Far From the Factory Floor

“Growing up in East Rochester, New Hampshire, my friends and I would often go exploring in an old abandoned shoe factory near my house.  Read More

A Fortuitous Major

Larry Mayer, director, Center for Coastal And Ocean Mapping Read More

Coach in the Classroom

"My mom passed away when I was 10 years old. For most of my siblings’ and my formative years, there was a lot of depending on each other and family." Read More

Coming Full Circle

"Neither of my parents went to college, but they were insistent on two things: You were going to go to college ... You better like what you do...” Read More

An Accidental Professor

"That mistake I made back in middle school led to a career of great joy and personal satisfaction." Read More

Engineering a Better World

"Studying abroad and studying the arts changed my life." Read More

In Her Mentors' Footsteps

"As a single parent for much of my childhood, my mother placed a high value on a college education and the self-reliance a degree offered." Read More

The Long Trajectory

"I’m a classic case of having had an amazing teacher who challenged me." Read More

Finding Physics in the Bad Stuff

"When I was in first grade, I fell out of a tree ... I ended up having a grand mal seizure and wound up in a coma." Read More

From Odd Jobs to College Professor

“I’m the great-grandson of a slave. My father’s grandmother had been a slave in Virginia. Both of his parents attended historically black colleges." Read More