Feature Stories

Kathryn Stack, Mars Rover

By Julia Munemo It’s 2 o’clock in the morning, and Kathryn Stack ’08 groggily fastens the leash to her dog’s collar and heads out into the Pasadena darkness for a walk. When she gets home, she eats breakfast and packs her lunch. She’s thinking about tomorrow, when this whole process will start at… Continue reading »

The Book Unbound

The Book Unbound—a college-wide initiative centered around the theme of books, libraries, and information inspired by the new Sawyer Library—is “an opportunity to bring us together around themes at the heart of the college’s intellectual and cultural life,” according to its organizers, Professors Edan Dekel and Christopher Nugent. Those… Continue reading »

Spring in the Air

Joan Edwards' Field Botany class took a trip to south Williamstown recently to see the area's first spring wildflower in bloom, the impressive--and impressively smelly--skunk cabbage. Continue reading »