The AI Police
A new company makes artificial intelligence software that’s in use at a handful of police departments. Can it make law enforcement more transparent?
Features
Guns in America
Gun control is one of the most divisive issues in the U.S. A small group of Conn alums is striving to detoxify the debate while seeking reasonable solutions to halt gun violence.
50 Years of 60 Minutes
Emmy-winner Michael Rey ’93 is producing some of the most important investigative journalism.
Art as Conversation
Painter Alexander Yulish ’97 is making his mark on both the New York and Los Angeles art scenes.
Notebook
Skyler Volpe ’13 stars in Rent
Volpe plays Mimi in the 20th anniversary tour of the play.
Olympic Life
A new memoir by Anitia DeFrantz '74 recounts her career as an athlete and activist.
Art for Immigration
“Intersections: A Benefit Exhibition for the Immigration Advocacy and Support Center” was on display this fall at Conn.
Agnes Gund ’60 donates $100 million
Gund sold Masterpiece, by Roy Lichtenstein, in order to establish the Art for Justice Fund.
Global Education
Connecticut College is launching a new center for global study and engagement.
To Broadway and Back
Kimberly Senior ’95 is an award-winning director who returned to Conn to direct a play inspired by the late artist Robert Rauschenberg.
Mexican Salamander
Biology professor Deborah Eastman and her students are discovering what an obscure Mexican salamander can teach us about cancer and other diseases.
Mystery Diseases
Elizabeth Krieg ’12 and Lauren Briere ’02 are genetic counselors working with the Undiagnosed Diseases Network.
Gesamtkunstwerk
Raja Feather Kelly ’09, artistic director of The Feath3r Theory, has received the 2017 Princess Grace Award for dance and choreography.
Tipping the Scales
Doctors are some of the biggest offenders in terms of making patients feel ashamed of their weight.
Flipbook
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