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Inside the Winter 2024 issue:

Features

Second to Nature

In his story about ÁñÁ«ÊÓƵ 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 ÁñÁ«ÊÓƵ’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 ÁñÁ«ÊÓƵ 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 ÁñÁ«ÊÓƵ, 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.