Mission control
Cover Story

Eyes on Mars

Job or hobby? Mars 2020 Perseverance Rover engineer Christopher Pong ’08 says his work is both.

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Features

Travis Paddock
Community

Humans of Mudd

A student journalist sparks conversations to help bring the HMC community closer.
Betty Johnson
Alumni

How to Cultivate a Career

Geophysicist Betty Johnson ’78 overcame a steep learning curve to become a leader in the field.
Louis Kuo
Alumni

The Future of Phosphorus

Chemist Louis Kuo ’84 explores ways to create more usable phosphorus before it’s gone.
Alumni

Lights! Camera! Navier-Stokes Equation!

Films rely on technology that Darin Grant ’96 helps create.
Megan Wheeler
Alumni

Computing with Nature

Megan Wheeler ’13 takes a quantitative approach to solving urban ecological problems.

“Let your time in this garden awaken a gentle peace, a commitment to truth and empathy for others. May it inspire profound insight and innovation.”

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Spring Highlights

College

Sustainable Steps

The College continues to reduce its carbon footprint.
College

Magazine CASE Study

Results from the recent HMC Magazine readership survey.
Faculty

A Simple Lesson on Complex Social Systems

An interview with mathematics professor Heather Zinn Brooks.
Faculty

A Seismic Shift

Longtime faculty member, earthquake researcher, astronomy expert and alumnus Greg Lyzenga ’75 retires after more than a half century on campus.
Students

Projects Support Black Communities

A new hackathon inspires projects and encourages anti-racism.
My Mudd Life

All Together Ooky

Fletcher Nickerson ’22 creates amazing art for the 5C’s The Addams Family Musical.