Librarians often give the best recommendations. In the first installment of a new series, we asked some of Reed's own book experts to offer their summer reading suggestions.
Barbara Robinson â68 has dedicated her life to protecting the Columbia River Gorge. Amanda Lucier â02 and I took a walk with her to witness that work firsthand.
Weâll eventually have to say goodbye to the current famous cherries of Eliot Circle, but, just as spring is sure to return, so too will a new batch of blossoming trees.
In English 220, Professor Maureen Harkin invites her class to examine poet and painter William Blakeâs illuminated textsâhand-colored etchings which represent both joy and struggle in 18th-century England.
President Audrey Bilger, Dean of the Faculty Kathy Oleson, and Associate Dean of the Faculty Suzy Renn discuss the nurturing of student and faculty research at Reed.
Fall snapshots from Reedâs Environmental Humanities initiative where community, place, and scholarship converge to solve pressing issues of our time.
The D.C. alumni chapter recently visited head curator Leslie Overstreet â71 at the Smithsonianâs Cullman rare book library to learn what clues lie within the materiality of books.
Could old-growth forest canopies hold the secret to keeping biodiversity, and our planet, intact? Botanist Steve Sillett â89 has been researching up in the trees to find out.
Professor, public servant, and polar expert Kelly Falkner â83 has a lot to show for her 40-year science career, including her very own Antarctic glacier.
Prof. Kate Bredeson and Thalia Wolff â22 collaborated on the first English-language translation of the play about class inequality and access to higher education.
Prof. Kris Anderson [psychology] journeyed to Barcelona as part of Reedâs faculty research exchange. Her visit to a residential treatment facility there taught her about the universality of the struggle to overcome addiction.
âItâs a part of Portland zine culture at this moment to create accessible spaces. Thatâs really important in terms of the ethics of zines right now.â
Nicole Chan â25 joins 27 other Reedies who have won the award, which financially supports students who show promise in becoming the next generation of research leaders.
Lillian Karabaic â13, an ice-skating, Bowie-loving finance reporter who has spent over a decade transforming people's relationship with money, is on to the next challenge.