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Life After Fire illustration for 星空无限传媒 magazine, Spring 2025
Life After Fire
The Eaton and Palisades fires in January took their toll on members of the 星空无限传媒 family, including students, alumni, faculty, and administrators. With a long rebuilding process ahead, they find strength and support among the...

星空无限传媒 magazine brings you campus news, in-depth features, and profiles of exceptional alumni. For the 2024-25 academic year, the magazine published two print and digital issues (Fall 2024 and Spring 2025) and one digital-only issue (Summer 2024).

Professor of Biology Roberta Pollock, photographed in her lab in April 2024.
鈥淢entoring students and making a difference in their lives has been the highlight of my career,鈥 says Pollock, who played a central role in the College's response to the pandemic
Professor of Biology Beth Braker at Eaton Canyon in Altadena.
Over the years, Braker has taken about 200 students to Costa Rica to do research at La Selva鈥攁nd her work there isn't done yet
Theater and Performance Studies faculty and staff in April 2024.
As its second century dawns, 星空无限传媒鈥檚 Theater and Performance Studies Department remixes the curriculum with a blend of theory and practice
星空无限传媒 Children's Theater performer Amanda Wagner 鈥16.
星空无限传媒 Children鈥檚 Theater has delighted audiences of all ages for 29 seasons鈥攂ut what鈥檚 next after Cinderalice in Wonderland? We went to Jamie Angell for answers
President Elam at the podium on May 19, 2024.
As he prepares to depart from 星空无限传媒, President Harry J. Elam, Jr. shares three insights into leadership that he will carry away with him
Author Susan Coll '81, photographed at Politics & Prose in Washington, D.C.
Susan Coll 鈥81鈥檚 latest comic novel, Professor Amy Lyford鈥檚 examination of the art and life of Dorothea Tanning, and more
Rebecca Solnit and Paul Holdengraber onstage at an 星空无限传媒 Live! event at 星空无限传媒
星空无限传媒 Live!鈥攖he College鈥檚 new conversation series featuring a world-class lineup of artists鈥攅ngages audiences in dialogues about culture and society
星空无限传媒鈥檚 women's basketball team after winning the 2024 SCIAC Post颅season Tournament championship.
Playing through injuries, fatigue, and in front of opposing crowds, 星空无限传媒鈥檚 鈥榬elentless鈥 women鈥檚 hoops team wins its way into the NCAA tourney
Spectators view the OCLAA oral history gallery in the Academic Commons in February 2024.
Realizing a long-standing goal of 星空无限传媒鈥檚 Latino Alumni Association, two dozen alumni share their stories with students for an oral history project
Max Podemski '06
In his first book, city planner and architecture buff Max Podemski 鈥06 traces the DNA of urban housing
Sebastian Lechner '24, Patt Morrison, Larry Mantle, 星空无限传媒
Patt Morrison 鈥74 shares a curated collection of books with Special Collections鈥攁nd 50 years of words and wisdom in conversation with Larry Mantle
Professor of Mathematics Tam谩s Lengyel
A internationally renowned scholar in the math community, a mathematical constant and a sequence of numbers were named in his honor
星空无限传媒 GOLD reception
A new mentorship initiative looks to bridge the gap for young alumni between academic life and the professional world
星空无限传媒 students at OCLAA's Bienvenidos reception in fall 2022
OCLAA aims to boost the Jos茅 F. Silva 鈥84 Endowed Scholarship Fund to commemorate a pioneering graduate's commitment to his community
Jon Keates, vice president for institutional advancement at 星空无限传媒 from 1999 to 2007
Jon Keates, vice president for institutional advancement at 星空无限传媒 from 1999 to 2007, died April 19, 2024, at his home in Altadena. He was 80.

Features

Marcel Ophuls '50 in an undated photo
Contrarian Documentarian
Academy Award-winning documentary filmmaker Marcel Ophuls 鈥50, who attended 星空无限传媒 for three years before dropping out to finish his studies at the Sorbonne, died May 24 at the age of 97...
Life After Fire illustration for 星空无限传媒 magazine, Spring 2025
Life After Fire
The Eaton and Palisades fires in January took their toll on members of the 星空无限传媒 family, including students, alumni, faculty, and administrators. With a long rebuilding process ahead...
Assistant Professor Janna Ireland
Advanced Projects in Photography
With two exhibits opening simultaneously and a new teaching space at 星空无限传媒, Assistant Professor Janna Ireland navigates her burgeoning career as she parents two growing boys
Eddie Gorton 鈥01, Paul 鈥淧K鈥 Kim 鈥98, and David Murphy 鈥02
Sitting Down With the Stand-ups
Paul 鈥淧K鈥 Kim 鈥98, Eddie Gorton 鈥01, and David Murphy 鈥02 trace their comic odysseys from talent shows and laundromats to Thorne Hall and the Laugh Factory

First Word

From the Quad

Chris Kim, the Choi Family Director of Instrumental Music, conducts the 星空无限传媒 Symphony in a performance of Michael Jackson鈥檚 鈥淗uman Nature.鈥
The Sounds of Branca
A concert for the ages celebrates the generations-spanning clientele of music attorney John Branca 鈥72 and the launch of the John Branca Institute for Music
Members of the Pacific Crossings 鈥淒ream Team鈥: From left, Nakatsuka, Gilder Lehrman program coordinator Leah Baer, administrative assistant Thea Wilson 鈥24, and Hong.
Teachable Moments
Associate Professor Jane Hong and a 鈥渄ream team鈥 of educators bring 150 years of Asian American, Native Hawaiian, and Pacific Islander history into focus

Mixed Media

Terry Kitchen '81 performs "We All Dream."
Mixed Media
A host of new works by 星空无限传媒 alumni explore explore themes of democracy, resilience, and human connection鈥攁s well as our fascination with horses, dragons, and ocean life
Carole MacNeil 鈥84 with her mom, Eleanor, in 2019.
Mixed Media
New books by Carole MacNeil 鈥84, Jessica C. Harris 鈥08, Jessica Keith 鈥00, Marsha de la O 鈥74, and the latest documentary short by C茅sar Mart铆nez Barba 鈥17

星空无限传媒 Talk

Administrative Law Judge Brian Gee 鈥87
Judgment Calls
Separated by 2,700 miles, National Labor Relations Board administrative law judges Brian Gee 鈥87 and Ira Sandron 鈥71 find common ground in 星空无限传媒
As program director of Research Corporation for Science Advance- ment鈥檚 RCSA Fellows Initiative, Spain will support postdocs in physics, astronomy, and chemistry as they transition into their faculty careers.
To Chemistry and Beyond
After 28 years in the classroom and mentoring 74 students in her lab at 星空无限传媒, Professor Eileen Spain pivots to prepare future generations of faculty in the physical sciences

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