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What Does It Take to Start a Tradition?

How College Walk’s Tree Lighting Ceremony came to be.

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Whale, Hello There!

Julia Zeh ’18 finds surprising proof of humpbacks near NYC.

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Shakespeare Goes to Hollywood

Why should other writers have all the fun?

Jump Start

Samuel Sternberg ’07’s latest discovery could be a giant leap in gene editing.

A Journalist’s Unmatched Access

Jean H. Lee ’92, JRN’95 looks back on three “illuminating” years working in North Korea.

Moving the Film World Forward

Orion Pictures president Alana Mayo ’06 wants audiences to see themselves on screen.

Issue Masthead

VOLUME 49 NUMBER 1 FALL 2021

EDITOR-IN-CHIEF
Alexis Boncy SOA’11

EXECUTIVE EDITOR
Lisa Palladino

DEPUTY EDITOR
Jill C. Shomer

ASSOCIATE EDITOR
Anne-Ryan Sirju JRN’09

FORUM EDITOR
Rose Kernochan BC’82

CONTRIBUTING EDITORS
James C. Katz ’72
Alex Sachare ’71

ART DIRECTOR
Eson Chan

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