Winter 2022
Hope Through a Microscope
For the span of her career Ami Ahern-Rindell has been working to understand—and eventually contribute to a cure for—a particular fatal genetic disease. Advances in science and technology are bringing her research closer to her goal. But the technology—CRISPR gene editing, specifically—raises a whole host of ethical questions.
- Jessica Murphy Moo
Feature
The Blanchet House Celebrates 70 Years
Oregon Historical Society honors the institution’s contributions to Portland
- Amanda Waldroupe
Two Pilot Chefs, One Reality Show Coincidence
Danie Baker ’11 and Brett Bankson ’15 never saw cooking—or television—in the cards for their careers. But then Top Chef Amateurs came calling.
- Danielle Centoni
¡Échale Ganas!
Mauricio Paz ’22 goes home to southern Oregon during school breaks to work in the vineyards with his family members. A pre-med biology and Spanish double-major, he isn’t afraid of hard work in the fields or in the classroom. What follows is an edited version of a lovely conversation about his fall break.
- The Editors