This year, one of IC’s own — activist and four-time Grammy nominee CCH Pounder ’75 — delivered the Commencement address. An alumna of the theater program, Pounder has numerous film, television, and theater credits, including her recent role as the Na’vi...

Realized gains     By Keith Davis

Before Peter Goranov arrived at IC, he’d only seen the United States on computer screens. The only English he’d heard was in classrooms...

Embracing life—and death     By Keith Davis

“It’s surreal to glance in your rearview mirror and see the underbody of a pickup truck,” says Mary May Pratt. “It’s not like a movie. In real life, when a...

From lysine to littérature     By Sharon Tregaskis...

Cantante di opera     By Gary Frank

An audition near the end of his freshman year “changed everything” for Thomas Lehman.

Before...