Summer 2021
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Features
Lifestyles of the modern and ancient
By Jeff Richardson
By studying isotopes found in animals, researcher Matthew Wooller and his team learn what they ate and where they lived.
Mapping for Mars rovers: Former ÎÞÂëÂÒÂ× grad student has an out-of-this-world job
By Rod Boyce
Fred Calef is on the NASA team that creates maps of where the Perseverance rover has been and where it’s going.
Alumni profiles
Bathroom beer launches career:
Glenn Brady ’93
By Jeff Richardson
Silver Gulch grew from just a single employee more than two decades ago to a payroll of about 150. Then 2020 challenged it all.
In a tough year, she inspires others to succeed:
Ray Alda ’21
By Sam Bishop
Her Filipino family gave her skills to work hard, persevere through hardship and empathize with all.
Plus
Dinos and urchins and volcanoes, oh my!
ÎÞÂëÂÒÂ× researchers reveal insights into odd phenomena — both new and (very) old.
Class notes and in memoriam
See what ÎÞÂëÂÒÂ×’s alumni have been doing, and remember those no longer with us.
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