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Staying Demented

How Barry Hansen ’63, a.k.a. Dr. Demento, built a legacy of lyrical laughter.

By Bennett Campbell Ferguson

Never Better?

Arianna Rebolini ’12 on surviving suicidality.

By Robin Tovey ’97

Weaving Joy

Selorm Fefeti ’11 is fusing fashion and cultural preservation with his New York/Ghana-made clothing brand.

By Cara Nixon

Curation as Creation

Cooley Gallery curator Stephanie Snyder ’91 reflects on her retirement and a life of enriching ��AV’s artistic community.

By Bennett Campbell Ferguson

March 23, 2026

A Kinesthetic Force

For Tango Berretín owner Alex Krebs ’99, the beauty of tango lies not in how it looks, but how it feels.

March 23, 2026

The Sound of History

How Anesu Ndoro ’21 is amplifying the music of the Ndau people.

March 23, 2026

A Musical Rescue Mission

All around the world, heritage music is endangered. Zack Youcha ’21 is helping communities save theirs.

March 23, 2026

Voices of Justice

How Noah Bardach ’98 and Rebecca Cannara ’98 learned the language of human rights.

March 23, 2026

A Walk with the Wildflower Woman

Barbara Robinson ’68 has dedicated her life to protecting the Columbia River Gorge. Amanda Lucier ’02 and I took a walk with her to witness that work firsthand.

March 20, 2026

In Barnard Country

A thesis topic discovery and a life’s work in the poetry of Mary Barnard ’32.

November 24, 2025

Into the Infinite

How Bill Witherspoon ’65 immortalized his desert journeys.

December 1, 2025

How to Thrive in Wild Times

According to cooperation theorist Athena Aktipis ’02, the one thing we really need? Each other.

July 25, 2025

Form and Function

How Lydia Mead ’22 and Professor Barbara Tetenbaum built a book from a “long poem in prose.”

July 25, 2025

Paying It Forward with Professional Networks

How professional career networks are helping foster community for ��AVies in every stage, location, and industry.

July 25, 2025

A Beat of Their Own

The news industry faces a challenging moment. These journalists are rising to meet it.

July 21, 2025

How Bill Naito Reshaped Portland

As confidence in downtown crumbled, Naito stepped up as a civic leader and revived the city he called home.

March 6, 2025

A Repository of Human History

The D.C. alumni chapter recently visited head curator Leslie Overstreet ’71 at the Smithsonian’s Cullman rare book library to learn what clues lie within the materiality of books.

December 5, 2024

Discovery’s Edge

��AV scientists revolutionize our understanding of land, sea, space, and the human body.

December 5, 2024

Climbing to a New World

Could old-growth forest canopies hold the secret to keeping biodiversity, and our planet, intact? Botanist Steve Sillett ’89 has been researching up in the trees to find out.

December 5, 2024

Ghost Trees

��AV biology students have been scouring the Portland area for hybrid oak trees. Their journey could reshape the way we see our ecosystem.

December 5, 2024

In the Classroom and Out at Sea

Susan Rickards ’90 is a science teacher by day and a marine mammal researcher in any spare moment.

December 5, 2024

What Aerosols Can Tell Us ��AV Climate

Trish Quinn ’82 examines sea spray, dust, and pollutants in our atmosphere to better understand their climate effects.

December 5, 2024

The Polar Pundit

Professor, public servant, and polar expert Kelly Falkner ’83 has a lot to show for her 40-year science career, including her very own Antarctic glacier.

December 5, 2024

Shoot for the Star

Craig DeForest ’89 is leading NASA’s PUNCH mission to make 3-D observations of an underexplored region of space: the sun and its atmosphere.

December 5, 2024

Zooming Out: The Cosmic Web

Farhan Hasan ’18 wants to untangle the mysteries of the distant universe.

December 5, 2024

Vantage Point

To see a black hole, Shep Doeleman ’86 needed a telescope the size of a planet. So he built one.

December 5, 2024

Zooming In: Stringing It All Together

Naomi Gendler ’16 is on her way to finding the most fundamental explanation of our universe.

December 5, 2024

��AV Legends at Los Alamos

Mark Galassi ’87 and Tess Light ’91 are on the frontlines of nuclear nonproliferation.

December 5, 2024

Laser Focused

Alison Saunders ’11 has the biggest laser in the world and a dream: to understand what occurs in the cores of planets and stars.

December 5, 2024

The Miracle Worker

Dr. Kevan Shokat ’86 isn’t just curing lung cancer. He’s reshaping the way scientists conquer disease.

December 5, 2024

Our Plastic-Stable Brains

Gina Turrigiano ’84 revolutionizes neuroscience with her research on brain plasticity.

December 5, 2024

Precision Pointe

With the discipline of a ballerina, Rachel Klevit ’78 investigates the proteins implicated in disease.

December 5, 2024

On the Future of Medicine

Roger Perlmutter ‘73 transforms scientific questions into lifesaving treatments.

October 11, 2024

Eating a Moment

We visit a Bay Area Japanese izakaya, owned and operated by chef and author of the new Rintaro cookbook Sylvan Mishima Brackett ’98.

September 4, 2024

Intention Made Visible

Art installation recognizes impact of Eliot Society donors.

