The intricate designs that illuminate Susan Throckmorton's papercuttings delight the eyes, but make your hands hurt just looking at them. There are dense forests, slender cactus needles, fruit and flower montages, and birds, lots and lots of birds. Papercutting is an ancient art that is…... » Read more
Nonfiction In the Words of Women: The Revolutionary War and the Birth of the Nation, 1765–1799 By Loiuse V. North, Janet M. Wedge, and Landa M. Freeman Bringing together the letters, diaries, pamphlets, and plays of women who lived during the American Revolution, In the…... » Read more
It’s How We Handle the Unforeseen Crises that Defines Us Nineteen years ago, Sally Everett ’65 was diagnosed with Alpha-1 COPD, a rare form of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease that gets progressively worse. Then a successful prosecutor for the New York state attorney general’s Medicaid…... » Read more
HIV, the virus that causes AIDS, continues to make headlines as activists and researchers mark the thirtieth year since the first HIV cases were identified—and the thirtieth year without a cure or vaccine. And the epidemic continues to spread, as Lily Rodriguez '09 knows only too…... » Read more
