2020 Winter

Artist, Activist, and Astrophysicist Nia Imara Keeps Her Eyes on the Sky

“Everyone’s captivated by astronomy, by the stars, what’s out there in the universe. I wanted to share my work with the community.” NIA IMARA ISN’T CONTENT TO JUST LOOK AT THE STARS, so she’s printing a 3-D replica of one she can hold in her hands. “We can’t actually touch these things,” says the astrophysicist and […]

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Stiles Hall, Always in Style

From the beginning, Stiles Hall has been a safe haven for students. For Arlinda Ruiz the road to higher education was not an easy one. A 45-year-old domestic violence survivor, she worried there wouldn’t be a place for her in the world of academia. “I’m this short Mexican girl, dark, Indigenous, blasted up with tattoos,” […]