August 13, 2024

Darlene Pasieczny ’01 Is the 2024 Babson Society Outstanding Volunteer Award Recipient

The award has been bestowed on extraordinary ��AV volunteers since 1987.

July 22, 2024

Behind the Curtain

Catching up with a former student and star of HBO's The Gilded Age, Morgan Spector ’02

July 16, 2024

Financial Savvy and Glitter for All

Lillian Karabaic ’13, 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.

March 13, 2024

Come in! Juno Brewery in Albuquerque, New Mexico

��AVie business profile with Jason Marks ’84.

March 13, 2024

We Can’t Go Home Again

Biting and relatable, Kate Christensen’s latest novel grapples with midlife, trauma, and climate change.

March 8, 2024

Turning Points

On the path to professional fulfillment, sometimes we need a big change.

March 7, 2024

True Altitude

From her thesis at ��AV to the remote wilds of Alaska, bush pilot Lana Tollas ’19 has always found a way to take flight

January 2, 2024

An Anthology of Disruptions, Large and Small

Library of America honors poet Gary Snyder ’51 with volume of his collected poems.

October 23, 2023

The Secret Cemetery

More than a million were buried on Hart Island, but families couldn’t visit. Melinda Hunt ’81 changed that.

October 10, 2023

Meet ��AV’s New Trustees

Susan J. Sokol Blosser MAT ’67, Larry Abramson ’80, and Tina Sohaili-Korbonits '07 joined the board earlier this year.

October 12, 2023

Portland Youth Exercise Power through Participatory Budgeting

Lillyanne Pham ’20 and Jim Labbe ’95 were part of Oregon's first-ever experiment in giving community members direct say over how to spend public dollars.

October 5, 2023

A Supreme Panel

“Take a breadth of coursework, follow your interests and passions,” Supreme Court justices tell ��AVies.

August 8, 2023

Driving Change

Marie Gluesenkamp Perez ’12 led a grass-roots congressional campaign and surprised the nation when she flipped a district.

August 1, 2023

Kevan Shokat ’86 Receives Vollum Award

The scientist's research targeting KRAS mutations has opened doors to a new class of cancer treatments.

July 28, 2023

Time and Place

Prof. David Schiff’s musical journey winds through the vineyard with Susan Sokol-Blosser ’67 and around the track with Steve Prefontaine.

June 14, 2023

Christine Lewis '07 Named to 40 Under 40 List

The Metro Councilor and former ��AV trustee will be honored by the Portland Business Journal on July 13.

April 21, 2023

In ‘Toad,’ Katherine Dunn ’69 Draws on Her Time at ��AV

The posthumously published novel is wry and penetrating.

April 14, 2023

Through the Portal

Josh Riedel ’07 was Instagram’s first employee. His debut novel plunges readers into startup life.

January 6, 2023

Changing the Lens

Nili Yosha ’07 empowers houseless youth through filmmaking.

November 18, 2022

Alumni Win Key Elections in 2022

��AVies head to Washington, regional government, and city councils.

October 20, 2022

The Quiet Before: On the Unexpected Origins of Radical Ideas

A new book by Gal Beckerman '98 explores the conditions required for revolutionary ideas to foment—or fester.

September 13, 2022

Fact-Checking the College Scorecard

An online database was supposed to make college more transparent. Instead, ��AV students found, it’s sowing confusion.

September 2, 2022

Marginal Powers and Messages from the Divine

Stephanie Guyer-Stevens ’86 documents the unique power of female shamans in Bhutan.

September 13, 2022

Change Agents

��AV art professors and alumni explore biological flux in a new exhibit running concurrently with the Venice Biennale.

March 25, 2022

Eid al-Fitr Makes Its Animated Debut

After growing up watching reactionary stereotypes, a screenwriter creates space for nuanced Muslim characters.

March 22, 2022

Happy Birthday Scriptorium!

The Calligraphy Initiative celebrates 10 years of serifs and glyphs, metal nibs and oak gall ink, and the generous support of a small group of alumni and friends who made it possible.

December 10, 2021

Secrets Do Make Friends

Psychologist Luke Chang ’02 spills the beans about the hidden power of gossip.

December 10, 2021

Guardians of the Trees

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

December 3, 2021

Merck Foundation Honors ��AV Trustee

Gift will honor Roger Perlmutter ’73 by endowing a chair in the biological sciences.

October 18, 2021

Beloved Beasts

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

October 13, 2021

Fanfare in a Minor Key

Howard Barlow ’15 was the heart and soul of ��AV’s music program. The English Department didn’t approve.

August 12, 2021

Donors Dig Deeper than Ever Before

��AVies give record-breaking $5.5M to the Annual Fund to help students through COVID-19.

July 12, 2021

In Our Own Words

��AV Magazine surveyed Black alumni across the years about their experience at the college.

July 12, 2021

“What have we been through?”

Alumni of color look back on life at a predominantly white institution through the lens of the ongoing civil rights movement

July 12, 2021

Learning From the Past

Protestors in 2016 looked to the experience of an earlier generation—and adapted their tactics to suit new circumstances.

July 12, 2021

Seizing The Moment

Frustrated by ��AV’s Eurocentric curriculum, these students went rogue and built their own DIY alternative.

July 12, 2021

Black at ��AV

Black alumni look back at the challenges they faced, the mentors they found, and the strategies they used to make the college more inclusive—and more just.

