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.