Masterpieces are made by channeling genius through tools – paintbrushes, pens, chisels and trumpets. Nafees Bin Zafar’98 uses a keyboard and mouse. He creates visual effects for Hollywood – scenes so riveting they rival the finest paintings, prose, sculpture and jazz. Careful, you might choke on your popcorn. by Jason Ryan photography by Ric Frazier
What are the defining characteristics of a preeminent teacher-scholar? For one professor of anthropology, the answer is quite simple: an insatiable curiosity for life and a desire to pursue its fleeting satisfaction without fear, without hesitation and without end. story by Mark Berry photography by Peter Frank Edwards ’93 A young man stares intently
They came To america as refugees from World War II, unable to speak English and with hardly anything to their name. At least Sam and Regina Greene had their lives. Many of their family members who had remained in Warsaw were killed during the Holocaust. Starting over in Charleston in 1948, the couple began a
by Lindsey Jones ’05 photography by Jörg Meyer Carol Hannah Whitfield ’07 rose from relative anonymity to full-blown stardom on one of cable television’s top competition reality shows. Do you know about Carol Hannah’s sweet tooth?” calls out fellow designer Logan Neitzel. “She likes cookies.” “Does she eat cookies while she’s making dresses?” I ask,
Imagine walking across the stage to get your diploma, armed with a degree in not one but two subjects, and knowing that your next step isn’t going to involve either of them. Your next step is going to take you clear across the country, far away from family, friends and any life you ever imagined
Perhaps the most important lesson of George Rabb’s career thus far has been that, if you’re going to make a difference, you need people who care and that, to make people care, you must get to them at a young age. Indeed, George Rabb ’51 attributes his own lifelong dedication to wildlife and conservation to
OK, why is a professional athlete in the fashion-themed issue? A couple of reasons. One: He has a 2009 World Series ring, and among baseball players, that’s always going to be fashionable. Two: Brett Gardner ’05 represents a shift in baseball culture, a departure from the recent Steroid Era, when drug-enhanced power ruled the day. He marks baseball’s return
The dress, the shoes, the hair – it’s all they think about for weeks leading up to the Golden Globes. And then, on awards night, it’s all Molly Palmer ’05 thinks about. “I’m there to worry about what people are wearing, because that is what our story is about,” says the West Coast associate producer
He lowers himself into another large pot. His job is simple: clean the insides. As José Lemos ’01 scrubs away sticky pasta residue, he softly sings to himself, enjoying the unusual acoustics of his metallic environment. That enjoyment, however, is fleeting. While Lemos appreciates his job at the pasta factory, he dreams, not surprisingly, of performing