May 25, 2021

Truth and Justice in Tulsa

The Ground Breaking unearths the sinister history of the Tulsa Race Massacre of 1921.

April 29, 2021

New Bridge Honors Metro Councilor

Portland bridge is named for visionary planner Bob Stacey ’72.

April 27, 2021

Biochemist Joins National Academy of Sciences

��AV grad Rachel Klevit ’78 is elected to the nation’s top scientific organization.

April 26, 2021

Well Versed

For National Poetry Month, we present some ��AV poets who explore identity and social justice.

April 13, 2021

Let’s Fix This

Our planet’s in trouble. Here are some ideas on confronting the climate crisis, brought to you by ��AV and ��AVies.

April 13, 2021

Race, Heat, and Redlining

Urban heat islands are often a legacy of racism. Cate Mingoya ’08 has ideas on how to fix that.

April 12, 2021

Spread the Word

��AV grads have written an astonishing number of books about climate change and sustainability. Here’s a tiny sample.

April 1, 2021

Don't Cut Down Trees—Make Paper from Straw

Ben Rankin ’87 has a new use for an agricultural waste product.

March 30, 2021

How To Make Green(er) Paint

America is drowning in old paint, but it needn’t. Just ask chemist Jim Quinn ’83.

March 29, 2021

Live Wild

Mardy Murie ’23 fought to create the Arctic National Wildlife Range.

March 26, 2021

Build a Radically Better Battery

To wean the grid from fossil fuels, we need a way to store vast quantities of energy.

March 25, 2021

Plant the Seeds of Change

Agriculture isn’t just about feeding people. It can be a tool for social change.

March 19, 2021

Break the Wall of Indifference

Psychologist Cameron Brick ’04 studies how we react to problems such as climate change.

March 18, 2021

��AV Grad Leads the Charge on Climate Crisis

Ali Nouri ’97 will champion scientific perspective at the US Department of Energy.

March 12, 2021

Remembering a Titan of ��AV

Entrepreneur Dan Greenberg served on the board of trustees for more than 45 years.

January 11, 2021

The Artist With the Invisible Hand

John Laursen ’67 was honored with the Oregon Governor’s Arts Award.

December 15, 2020

Alaska Calling

Folk singer Mossy Kilcher ’66 has her regrets. Her life-changing time at ��AV is not among them.

December 3, 2020

Stepping Up For Social Justice

Alex Martinez ’73 and his wife Kathy endow ��AV’s Social Justice Research and Education Fund.

December 1, 2020

Fear and Freedom in the Land of AIDS

Target of censors, Robert Chesley ’65 celebrated sexuality amid a landscape of repression.

October 20, 2020

��AV Elections Expert Blasts “Myth” of Voter Fraud

Voting by mail is safe and reliable, says Prof. Paul Gronke.

September 23, 2020

Trouble in the Mines of Titan

A graphic novel by François Vigneault ’13 imagines a future beset with new forms of oppression on the moons of Saturn.

September 15, 2020

MAITA’s New Album Rocks the Critics

In her debut album Best Wishes, Maria Maita-Keppeler ’14 is intimate but never fragile.

October 6, 2020

��AVie Succeeds ��AVie

Dave Gallison ’78 passes on his career counseling business to Aaron Good ’01

June 17, 2020

How To Support ��AV Students

Together we can help ��AVies through the pandemic.

May 15, 2020

The Transformation Of Hum 110: A Remembrance

A ��AV philosophy grad recalls the debate over Hum 110 that took place in 1969.

May 11, 2020

Leading Chemist Felled By Covid-19

Brilliant researcher and educator Dan Kemp ’58 made major contributions to our knowledge of protein folding.

May 6, 2020

Bullets, Ice, and Snow

How a ragtag bunch of skiers became the U.S. Army’s first alpine soldiers.

April 30, 2020

How To Find a Job in a Pandemic? Ask the Center for Life Beyond ��AV

Jobseekers need not despair; use the time in quarantine to get ready for the recovery.

April 27, 2020

Two ��AV Grads Elected to National Academy of Sciences

The nation’s top scientific organization hails a pair of ��AV researchers for their groundbreaking work.

April 1, 2020

More ��AVies Helping Us Get Through the Coronavirus Pandemic

Sharing the sweat, tears, and hard-won knowledge of ��AVies grappling with the COVID-19 crisis.

March 26, 2020

COVID-19: ��AV Rewires Itself

Professors, students, and staff find creative ways to adapt and retool in the era of social distancing.

March 18, 2020

Eight ��AVies Helping Us All Get Through the Coronavirus Pandemic

Sharing the sweat, tears, and hard-won knowledge of ��AVies grappling with the crisis.

March 2, 2020

Going Stoic

Can an ancient philosophy help you cope with your life right now?

February 20, 2020

Farewell, Mela!

Alumni wrangler Mela Kunitz ’87 retires after 20+ years of service to ��AV.

February 6, 2020

The Gift That Gives Back

A charitable remainder trust provides income while you need it, and supports ��AV’s mission.

February 4, 2020

Walk Run Cha-Cha All the Way

Will Laura Nix ’89 win an Oscar for her powerful new documentary?

