Summer reading
Summer is the time for light reading, right? Well, not if you are the editor of a magazine for the community of a liberal arts college. We are collecting a number of stories for the fall magazine (early Sept.) that show the depth and breadth of what our faculty and alumni are thinking about these days. Here are just a few random ideas from our forthcoming features:
-Implantable brain chips can control the neurons in the brain and prevent seizures. (A physics professor returns to his alma mater)
-You can't prove you're not dreaming, so absolutely everything you believe about the world might be false. (Andrew Pessin, our "60-Second Philosopher")
-Even though some believe discrimination is a thing of the past, a recent Supreme Court ruling that rejected a challenge to the Voting Rights Act of 1965 reasserted the need for protections for minority voters. (Debo Adegbile '91 of the NAACP's Legal Defense and Education Fund)
-An invasive vine that strangles native plants can be viewed as a metaphor for the invasion of New England by European settlers. (Ames Prize winner 2009)
-There's been a sea-change in pedagogy in the last 20 years in higher education and Connecticut College is assessing the outcomes of its learning environment. (An interview with the dean of the faculty.)
That's just a glimpse of the contents to come, and we'll fill you in as the stories and images continue to take shape.
In the meantime, enjoy your summer reading, be it heavy or light.