Summer 2007

Small Wonders
By Christine Palm
Nanoscience is here, on campus and in your life.

Learn more : Click here for links to a beginner’s guide to nanotechnology, images of nanoscale objects, and much more.

Hot Ticket
By Leanna James Blackwell
Suzan-Lori Parks ’85 traces her journey
from theatrical underdog to topdog.

Learn more: The College Web site has articles about, and photos and audio clips from, Suzan-Lori Park’s campus visit.

Agnostic in an Abbey
By Emily Harrison Weir
Faith met science when Katie Alton ’05 spent six weeks living as a nun.

Coming Out About Class
By Corinna Yazbek ’01
Upward class mobility doesn’t come with a roadmap—or a guarantee.

Learn more: Click here for more resources about class—including the Making Class Visible initiative’s Web site and Yazbek’s essay “From the Trailer Park to the Ivy League,” from which this Quarterly piece grew.

Viewpoints

Campus Currents

Off the Shelf

Alumnae Matters

Bulletin Board and Travel

Last Look
Making Money Work

Learn more: Click here for more on how Peg Danek got out of debt, and tips from Consumer Credit Counseling Services.