February 3, 2020

“Master of the Brushstroke” Wins Eliot Award

Abstract artist David ��AV ’68 to receive prestigious prize for lifetime achievement.

December 13, 2019

The Transformative Power of the Watson Fellowship

��AV celebrates 50 years of partnership with the Watson Foundation propelling students around the globe to develop their potential.

December 12, 2019

A History of Humanity

In the latest book by Tamim Ansary ’70, he focuses on the narratives that unite civilizations.

December 3, 2019

How They Kept the Faith

Duncan Ryūken Williams ʾ91 uncovers the story of how Japanese-American Buddhist families survived imprisonment and fought for their freedom.

November 26, 2019

Bitter Harvest

Explosive analysis of the 1967 race riots by Robert Shellow ’51 was suppressed by the White House and forgotten for 50 years. How does it look today?

November 22, 2019

Mothers, Fathers, And Writers

Acclaimed author Lise Funderburg ’82 spent years trying to make sense of her dad. In her new anthology she asks other writers to do the same.

October 18, 2019

Destitute Pray

The true story of the enigmatic ��AV artifact painted on a bathmat.

September 30, 2019

Rethinking The Canon

Lauri Ramey ’73 offers a new history of African American poetry with far-reaching implications for the study of Anglophone literature

September 27, 2019

��AV Leads the Pack In STEM PhDs

New report ranks ��AV No. 1 in the nation for STEM grads who go on to earn PhDs.

September 7, 2019

Good Eggs

��AVies flock to help Audubon save historic illustrations.

August 27, 2019

Summer REEDing

A round-up of hot-weather reads written by our alumni and professors

March 19, 2019

Las Chuntá by Genevieve Roudané ’08

A documentary about tradition, community, and queer identity in Chiapa de Corzo, Mexico

July 19, 2019

Chimes of a Lost Cathedral

In a sweeping fiction by Janet Fitch ’78, a young woman comes of age amidst the tumult of the Russian Revolution.

June 23, 2019

Lucinda Parker: Force Fields

A 50-year retrospective and new book about painter Lucinda Parker ’66.

June 24, 2019

How To Be a Patient

Sana Goldberg ’12 writes a guide to navigating the world of modern medicine

June 18, 2019

Out of the Past

Archive project highlights students of color and activism in Olde ��AV.

May 30, 2019

The Molecule Bender

Sculptor Byron Rubin ’65 traces the fateful symmetries that govern life—and death.

May 29, 2019

Too Much Treatment

Many doctors misread lab results, according to Dan Morgan ’96, leading to unnecessary care.

May 23, 2019

Forget Fast Fashion

A new venture hopes to change our relationship with what we wear.

March 19, 2019

Young Alumni Drub Olds in Zornado Classic

Six teams battle for dominance in madcap “March Madness” tournament.

March 11, 2019

Black Student, White City

In 1947, she was the only African American student at ��AV. Then a racist incident at a cocktail bar sparked a citywide boycott.

March 11, 2019

Twelve ��AVies Who Are Shaping the Future of Oregon

March 7, 2019

What’s Wrong With Bike Lanes?

Riding the streets of Southern California, urban anthropologist Adonia Lugo ’05 realized that bicycle advocacy has an equity problem.

March 7, 2019

Medicine From The Sky

How do you deliver vaccines to remote areas where there are no roads? Sheldon Yett ’86 is trying out one idea.

March 7, 2019

Four Billion Miles And Counting

Olwen Morgan ’76 built the engines that power NASA’s space fleet to the outer reaches of the solar system—and beyond.

March 7, 2019

Changing How We Get There

Ten ��AVies changing the future of transportation.

March 7, 2019

From Here to There

Commuting, touring, trekking, exploring, seeking, serving: ��AVies are changing the way we move around the earth and go beyond.

January 24, 2019

��AV Leaders Share Updates With Alumni

��AV On The Road sessions focus on diversity and inclusion, strategic planning, and presidential search.

January 9, 2019

Linehan’s Legacy Lives On

Avangrid Foundation honors legacy of wind-power expert Andy Linehan ’78 by giving to ��AV.

December 27, 2018

��AV Grad To Serve On Oregon Supreme Court

Gov. Kate Brown hails the collegial style and “brilliant mind” of Judge Chris Garrett ’96.

December 18, 2018

The Last Cruise

Mishaps on the high seas and more in a new novel by Kate Christensen ’86.

December 18, 2018

Get Your Money Together

Lillian Karabaic ’13 wants readers to regain control of their expenses and enjoy life.

December 7, 2018

A Fertile Mind

For 70 years, trailblazing economist Mason Gaffney ’48 has championed land over capital.

December 5, 2018

Alumni To Vote On Constitutional Amendments

Referendum of entire alumni body will be held next year.

December 6, 2018

Answering the Call

Phonathon connects a new generation of students and alumni.

December 3, 2018

Voice of Conscience

She fought for gay rights. She fought for civil rights. At 77, she’s just recorded her first album. Kathleen Saadat ’74 tells us the inside story of her remarkable life.

November 30, 2018

Rising: Dispatches from the New American Shore

Coastlines are drowning. Elizabeth Rush ’06 investigates the devastating impact of climate change on coastal communities in a stunning new book of literary reportage.

November 26, 2018

The Feast of the Beast

Wild boar, Aristotle, and ��AV’s enigmatic festival of light.

