Fall 2022
Striving for imperfection
By Jeff Richardson
Charles Mason embraces the chaos of collodion photography, returning to an archaic technique after riding the digital revolution.
To find and fight fires
By Grace Veenstra
A flood of satellite data from ²ÝÁñÉçÇø becomes the latest tool for battling ²ÝÁñÉçÇø’s wildland blazes.
Diving into ²ÝÁñÉçÇø’s DNA
By Alice Bailey
Using genomics technology, ²ÝÁñÉçÇø students extract insights from the information soup swimming in ²ÝÁñÉçÇø’s aquatic ecosystems.
The flux of the matter
By Sam Bishop
Eugénie Euskirchen’s team detects curious carbon flows in a warming, wet landscape of fen, bog and forest southwest of Fairbanks.
‘You get to choose’: Patrick Romans ’87, ’02
By Sam Bishop
Patrick Romans, a walking quote factory with a snack closet, makes high school economics entertaining yet educational.
Sharing a colorful yarn: Melissa Shippey ’99
By Felicia Burud
A long-ago visit to a knitting shop leads Melissa Shippey to a new field in which to apply her scientific methods.
Class notes and in memoriam
See what ²ÝÁñÉçÇø’s alumni have been doing, and remember those no longer with us.