Welcome to IMAGINE
Suffolk Arts+Sciences // No. 3 // 2010
The 2010 issue highlights numerous exciting developments in the College over the past year: new undergraduate programs, expanded opportunities for faculty-student mentoring, and vibrant community partnerships and initiatives.
Imagine studying the Milky Way galaxy from the Teide observatory in Tenerife, Spain. The new Astrophysics program, developed by faculty from both the Boston and Madrid campuses, is our feature cover story.
We invite you into the pages of this issue to share the excitement of this new program and to meet some of the many inspiring students and faculty who energize our campus.
FEATURES
It Says Love–From a Sketch on a Napkin to a Retail Shop in Quincy
The brother-sister duo Jonathan Mendez ’08 and Olivia Chamberland ’09, ’01, ’02 are riding the love train to the heart of the t-shirt industry with their shirts that say “Love” in different languages
Urban Activist–Promoting Civic Engagement Where it Matters Most
Government professor Teri Fair helps residents in economically hard-hit cities like Flint and Detroit, Michigan mobilize for the protection and recovery of their neighborhoods
Beyond the Milky Way–Imagination Meets Science in New Astrophysics Program
Outer space comes to the classroom in the exciting world of astrophysics at the Boston campus, Suffolk Madrid, and the Teide Observatory
Retrospective: Capital City Classroom–The Washington Center Gateway to Politics and Potomac Fever
Suffolk students get the inside track to D.C. through The Washington Center, and many accepted its invitation to witness history in 2009.