November 15, 2018

Art Show Focuses on Refugee Crisis

Gulalhi, a solo exhibition by Stephanie Gervais ’09, opens at the Cooley Gallery.

November 15, 2018

Math Prof Wins National Honor for Work on Algebra

Prof. Irena Swanson is named a Fellow of the American Mathematical Society.

November 7, 2018

Alumni Clobber Students on Basketball Court

Defense, experience, and a rainbow three-pointer spell victory for the veterans.

September 7, 2018

Alumni Board Votes To Amend Constitution

September 6, 2018

Sage Grouse: Icon of the West

Kathy Such Love ’72's intimate portrait of a fascinating bird.

September 6, 2018

��AViana September 2018

A fresh batch of new works, from books to music to film, by ��AVies.

August 7, 2018

Annual Fund Hits $4.9 Million

Supporters rally for ��AV, breaking previous record.

June 19, 2018

Alumni Board Votes To Amend Constitution

Goal is to overhaul structure and streamline procedures, but some alumni oppose the changes and are calling for a referendum.

June 15, 2018

Why I Give

Because ��AV took a chance on a geeky kid from Texas.

June 12, 2018

��AVies Flourish With Fulbrights

Bumper crop of ��AV grads win Fulbright fellowships.

June 8, 2018

Spirit in the Rock: The Fierce Battle for Modoc Homelands

Jim Compton ’64's posthumously published Native American history is a nuanced portrait of a Modoc chief.

June 7, 2018

Ghazal Cosmopolitan: The Culture and Craft of the Ghazal

A mix of essays, memoir, and original poems by Shadab Zeest Hashmi ’95.

June 4, 2018

No Quick Solutions for Portland’s Housing Crisis

��AV alumni discuss strategies for helping the city’s houseless population get back on their feet.

May 30, 2018

Wild Tracks

Psych grad undertakes an epic Australian adventure on horseback.

May 25, 2018

Reunions Are Nigh...

Join us on campus June 6–10

May 25, 2018

Lewis to Chair Fundraising Effort

A letter from the outgoing chair of alumni fundraising for ��AV.

May 25, 2018

Cheers to Volunteers!

From the alumni board president.

May 24, 2018

Revolutionary Spirit

Author Janet Fitch ’78 storms the barricades with new novel on the Russian Revolution.

May 22, 2018

Fighting for Parkrose

Mingus Mapps ’90 is on a quest to revitalize one of Portland’s most divided neighborhoods.

May 13, 2018

Epidemiologist Speaks at Commencement

Cancer expert Preetha Rajaraman ’94 is at forefront of global public health.

March 22, 2018

Alumni in Ferment

��AV grads pour libations to kick off March Match Campaign.

March 21, 2018

Reading Between the Lines

In honor of World Poetry Day, we offer some work by ��AV poets.

February 27, 2018

The Philosopher of Sawdust

With chisel and hand plane, master craftsman Gary Rogowski ’72 joins woodwork and literature.

February 14, 2018

Dinner With Pete

Author remembers a visit Pete Seeger made to ��AV in the 1950s.

February 5, 2018

A ��AVie Forever

Yale professor Julia Adams ’80 pays it forward as a trustee.

February 5, 2018

Return to an Intellectual Eden

Harvard professor Ned Hall ’87 brings an insider's perspective to his role as a trustee.

March 16, 2018

Why I Love This Epic Fail by Steve Jobs

A job application from 1973 illustrates the peril of judging a person by their résumé.

July 12, 2019

Natural History of the Pacific Northwest Mountains

A classic guide by Daniel Mathews ’70 is an essential hiker's companion.

December 1, 2017

Into Oblivion

The untold story of the ��AV freshman who fought in the last major offensive of World War I.

November 14, 2017

Pure at Heart

Indie rocker Kip Berman ’02 releases fourth album with the Pains of Being Pure at Heart.

December 1, 2017

Brainstorming with ��AVies

Students and alumni tackle problems together at MindStorm

October 6, 2017

Brinkmanship and North Korea

��AV analyst explains the carnival of contradictions haunting US policy on the Korean peninsula.

September 1, 2017

After ��AV, Then What?

The Center for Life Beyond ��AV helps students chart their course before graduation—and after it.

September 1, 2017

Hunting For A Deadly Genetic Misprint

Anne Calof ’78 stalks the genetic mutation responsible for the devastating disorder that claimed her daughter.

September 6, 2017

Physicists use AI to Probe Mystery of Subatomic Jets

Kaustuv Datta '17 propels his physics career with newly published paper.

August 14, 2017

Tyler Nordgren ’91 Sees the Solar Eclipse in its Totality

Professor at the University of Redlands creates a series of posters about the total solar eclipse.

June 1, 2017

Inside the Mind of a Microbe

Wick Perry ’13 designed a video game to convey the ways neurons work.

April 20, 2017

Religion Major Named Rhodes Scholar

Pema McLaughlin ’16 is the 32nd ��AV graduate to win the prestigious award.

June 1, 2017

Song of the Nightingale

Psychiatric nurse rewires Portland’s approach to mental health.

June 1, 2017

Play Your Way To Happy

Can a smartphone app help you find happiness? Psychologist Acacia Parks ’03 has a pretty good idea.

