From the Quarterly

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  Women in math

  A $12,000 award from the NSA will help fund the Career Mentoring Workshop, which is scheduled to take place at the end of June. The three-day gathering prepares women who are Ph.D. candidates in math for their job search and creates a network of mentors and peers.
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  Alum’s career takes flight at avian center

  Ben Montgomery ’04 has found both purpose and excitement at the Raptor Trust, one of the largest and most respected wild-bird rehabilitation and conservation centers in the United States.

• Building excitement

  Thanks to the support of alumnae/i, parents and friends, the college opened the Mars Center for Science and Technology.

• DNA ribbon cutting

  Ribbon-cutting ceremonies are standard practice for new buildings. Because the Mars Center for Science and Technology is anything but ordinary, it deserved something a bit more special. The solution: a 60-foot-long strand of deoxyribonucleic acid (DNA).