Issue: Spring 2018


Preventing plastic’s perils
Chemistry professor Rebecca Braslau is working to develop an alternative plastic without the problematic molecules phthalates, which can mimic hormones and cause health problems
By Teresa l. Carey, March 2018

A rain check for undying love
She sketched out a check for him from the ‘Cowell College Love Bank,’ and they went their separate ways—until 39 years later
By Peggy Townsend, March 2018

Comic relief
Alumnus Doug Bragdon employs student artists with Santa Cruz Comics, a new glossy magazine that takes its cue from Japanese manga comics
By Dan White, March 2018

These walls can talk
First-generation Salvadoran American Mauricio Ramirez finds voice, art, and inspiration in the murals of San Francisco’s Mission District
By Dan White, March 2018



