Sarah Lawrence College is a community of intellectual and creative risk takers who nimbly traverse academic disciplines and place parallel value on curiosity and community. Abstract previews the highly individualized academic experience that unfolds on a verdant residential campus just 15 miles north of Manhattan; each issue shares stories of students who connect their passions to create their futures, with insight into the admission process along the way.
Narratives: George Scott
George Scott takes environmental science and urban ecology personally—he’s a fourth-generation New Yorker, and has seen first-hand how issues like water quality and pollution can affect a city.
In Conference
During their first year, every student at Sarah Lawrence takes a yearlong seminar-style course taught by their don (SLC speak for faculty adviser).
Narratives: Sarah Doh
I realized the power art can have in terms of activism. I realized I don’t have to give up art in order to do good work in the world
Living Here
SLC students aren’t split up by academic interest, in either classes or living spaces, so there’s an opportunity to meet friends from across interests and backgrounds.
Office Hours: Carolyn Ferrell, Professor of Writing
When asked about how her writing influences her teaching, Carolyn was insistent that it was actually the other way around.
Practicum Makes Perfect
Every year, hundreds of SLC students intern in New York City, in their hometowns, and in communities around the world.
Narratives: Michaela Lunz
For Michaela, an audience’s relationship with art is as important as the work itself. Her conference work often examines how a viewer’s relationship with a piece can influence popular attitudes and social policy.
Quips: Jordan Foster
Favorite internship/summer job? Summer psychology research assistant here at SLC
Abstract: Volume 1, Issue 1
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Volume 1 / Issue 1
On the cover: Sarah Doh—read her full story. Cover photograph by Don Hamerman.
Editor Vanessa Pius and Nicholas Gray
Contributing Writer Marilou Carlin
Student Intern Jenna Lebovits
Designer Alison Wilkes