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PUT IT TO THE TEST. Hot off the press! Latest issue of Reed Magazine is a smorgasbord of intellectual delights. Find out how colonies of plankton hold clues to the survival of species. Take a look at a new way of measuring the mass of blac holes. See how cells get their shape. Not to mention bacteria that eat plastic, inflammatory headlines, Spartan statues, and what the pandemic has taught us about teaching and learning.

Reed Magazine - Reed College Reed Magazine chronicles the people, ideas, discoveries, and inquiries that constitute Reed College. We cover new developments in science, technology, art, history, the humanities, and education. We profile the alumni, professors, and students who pursue these ideas—and who shape the world in whic...

Powerful commentary by Reed College Prof. Derek Applewhite on the urgent need for the scientific community to listen to more Black voices.

Science and Systematic Racism A year since the murder of George Floyd, the scientific community still needs to listen to more Black voices.

It's baa-ack! The Reed College Dev Bio Image contest has returned with a vengeance. Check out the astounding images captured by students in Prof. Kara Cerveny's class on developmental biology. This image shows the growth of blood vessels (yellow) in a 3-day-old zebrafish embryo. H/T to Jiahe Yue ’23 and Frank Zhuang ’23 for this microscopic wizardry.

RETURN OF THE DEV BIO IMAGE CONTEST! After a two-year hiatus, Developmental Biology (BIO 351L) at Reed College is back — in person and imaging lots of zebrafish embryos. This year’s image contest featured 9 entries from 7 …

We can’t heal the planet until we first learn how to take care of each other. Check out the amazing memoir by doctor, environmentalist, human-rights activist and Reed College grad Kinari Webb ’95.

Guardians of the Trees The fate of the planet is inextricably linked to human health, writes Kinari Webb ’95.

Stop and listen to this amazing poem by Prof. Samiya Bashir, read by her student Ben Read ’21. This will be the best two minutes of your day.

Ben Read reads "At Harlem Hospital Across the Street from the Schomburg ..." Ben Read lives in Portland, Oregon, where he works in research services at the Reed College Library and teaches at Catlin Gabel School. He received his BA

Congrats to astrophysicist Mark Galassi ’87 for being named one of 10 Who Made a Difference in 2021 by the Santa Fe New Mexican. Reed Alumni Reed College

Through chess-to-computing program, Mark Galassi helps Santa Fe youth with their next move The Los Alamos National Laboratory astrophysicist's extracurricular system begins with chess and ventures into computer coding and culminates with a research internship.

Great op-ed by Reed College grads Marty Mulvihill and Arlene Blum in The New York Times about the growing challenge of plastic pollution and chemical toxicity—and how the two crises are linked.

Opinion | The Proliferation of Plastics and Toxic Chemicals Must End As we confront climate change, focusing on a single metric, like greenhouse gas emissions, could leave other harmful practices unaddressed.

Check out fascinating new book on the insane backstory of the conservation movement. Beloved Beasts by Reed grad Michelle Nijhuis, one of the top writers in science journalism today.

Beloved Beasts Science writer Michelle Nijhuis ’96 explores the fascinating history of the conservation movement.

Wandering wombs. Murdering mothers. Calculating queens. The lives of women in the ancient Mediterranean were far more complex, and more fluid, than is often portrayed. Check out Ancient Mediterranean Studies 377, led by Prof. Ellen Millender at Reed College.

Women in the Ancient World ANME 377 with Prof. Ellen Millender explores gender, sexuality, and power in ancient societies.

Don't miss the amazing exhibition at the Cooley Gallery focused on the fractured terrain of the portrait. First Cooley show to be organized by student curators.

No Face, No Case Students deconstruct portraiture at a new exhibition at the Cooley.

Check out the new exhibit in the Hauser Library on Continued Resistance: A Legacy of Activism in the Asian American and Pacific Islander Diaspora. Delve into material that shows how AAPI communities have come together, spoken out against injustice, and found resilience in the face of adversity. Reed College Library Reed College https://blogs.reed.edu/library-news/continued-resistance/