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Fall 2023
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composite photo of colorful poppies in the foreground and a black & white mountain landscape in the background
Fall 2023
Logo: Carleton College Voice
Black & white portrait of Kao Kalia Yang

The Same Flower Can Grow in All Kinds of Gardens

After her award-winning memoir, The Latehomecomer, Kao Kalia Yang ’03 cultivates a new role.

A crowd of people outdoors in a national park

Overcrowding the Outdoors

From traffic problems to harmful wildlife encounters, increased visitation has led to troubles in America’s national parks.

Illustration of a woman in a lab coat looking through a microscope

Are We Ready for the Next Big Pandemic?

Three veterans of the COVID-19 fight ask how prepared we are for another one.

Amira Aladetan ‘24 in Birmingham, Alabama

From Northfield to Selma

A Carleton Spring Break tour links civil rights history with the struggle for equality today.

J. Robert Oppenheimer

Biography of the Bomb

As his book becomes a blockbuster film, biographer Kai Bird ’73 reflects on the legacy of J. Robert Oppenheimer.

Dennis Quirin ’95

Fundraising for the Future

The philanthropic work of Dennis Quirin ’95 changes young people’s lives, and the world they will inherit, for the better.

Bald Spot: News from Around & Beyond Campus

Antique lithograph print of beavers making dams

Incisive Activism
An act of civil disobedience led to a campus-wide celebration of beavers.

Dina Zavala

Dina Zavala
10 facts about Carleton’s inaugural Vice President for Inclusion, Equity and Community

Illustration of four newly-tenured faculty members

Tracking Tenure
Congratulations to Carleton College’s newest tenured faculty members.

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Class Notes

Lori Halvorson ’07, Victoria Kindall ’25, and Andrew Maverick ’75

Fall ’23 Class Notes
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