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To See a World in a Grain of Sand
Columns

To See a World in a Grain of Sand

How a bioengineer and a poet forged their own paths.

by Kathy Zonana

Meet Grace Hu
All Right Now

Meet Grace Hu

When the time-space continuum encounters a force for good.

by Sam Scott

A  Friendship Mission
Features

A Friendship Mission

The improbable, coincidental and utterly true story of an alum who went missing for 13 years, and the friends who found him.

by Kevin Cool

What the Wilderness Letter Wrought
Features

What the Wilderness Letter Wrought

Stegner’s ‘labor of an afternoon’ struck a chord around the world.

by Daniel Arnold

Westword, Bound
Features

Westword, Bound

The written world of Wallace Stegner was one of calloused hands and expansive beauty. His most famous pupils saw things differently.

by Daniel Arnold

Biblio File: What to Read Now — July 2021
Departments

Biblio File: What to Read Now — July 2021

New releases that inspire us.

Book Review: Searching for Safe Haven
Departments

Book Review: Searching for Safe Haven

New and Notable

by Deni Ellis Béchard

Just Curious
Features

Just Curious

How a boy who played with fire (and mercury, and bleach) became a bioengineer who brought $1 origami microscopes (and paper centrifuges, and snorkel-mask PPE) to the world.

by Deni Ellis Béchard

History Scholar Who Saved New York Public Library
Farewells

History Scholar Who Saved New York Public Library

Vartan Gregorian, ’58, PhD ’64

by Rebecca Beyer