Summer 2021

Cover from the Summer 2021 issue

Stories

Book

Aliens among Us

According to this UFO researcher, the extraterrestrials aren’t coming. They’re already here.

Destinations

See and Bee Seen

Bee cool: a honeybee approaches cherry blossoms in the UW Arboretum’s Longenecker Horticultural Gardens. The bee clearly has good taste. The Arb was designated a National Historic Landmark in January. It joins four other UW landmarks: the Red Gym, North Hall, Science Hall, and the Dairy Barn.

Book

Black Girl Calls Home

During her time in the UW’s First Wave program, Mans toured internationally as a slam poet and released her first book. Redens Desrosiers As a poet in Newark, New Jersey, Jasmine Mans ’15 is surrounded by a vibrant artistic community. “The culture of art is…