Sarah Lawrence College is a community of intellectual and creative risk takers who nimbly traverse academic disciplines and place parallel value on curiosity and community. Abstract previews the highly individualized academic experience that unfolds on a verdant residential campus just 15 miles north of Manhattan; each issue shares stories of students who connect their passions to create their futures, with insight into the admission process along the way.
Narratives: Tinder Kiely
Journalism is all about studying the real world and how other people exist in it. Digital media is increasing accessibility to stories, so journalists need to keep finding new takes and experimenting.
In Conference: Hazel Pritchard
One of my professors called my writing ‘beautiful and strikingly intelligent.’ It was one of the nicest evaluations I’ve ever received!
Inquiries: Philip Ording (mathematics)
Teaching and learning math has to be a shared act of imagination.
(Un)archived
The College’s archives offer a glimpse into Sarah Lawrence’s past and hints of its future.
Navigating Admission: Filed Away
What are admission counselors actually thinking as they page through my application?
Narratives: Mia Jimenez
Half the class is SLC students, half the class is incarcerated women, and we’re all writing poetry and receiving college credit. We’re all coming from really different places, and we don’t ignore that.
Inquiries: Michelle Hersh (biology)
The environmental problems we are facing are not going to be solved by science alone.
Narratives: Bele Edeoga
I was basically doing a five-year projected plan for the company. It was really interesting, because I was able to research the various regulations and laws for the makeup industry.
Quips: Evan Suzuki
Describe your don in 10 words or less. Thoughtful, supportive, one of the most brilliant people I’ve met.
Web Extra: Conference Projects
Conference projects at Sarah Lawrence College are an opportunity to infuse creativity into academia, and the way students deliver their ideas are often as creative as the ideas themselves. How will you share your ideas at Sarah Lawrence?
Abstract: Volume 1, Issue 2
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volume 1 / issue 2
Editor Vanessa Pius
Designer Alison Wilkes
Cover illustration Eleanor Taylor