The familiar notion of libraries retains a powerful hold on the public imagination: dimly lit...
Stories by Richard Byrne
Conversations Against the Chasm
Fall 2022
Johns Hopkins Krieger School of Arts and Sciences has become an essential stage for renewing...
Working to Make America a ‘Weather Ready Nation’
Spring 2022
Richard Spinrad ’75 has forged a career at the intersection of research and public policy...
Alumnus Leads Health Systems During the Pandemic
Spring 2022
Selwyn Vickers '82 led the University of Alabama at Birmingham Health System through the pandemic,...
Border Crossings
Spring 2019
William Brumfield’s books on Russian architecture have won him considerable acclaim.
Camera Ready
Spring 2019
Rachel Witkin ’14 has been rising through the ranks of NBC’s television news division and...
The Power of Cork
Spring 2019
David A. Taylor’s new book, Cork Wars, relates how the buoyant bark of a specific...
The Science of Speculation
Fall 2018
Professor of philosophy Peter Achinstein’s new book, Speculation: Within and About Science, is a powerful...
Syllabus: Acting Up
Fall 2018
In Acting I, John Astin '52 uses his six decades of acting experience to teach...
Finding Authentic Voices
Spring 2018
Teri Weiss ’89 is senior vice president, head of preschool at DreamWorks Animation Television.
A Place Apart
Spring 2018
Alice McDermott’s latest novel, The Ninth Hour, developed from her desire to understand selflessness, self-sacrifice,...
Mobtown’s Charmed History
Fall 2017
In Baltimore: A Political History Matthew Crenson looks at the manifold forces that influenced and...