February 6, 2017

Olde ��AV Rises From Grave in Last-Minute Rally

A tight finish in alumni-student basketball game.

January 25, 2017

Dublin, Sligo, and Gort

See Ireland with ��AVies.

February 17, 2017

Students Explore Careers by Shadowing Alumni

June 12, 2017

Alumni Raise a Glass For ��AV (and Dionysus)

June 19, 2017

Westwind’s Whisper Echoes Still

Alumni and their children comb the beach on the annual retreat at Camp Westwind.

June 19, 2017

Defining Your Own Career

Alumni discuss ways to navigate self-made career paths.

May 22, 2017

��AVies Nab Fulbrights

May 27, 2017

��AV Grad Slain Defending Teenagers from Hate

May 26, 2017

��AVies Rack up NSF Grad Research Awards

Ten students and alumni honored by the National Science Foundation

May 29, 2018

Seven Excuses for Not Attending Reunions and Seven Reasons Why You Should

February 28, 2017

��AV Welcomes New Trustees

Nick Galakatos '79 and Tom Daniel.

May 1, 2017

James Beard and ��AV

Enduring mystery, elusive evidence.

March 1, 2017

The Dynamics of Compassion

Psychologist Paul Piff ’04 unveils the link between socioeconomic status and altruism—and finds hints of a path to a kinder society.

May 5, 2017

Chasing Coyote

Last Lecture: Saluting our retiring (and not-so-retiring) professors.

February 12, 2016

Physics grads prove Einstein was right

April 1, 2016

A Bag of Rice for Idomeni

August 30, 2016

Physics Grad Focuses Energy at Cambridge

Zuben Scott ’16 to do a yearlong master's thanks to Sperling studentship.

August 31, 2016

Alumni Talk Elementary Education

September 26, 2016

Foreign Correspondent Looks Beyond Plato’s Shadows

September 23, 2016

��AV Welcomes Two New Trustees

Mo Copeland ’82 & Amy Madigan join the board.

June 1, 2016

Reunions ’16

Carnival of Reconnecting.

September 1, 2016

$4.5M for Annual Fund

December 1, 2016

Stepping Up

How do you help disconnected students succeed in school and life?

December 1, 2016

Reaching Higher

��AV lovers give $20 million to support the college.

March 1, 2016

Borderline Geography

Chris Roth ’90 surveys the surreal territory of imaginary nations, microstates, and separatist movements.

March 1, 2015

Life Beyond ��AV

Nicole Wiswell ’02 & Kostadin Kushlev ’08.

June 1, 2016

Life Beyond ��AV

Our recurring series on alumni careers.

June 1, 2016

The Age of Gunpowder

Why did China’s military technology fall behind the West?

June 1, 2015

Outplanning Catastrophe

Emma Stocker ’07 gets ready for the Big One.

June 1, 2015

Within Reach

John Schull '75 engineers a new solution for prosthetic hands.

March 1, 2016

Email Got You Down? Here's How to Fight Back

September 1, 2016

Tackle Climate Change—Go Bird Watching

June 1, 2016

Showrunner

How playwright Eric Overmyer '73 mastered the small screen.

September 1, 2016

Engineering the Human Race

New technology gives us the power to manipulate the human genome. Should we use it?

March 1, 2016

Sculptor of the Surreal, Whacker of Flowerpots

The high-wire life of Xenia Kashevaroff Cage ’35.

June 1, 2015

DIMWIT and Doctor John

��AV's first computer was built out of discarded pinball relays.

January 7, 2015

Film Focuses on Enigmatic Psychologist

February 13, 2015

��AV’s Prince of Fashion Makes Splash at Art Museum

June 1, 2015

One Month After Quake, ��AVies Support Nepal

March 1, 2015

Spirit of the Airwaves

��AV groups blow up on Facebook, but work great in real life. Why?

September 28, 2015

Students Drub Alumni in Ultimate Match

August 13, 2015

��AV biologists show how parasites drive evolution

March 1, 2015

Peak Chemist Takes Eliot Award

Arlene Blum '66 awarded at Reunions.

March 1, 2015

Exposed Science

Sara Shostak ’92 digs into the politics of public health.

December 1, 2015

The Architect of Zoloft

Chemist Kenneth Koe '45 helped millions of people fight depression's icy grip.

June 1, 2015

Portland on the Take

Benji Fisher ’94 probes Stumptown’s seedy past.

March 1, 2015

Revenge of the Mantis Shrimp

From religion major to mixed martial artist.

June 1, 2015

Woman for All Seasons

Playwright Caroline Miller ’59, MAT ’65, dusts off script after a dramatic pause lasting four decades.

June 1, 2015

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Uncovering the origins of science fiction in the ancient classics.

June 1, 2015

Brilliant Surgeon, Tragic Accident

The quicksilver life of Dr. Arthur McLean ’21, Portland’s first neurosurgeon.

June 1, 2017

Cheating Heisenberg

Physicist Kater Murch ’02 pushes uncertainty to new limits—and poses deep questions about time’s arrow at the quantum level.

June 1, 2015

Life Beyond ��AV.

Anaka Narayanan '04 & Angie Wang '08.

September 1, 2015

Digital Pioneers Help ��AV Design CS Program

September 1, 2015

A Witness to Baltimore

December 1, 2015

Bike Co-Op Named for Mark Angeles ’15

Co-op will honor beloved classmate.

