Preparing for takeoff in her four-seat Piper Archer on a sweltering July morning at an airport in Lincoln Park, New Jersey, Beverly Weintraub ’82 furrows her brow and then fixes her eyes on the task at hand. The intensity of her concentration signals to everyone on board that now is probably not a good time to chat.

At first glance, the 87-year-old seems to have realized a lifelong dream of becoming a typical “American girl.” But her journey is one that few Americans could fathom. Lewin, along with her twin brother, Steven Hess, are among last survivors of Bergen-Belsen, the Nazi-run concentration camp.

At the Tate Modern art museum in London, there’s a dimly lit room holding Mark Rothko’s red abstract paintings. For some, the space may conjure the feel of red velvet, and for others, the effect of a fine Bordeaux wine. It’s all a matter of perception, says Maria Tomilenko ’19, who is a digital product analyst at the museum.

ArgGEO’s proposal for a continuous waterfront walk along Biscayne Bay in Downtown Miami, known as the Pink Link, had its roots in a number of waterfront proposals alongside Biscayne Bay. Beginning with a 2007 proposal called Miami Waterline, the firm began to think deeply about pedestrian connectivity alongside the waterfront edge. The effort would continue with a series of other projects spanning a decade: a 2011 proposal known as Biscayne Line; an art installation called “Migration;” and, finally, the Pink Link in 2017.

Last year, staff from Barnard Archives completed processing the Nancy Friday Papers, a gift from the author and pop psychologist who passed away in 2017. Delayed because of pandemic pauses and the time it takes to handle sensitive materials like Friday’s — who believed that “wild, delicious, wonderful sex” could exist “alongside good manners" — the donation complements existing archival materials on women’s sexuality. It also represents an uptick in donations from donors outside of the College community who recognize its well-established feminist focus, said Martha Tenney, director of Archives and Special Collections. 

For the past 20 years, Diana T. and P. Roy Vagelos Professor of Chemistry Rachel Narehood Austin has worked with students in her lab to examine how nature cleaned up our mess. One of her primary research goals at Barnard has been to reveal an oil-degrading enzyme, alkane monooxygenase (AlkB), in its 3-D active state. The paper, “Structure and Mechanism of the Alkane-Oxidizing Enzyme AlkB,” was published this past April in Nature Communications.

Fernando Contreras stepped into the role originated by Anthony Martinez Briggs with just two weeks notice.

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Last fall Robbie Myers stepped down after 17 years as editor-in-chief of Elle magazine, one of the fashion industry’s—and the magazine industry’s—top-performing publications. This fall she is teaching fashion journalism to Fordham students. Their first assignment? Get into a show.

Clint Ramos was a first-year student at a high school in the Philippines when he was introduced to street theater. At the time, he wasn’t fully aware that he was about to engage in a political demonstration that could have him staring down the barrel of a water cannon.