2025 Winter
The nature of medicine
Alum and famed wilderness doctor Luanne Freer founded Everest Base Camp Clinic, but it wasn’t until she got out of her element that she found a new understanding of healing.
With all deliberate need
Seventy years ago, the Supreme Court ruled segregation unconstitutional in Brown v. Board of Education. Then the Civil Rights Movement asked its children to do their part.
‘Ain’t nothing like the real thing’
Scott Nolley (B.A.’91) followed his love for art and science to a dream career as an art conservator. More than 30 years later, he reflects on the rewards of bringing a work of art back to its former glory and the responsibility of being part of its lineage.
Anger mismanagement
A VCU researcher finds that when it comes to quelling rage, many use a sledgehammer when a mantra would do
‘The doctors of the lab’
Pathologist Woon Chow brings us into medicine’s diagnostic nerve center.
The light in the refrigerator
RVA Community Fridges founder Taylor Scott (B.S.’19) brings fresh produce, a nearly irrepressible optimism and newfound nonprofit status to Richmond’s food fight.
When the stars don’t align
Creative writing student Josh Galarza takes on teenage angst in “The Great Cool Ranch Dorito in the Sky.”
Scout law
Bankruptcy attorney Ricky Mason (B.S.’83) reflects on the most challenging case of his career: the Boy Scouts of America settlement.
How to be an artist in New York (and afford rent): A guide
Christine Stoddard, one of Brooklyn Magazine’s 2023 50 Most Fascinating People, offers tips on making it in the City of Dreams.
Why were the Founding Fathers so into mastodons?
Bernard Means, Ph.D., explains a curious obsession.
