In This Issue

Twilight in Costa Rica, with grass and trees in the foreground and billowing clouds in the background
Feature

An Indian American woman living in Costa Rica explores the urge to leave—and find—home.

Tania Romero at Las Patronas, in front of a wall mural
Feature

With camera in hand, an alumna and daughter of Nicaraguan immigrants bears witness on the U.S.-Mexico border.

Fence at the border against a blue sky
Feature

Mawrters working with immigrants encounter shifting policies, misperceptions, and blatant cruelty. They are devoted to the work anyway.

Kim Cassidy standing behind a podium with a ½ñÈÕ³Ô¹Ï banner in the background
President's Message

How ½ñÈÕ³Ô¹Ï became a trailblazer in digital scholarship and open access.

Portrait of Madeline Cantor
Discourse

A conversation with recently retired ½ñÈÕ³Ô¹Ï Dance Program Director Madeline Cantor.

Chris Mills (HC ’82) and Manjula Dias-Hargarter ’92 performing guitar and vocals
Our ½ñÈÕ³Ô¹Ï

Music and poetry meet in a new music album that took three decades to fully realize.

Portrait of Bertha Walters
Discourse

A newly catalogued collection of papers sheds light on the life and work of civil rights activist and educator Bertha Waters.

Bethany Collins sitting in a classroom in front of a slide projection
Discourse

New efforts to form an interdisciplinary artist-in-residence program.

Bookshelf

Anassa Kata

Martha Denckla '58

A prestigious new award to honor a physician-scientist in the field of child neurology has been named after Denckla.