• ‘Science can be creative’

    ‘Science can be creative’

    In the lab, Marina Sako ’26 investigates DNA ‘breakage’ Marina Sako ’26 recalls wondering as a child how broken bones “know” to put themselves back together. This early fascination gave her a thirst to know how the human body operates on a molecular level, and eventually led her to study biochemistry and molecular biology. Sako…

  • From art to code to games

    From art to code to games

    Larriyah Graham ’25 comes from a family of artists — photographers, graffiti artists, sketchers, and crocheters. Their great-great-grandmother was one of the famous quiltmakers of Gee’s Bend, Alabama, whose exquisite blankets have been exhibited in museums across the country, including the Smithsonian. Graham is living beyond anything their ancestor could have imagined, designing art using…

  • Building equitable cities

    Building equitable cities

    Geography Professor Asha Best has lived in a handful of cities across the U.S., Brooklyn, Los Angeles, and Atlanta among them. Experiencing each place’s unique culture, transportation, and education systems has given Best insight into how different cities are designed and how they function. A curiosity to understand this more drives some of her current…