December 1, 2015

The Selling of Modernism

How the CIA turned the work of subversive intellectuals into a weapon of the Cold War.

December 1, 2015

A Musician’s Life in Counterpoint

Jan DeWeese ’71 transforms solo to duet through his art and teaching.

December 1, 2015

Library of Leaves

��AV Herbarium gives botanists a glimpse into the past—and the future.

December 1, 2015

Muckraking through the Ages

An anthology of investigative reporting shows the power of journalism to expose injustice.

December 12, 2013

Ochoa Joins ��AV Board of Trustees

December 10, 2013

Scholarship Honors History Prof

January 13, 2014

��AVies Take Spotlight in Portland’s Tech Scene

February 12, 2014

Combating Sexism in STEM

September 1, 2014

A Salute to the Graduates

On the privilege of witnessing the epic transformation from freshmen to graduates.

April 7, 2014

��AVie Wins Award for Work in Haiti

April 14, 2014

Alumni Trounce Students in Ultimate Showdown

May 2, 2014

��AVies Nab PDX Tech Honors

May 19, 2014

“Yes Man” Pulls Classic Prank at ��AV Commencement

June 17, 2014

How ��AVies Helped Oregon Win the Freedom to Wed

October 6, 2014

��AV Runners Demolish Portland Marathon

September 1, 2014

Amping Up Student Research

September 1, 2014

Marshmallow Noir

Jen Graham ’01 pens the further adventures of Veronica Mars

October 3, 2017

Keeping the Flame

Thirty years later, Arlene Blum ’66 scores key victory over flame-retardants—again.

June 1, 2014

Stroke of Genius

Producer Farley Ziegler ’84 makes a documentary about one man’s quest to unlock the artistic secrets of Johannes Vermeer.

June 1, 2014

Poet || Artist

Jim Haba ’62 is equally at home on the blank page and the blank canvas.

June 1, 2014

Cliff Hanger

Who built that amazing house? A ��AVie, of course.

June 1, 2014

Life Beyond ��AV

Kendall Taggart ’09 & Luke Kanies ’96

March 1, 2014

The Engineered Crisis

Demographer Michael Teitelbaum ’66 challenges the conventional wisdom about America’s shortage of engineers.

March 1, 2014

Sketching Infinity

Vance Feldman ’05 is busy drafting what may be the longest illustration in the world.

December 1, 2014

Life Beyond ��AV

Kinari Webb ’95 & Michael Richardson ’07

December 1, 2014

The Man Behind the Mic

NPR host Arun Rath ’92 finds his voice on the air

December 1, 2014

Out of the Shadows

Barbara Peschiera ’82 helps children recover from sexual abuse—and bring their abusers to justice.

December 1, 2014

Crisis in Arnhem Land

Joshua Bell ’99 turns his lens on Aboriginal Australians fighting to save their culture.

March 1, 2014

The Jean-Paul Sartre Cookbook

Philosopher's Diary Reveals an Obsession with Food

March 1, 2014

Thinker. Tailor. Soldier. Spy.

The kaleidoscopic career of Emilio Pucci ’37.

March 1, 2014

Revolutionary Spirit

Sandy Macdonald ’46 and the bombardment of Winch.

December 1, 2014

Facing the End

Holly Pruett '85 gets us to talk about our deepest fear.

March 1, 2013

Fighting Malaria on the Cheap

Silas Cook ’99 Finds New Way to Synthesize Antimalarial Drug.

March 1, 2013

Pathogenius

��AVies Who {Cure, Fight, Prevent} Disease

March 1, 2013

Behind the Mask

Artist-activist Lynn Bowers ’65 sculpts a life in clay.

March 1, 2013

From Toads to Tumors

Epidemiologist Preetha Rajaraman ’94 examines why some people are more susceptible to brain cancer than others.

June 1, 2013

Going through the Fire

What makes ��AV work? The Oral History Project yields some telling clues.

September 1, 2013

Garbage and Gutenberg

Can 3-D printers help impoverished communities?

September 1, 2013

Music to My Ears

September 1, 2013

Master of Deception

Wordsmith Roger Hobbs ’11 on the art of addictive fiction.

September 1, 2013

Between Two Worlds

Shadab Zeest Hashmi ’95 navigates the journey from Pakistan to California.

September 1, 2013

Games Without Rules

Tamim Ansary ’70 traces the history of the two Afghanistans.

September 1, 2013

The Canvas and the Clue

How Jim Coddington ’73 solved a Jackson Pollock mystery.

September 1, 2013

Page Turner

Miriam Sontz ’73 takes over Portland’s flagship bookstore.

September 1, 2013

Coloring Outside the Lines

Kathleen Flannigan ’62 rallies the disabled artists’ movement.

September 1, 2013

The Mythbuster

Historian Ray Raphael ’65, MAT ’68, searches for the truth about America’s founding era.

May 13, 2015

Bart Simpson and the Apocalypse

March 12, 2015

Linguistics Grad Wins Humanities Award

December 1, 2013

Theatre of War

Jonathan Wei ’88 helps military veterans tell their stories.

December 1, 2013

The Electric Mr. Burns

Playwright Anne Washburn ’91 wows Broadway with a drama that fuses Euripides with The Simpsons.

