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My Summer Vacation: Three Weeks with Elephants
Features

My Summer Vacation: Three Weeks with Elephants

Magnificent animals. Extraordinary insights. Peeing in a Tupperware container. It’s all part of the deal for a research team in Namibia.

by Melinda Sacks

You Know What You’re Talking About. Here’s How to Sound Like It.
Advice

You Know What You’re Talking About. Here’s How to Sound Like It.

How do you command respect and get your point across while keeping your cool?

by Mike Vangel

Radical Collaboration
Departments

Radical Collaboration

How a design thinker inspired a community to save her life.

by Christine Foster

Your Community. Your Voice.
Campus Communities

Your Community. Your Voice.

We asked alumni to tell us their stories. Here’s what they said.

What’s the Shark Equivalent of Burning Man?
Features

What’s the Shark Equivalent of Burning Man?

For decades, biologists thought white sharks were mostly solitary.

by Melinda Sacks

What's Up With All This Community Stuff?
About Community

What's Up With All This Community Stuff?

A letter to readers.

by Summer Moore Batte

Third Time's the Charm
Essays

Third Time's the Charm

Finding peace under a cultural magnifying glass.

by Waka Takahashi Brown

In Moments of Stress, Take a Little Meme Time.
Community

In Moments of Stress, Take a Little Meme Time.

Students poke fun at college life.

by Diana Aguilera

Can We All Get Along?
Columns

Can We All Get Along?

Faculty weigh in on why we’re so polarized.

by Kevin Cool