Point of View Archive

  • The ocean is perhaps the planet’s last great frontier. For one student, a research trip to better understand a shipwreck near Bermuda provided an opportunity for exploration and adventure. by...

    Scholar Ship

    The ocean is perhaps the planet’s last great frontier. For one student, a research trip to better understand a shipwreck near Bermuda provided an opportunity for exploration and adventure. by...

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  • History professor Tammy Ingram finds an unlikely research topic right below our feet.

    One for the Road

    History professor Tammy Ingram finds an unlikely research topic right below our feet.

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  • For one pioneering alum, being on top of the world meant finding a life and career at the bottom – a crossroads for scientists, vagabonds and voyagers studying and exploring...

    Life on the Ice

    For one pioneering alum, being on top of the world meant finding a life and career at the bottom – a crossroads for scientists, vagabonds and voyagers studying and exploring...

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  • Harry Freeman was more than a biology professor. He was an inspiration.

    Remembering a Legend: Harry W. Freeman

    Harry Freeman was more than a biology professor. He was an inspiration.

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  • Certainly, travel provides new life experiences, but it also has a way of changing a traveler’s life expectations. For one student, a study-abroad program in Cuba did all of that...

    A Life Unplugged

    Certainly, travel provides new life experiences, but it also has a way of changing a traveler’s life expectations. For one student, a study-abroad program in Cuba did all of that...

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  • If the axiom “you are what you eat” holds true, then our children are in deep trouble. However, if one public health professor has her way, that’s all about to...

    Thinking Outside the Lunch Box

    If the axiom “you are what you eat” holds true, then our children are in deep trouble. However, if one public health professor has her way, that’s all about to...

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  • One alumnus found that some of the most valuable lessons aren't necessarily taught in the classroom.

    A Grounded Education

    One alumnus found that some of the most valuable lessons aren't necessarily taught in the classroom.

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  • How we experience our environments depends not just on who and where we are, but on how we get there, where we’re coming from, whom we’re with and what that...

    In the Same Boat

    How we experience our environments depends not just on who and where we are, but on how we get there, where we’re coming from, whom we’re with and what that...

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  • Like a liberal arts education, the moon intrigues the scientific spirit and the artistic spirit in all of us. We asked the director and senior curator of the College’s Halsey...

    Where Worlds Collide

    Like a liberal arts education, the moon intrigues the scientific spirit and the artistic spirit in all of us. We asked the director and senior curator of the College’s Halsey...

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  • Studio art major Caroline Simmel is proving that some fairy tales do come true.

    A Mermaid’s Tale

    Studio art major Caroline Simmel is proving that some fairy tales do come true.

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