The D.C. alumni chapter recently visited head curator Leslie Overstreet 鈥�71 at the Smithsonian鈥檚 Cullman rare book library to learn what clues lie within the materiality of books.
Could old-growth forest canopies hold the secret to keeping biodiversity, and our planet, intact? Botanist Steve Sillett 鈥�89 has been researching up in the trees to find out.
Professor, public servant, and polar expert Kelly Falkner 鈥�83 has a lot to show for her 40-year science career, including her very own Antarctic glacier.
Prof. Kate Bredeson and Thalia Wolff 鈥�22 collaborated on the first English-language translation of the play about class inequality and access to higher education.
Prof. Kris Anderson [psychology] journeyed to Barcelona as part of Reed鈥檚 faculty research exchange. Her visit to a residential treatment facility there taught her about the universality of the struggle to overcome addiction.
Nicole Chan 鈥�25 joins 27 other Reedies who have won the award, which financially supports students who show promise in becoming the next generation of research leaders.
Lillian Karabaic 鈥�13, an ice-skating, Bowie-loving finance reporter who has spent over a decade transforming people's relationship with money, is on to the next challenge.
Lillyanne Pham 鈥�20 and Jim Labbe 鈥�95 were part of Oregon's first-ever experiment in giving community members direct say over how to spend public dollars.