefs and Soviet architecture.

The Lives They Led

Brilliant Surgeon, Tragic Accident

The quicksilver life of Dr. Arthur McLean ’21, Portland’s first neurosurgeon.

Into the Unknown

President’s Summer Fellows circle the globe