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Winter/Spring 2024

A Passion for Science, A Concern for Community

Through genetic research and analysis, Roslyn Curry works to address health inequities, help heal the wounds of colonialism and slavery, and recover histories long lost to the Indigenous and Black communities to which she belongs.

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Winter/Spring 2024

Breaking the Wave

An award-winning composer who has worked with the London Symphony Orchestra, the Royal Opera House, and the London Philharmonic, Sasha Siem, PhD ’11, now focuses her talents on writing and performing songs that engage the spirit and foster healing.

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Winter/Spring 2024

Sound Mind

Aaron Berkowitz traveled to Haiti in 2012 to teach neurology in a country where there were virtually no doctors in that field. Thankfully, his PhD in music had taught him to improvise—and to listen.

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Summer/Fall 2023

Beyond ‘Authenticity’

In his 2022 book, Speech Is My Hammer, Max Hunter, AM '06, explores the literacy stories of artists and thinkers like Richard Wright and Langston Hughes in the hope of enabling Black men to embrace their own multifaceted, transcendent humanity.

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Summer/Fall 2023

Forgive Us Our Debts

The ideas of sin presented in the Hebrew Bible and New Testament have very specific economic resonances. How do they continue to shape how we think about money, debt, forgiveness, and charity today?

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Winter/Spring 2023

For Every Mother, A Good Childbirth

The founder and chairperson of the Bangalore-based Aastrika Foundation, Janhavi Nilekani, PhD ’18, envisions a future in which every woman is treated with respect and dignity during childbirth.

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Summer 2022

Why Religion?

New Testament scholar Elaine Pagels, PhD ’70, on the sudden and losses of her son and husband and her search for meaning in their wake.

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A Passion for Science, A Concern for Community

Breaking the Wave

Sound Mind

Beyond ‘Authenticity’

Forgive Us Our Debts

For Every Mother, A Good Childbirth

Why Religion?

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