March 13, 2023
M-A Community Celebrates the Life of Mike Conley
Conley's portrait in the 2012 M-A yearbook. Last week, the M-A community mourned the loss of Mike Conley. Conley worked as a custodian at M-A for over fifteen years before…
March 13, 2023
“I Win Less, But I Live More”: Iszac Henig ‘18 Embraces Authenticity as a Transgender Athlete
This is the twenty-sixth article in Bears Doing Big Things, a weekly column celebrating the stories of notable M-A alumni. Read last week’s article here. “I used to think that…
March 6, 2023
Venture Capitalist Darian Shirazi ‘05 Talks Entrepreneurship, Kiteboarding, and Fatherhood
This is the twenty-fifth article in Bears Doing Big Things, a weekly column celebrating the stories of notable M-A alumni. Read last week’s article here. Shirazi's portrait in the 2005…
February 27, 2023
Uncovering the Past with Medieval English Professor Spencer Strub ’05
This is the twenty-fourth article in Bears Doing Big Things, a weekly column celebrating the stories of notable M-A alumni. Read last week’s article here. Spencer Strub ‘05 has been…
February 20, 2023
DREAMer and First-Generation College Graduate Lucía Esperanza ‘17 Shares Her Path Through the Education System
This is the twenty-third article in Bears Doing Big Things, a weekly column celebrating the stories of notable M-A alumni. Read last week’s article here. “Education is important to me…
February 13, 2023
Chasing the Lesser-Told Stories with Documentary Filmmaker Alexandra Nikolchev ’01
This is the twenty-second article in Bears Doing Big Things, a weekly column celebrating the stories of notable M-A alumni. Read last week’s article here. “I love thinking about human…
February 6, 2023
A Life of Service: Martin Alvarez’s Path From Struggling Student to U.S. Marine to Clinical Psychologist
This is the twenty-first article in Bears Doing Big Things, a weekly column celebrating the stories of notable M-A alumni. Read last week’s article here. In 1999, while Martin Alvarez…
January 30, 2023
Biology Professor Duncan MacKenzie ‘71 Talks Sea Turtles, Fish, and Going With the Flow
This is the twentieth article in Bears Doing Big Things, a weekly column celebrating the stories of notable M-A alumni. Read last week’s article here. MacKenzie in action working on…
