From the Cradle to the Grave: Newborn Humpback Whales and Dearly Departed People

In February, Mindy Hofsass ’04 locked eyes with a curious humpback whale calf through her snorkel mask in the open ocean of the Silver Bank Marine Mammal Sanctuary just 80 miles off the coast of the Dominican Republic.

Revolutionizing Reading in Liberia

In Harbel, Margibi County, Liberia—a community once shattered by two civil wars that propagated the use of child soldiers—Ollie White ’18 is building Beautiful Beginnings.

Reengineering America’s Long-lost Tree

Legend has it that a squirrel could travel from Georgia to Maine on nothing but the branches of American chestnut trees without ever touching the ground.

Alumnus Tackles Crisis in the Immigrant Church

The youth pastor of Arabic Evangelical Baptist Church in West Roxbury, MA, Karim (Kika) Ghobrial ’16 feels compelled by his Egyptian roots to address an important phenomenon that he has witnessed in the immigrant church.

Messiness and Moxie

While many don’t want to relive the awkward, messy years of middle school, Middle School Assistant Principal Karl Simon ’01 sees the sweetness in them.