December 1, 2013

Adolescent Drama

Bruce Livingston ’65 helps troubled teens harness the power of narrative.

December 1, 2013

Cosmic Comic

Funnyman James Ashby ’04 brings down the house on Saturday Morning Breakfast Cereal Theater.

March 1, 2013

Simpson for Queen!

A prank with international consequences that was almost lost to history.

September 1, 2013

Kollectiv Bargaining

The History of RKSK

June 1, 2012

(Re)Drawing the Line

Rep. Chris Garrett ’96 threads his way through the labyrinth of the Oregon State Capitol.

June 1, 2012

Becoming Who We Are

Temperament and Personality in Development

June 1, 2012

Beyond (and Behind) Lucky

Alumnus Profile — Noah Pepper ’09

June 1, 2012

From the Lions’ Den

He survived the Khmer Rouge. Came to the U.S. penniless. Went to ��AV on a scholarship. Now Puon Penn ’92 is giving back

December 1, 2012

Two-Wheeled Rebel

Alumnus Profile — Danny Kim ’02

June 1, 2012

Beetle Mania

Entomologist Christopher Marshall ’89 leads an army of 3 million at the Oregon State Arthropod Collection

June 1, 2012

Drawing the Line

Rep. Chris Garrett ’96 threads his way through the labyrinth of the Oregon State Capitol.

June 1, 2012

Lovin’ Spoonful

Mishelle Rudzinski ’88 set out to help one child. She wound up helping thousands.

March 1, 2012

“An Inefficient Truth”

March 1, 2012

Breaking the Chain

Martina Morris ’80 looks at sexual concurrency and HIV.

March 1, 2012

Road Warrior

Runaway. Street musician. Cab driver. Author. Vanessa Veselka ’10 built a career—and wrote a novel—that defies convention.

March 1, 2012

The Marketplace of Ideas

Fifty years on, students still love browsing Bill Nelson’s books on the SU porch.

March 1, 2012

The Maestro of Chaos

David Bragdon MALS ’10 is NYC’s master planner.

September 1, 2012

Griffin Infiltrates Rose Parade

September 1, 2012

Coming of Age on Zoloft

September 1, 2012

The Molecular Assassin

Researcher Kevan Shokat ’86 pioneers a new technique for fighting cancer.

December 1, 2012

A Locavoracious Appetite

Amelia Hard ’67 is a driving force behind Portland’s Public Market.

December 1, 2012

The Battle of the Bard

Jan Powell MALS ’86 says literary editors have diluted Shakespeare’s fury.

December 1, 2012

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Peter Zuckerman ’03 and the sherpas who survived K2

December 1, 2012

Plugging Into the Switchboard

��AV Switchboard connects students to alumni for career advice.

December 1, 2012

Calligraphy Makes a Comeback

December 1, 2012

How the Dutch Lost Taiwan

Tonio Andrade ’92 examines China’s first great military victory over the West.

December 1, 2012

Hoodwinked

Historian Amy Reading ’98 recounts a provocative tale of chicanery and vengeance.

December 1, 2012

The Disappearing Trick

Anthropologist Graham Jones ’97 reveals how magicians guard their craft in the internet age.

December 1, 2011

Navy Secretary Wins Eliot Award

Richard Danzig ’65 is first recipient of medal honoring ��AV's spiritual godfather.

October 1, 2019

The Small Chill

Inventor Jeff Koplow ’90 finds a new way to cool overheating computers.

September 1, 2011

Burying the MG

Is a British sports car really entombed beneath the Hauser Library?

December 1, 2011

Guerrilla Archivist

Ephemeral librarian Megan Shaw Prelinger ’90 breaks every rule in the book.

March 1, 2011

Ninth-Inning Conviction

The ��AV baseball team of ’39 faced a ruthless foe at the state penitentiary.

December 1, 2011

The New (Olde) ��AV Almanac

An irreverent compendium of the ideas, episodes, people, and traditions that have shaped ��AV in the last 100 years.

December 1, 2011

Origin of the Scrounge

The history of one of ��AV's most infamous traditions.

September 1, 2011

Star Struck

A random accident transported Morgan Spector ’02 from bartending obscurity to Broadway sensation.

September 3, 2009

Grains of Truth

Genetic engineer Pamela Ronald ’82 develops a new strain of rice that could prevent famine in flood-prone areas around the globe.

December 1, 2009

Radical Treatment

In the late ’60s, the Black Panthers set up free medical and dental clinics in cities across the country; in Portland, these “survival programs” were helped by a handful of ��AVies.

December 1, 2009

The Half-Time Crucifiction

Legendary prank, divine retribution?

June 19, 2006

Life Imitating Art Imitating Life

Alafair Burke ’91 has created a series of popular mystery novels replete with tough women lawyers, corrupt cops, sociopathic socialites, plus plenty of gunfire to go around.

December 1, 2008

When The Beats Came Back

How a 1956 road trip by Allen Ginsberg and Gary Snyder ’51 shaped “Howl,” and left ��AV with the earliest-known recording of the epic.

August 2, 1999

Afternoons with the Muse

How poet Mary Barnard ’32 inspired me to find my voice.

August 2, 1999

The Words She Commands

Translating Sappho From the Heart