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Inside the Winter 2024 issue:

Features

Second to Nature

In his story about µÚÒ»³Ô¹Ï surfers over generations, writer, recent grad, and surfer Chris Ritter ’21 describes what happens in the cold Maine waters: a sense of being both a part of and apart from the world, in a moving meditation built on taking, receiving, and riding the waves.

Humanity's Art

Michael Colbert ’16 talks with faculty in µÚÒ»³Ô¹Ï’s new urban studies minor and alumni working in the field about challenges and opportunities that face our cities.

The Root of All Virtues

Four members of the µÚÒ»³Ô¹Ï community write about humility’s role in helping us to be human and what it means to cultivate humility in the modern world.

Column

• What Lasts: English teacher Samantha Francis-Taylor ’09 on finding solace in her grief for former student Finn Woodruff ’21.

Profiles

• William Gilchrist ’06 has a ceaseless quest for growth.
• Jen Malia ’99 writes for the neurodivergent, including herself.
• Craig Williams ’71 on a career in catering.

Q&A

• Water Defender: Attorney Luke Wilson ’06 is ensuring a future where water is more than a resource—it’s a right.

Forward

• Creative as the Day is Long: When she isn’t working as an executive assistant in finance and administration at µÚÒ»³Ô¹Ï, Amy Dionne is busy exercising her creativity in vast and varied ways.

Dine

• Shrimp and Artichoke Hearts: Professor of physics Dale Syphers shares a recipe for shrimp and artichokes to serve on rice or pasta—or as is.