Making the perfect fit: Alexandra Cherubini & EquiFit \u2014 Sidelines Magazine<\/em><\/h5>\n\n\n\n<\/div>\n\n\n\nBritney Grover of Sidelines Magazine <\/em>checks in with Alexandra Cherubini \u201999, founder and president of EquiFit, a Massachusetts-based company that designs and sells gear for equestrian riders and their horses. EquiFit has become one of the most successful providers of equine gear, from equine boots, to saddle pads, to girths.<\/p>\n\n\n\n![\"Alexandra](\"https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/news\/files\/2022\/10\/Alexandra-Cherubini_by-Isabel-Kurek_2-edited.webp\")
Alexandra Cherubini ’99. (Photo courtesy of Isabel Kurek)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\nLooking at her career, Cherubuni offers some advice: keep a learning attitude and don’t be \u201cafraid to walk away from a project that isn\u2019t working and apply what you\u2019ve learned to the next project. Be willing to receive feedback and receive it with grace. Ask for feedback, and ask for it often. It\u2019s a key part of growth and emotional intelligence.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
- Read the story: \u201cMaking the perfect fit: Alexandra Cherubini & EquiFit<\/a>,\u201d Sidelines Magazine<\/em>, Sept., 2022<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n
\n\n\n\nLiz Strout \u201977<\/h3>\n\n\n\nAt 66, Elizabeth Strout has reached maximum productivity \u2014 The New York Times<\/em><\/h5>\n\n\n\n<\/div>\n\n\n\nLucy by the Sea<\/em> is the ninth book from Liz Strout \u201977, and the latest in her series featuring the character of Lucy Barton.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\u201cI\u2019m getting older, and I\u2019ve taught myself how to get these sentences down, how to know when they\u2019re worth getting down,\u201d Strout told Elisabeth Egan of The New York Times<\/em>. \u201cIt\u2019s like I\u2019ve been training for a marathon my entire life and now there\u2019s an acceleration happening.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n![\""I](\"https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/news\/files\/2019\/10\/191021_Elizabeth_Strout_Clayton_Spencer_0321.jpg\")
In 2019, Liz Strout ’77 sat down with President Clayton Spencer for a conversation and to read an excerpt from her just-published book, Olive, Again<\/em>, and to share some writerly advice, encouraging budding authors to “just keep writing.” (Phyllis Graber Jensen\/Bates College)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\nStrout compares her writing process to flattening out a sheet of crumpled-up wax paper, or a wad of bubble gum, trying to \u201cjust stretch it out as far as it can go.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
She takes inspiration from the places she visits \u2014 Maine landscapes and waterfronts feature often in her scenes \u2014 and current events, like the COVID-19 pandemic, which Lucy and her ex-husband, William, are seeking to escape. \u201cThey leap off the page along with their creator\u2019s salty wit and a phantom scent of hand sanitizer,\u201d writes Egan.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Read the story: \u201cAt 66, Elizabeth Strout has reached maximum productivity<\/a>,\u201d The New York Times<\/em>, Sept. 3, 2022<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\n\n\n\nNathan Lundblad, physics and astronomy faculty<\/h3>\n\n\n\nThe coolest experiment in the universe \u2014 Houston, We Have a Podcast<\/em><\/h5>\n\n\n\n<\/div>\n\n\n\nProfessor of Physics Nathan Lundblad joined the Johnson Space Center podcast, Houston, We Have a Podcast<\/em>, to talk about his ultracold research being conducted aboard the International Space Station<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\nIn simple terms, his experiments in the station\u2019s Cold Atom Lab look at what happens when you cool atoms to near absolute zero in a zero-gravity environment.<\/p>\n\n\n
\n![\"Seen](\"https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/news\/files\/2022\/05\/cal-closeout-scaled-1.webp\")
Seen before its 2018 launch to the International Space Station, the Cold Atom Laboratory comprises two containers, the larger of which contains the lab’s “physics package,” where experiments requested by Bates physicist Nathan Lundblad on ultracold atoms take place. (Photograph courtesy of the Jet Propulsion Lab)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\nYou can make shapes from these ultracold blobs of atoms, known as Bose-Einstein condensates. In Lundblad\u2019s case, the shape they\u2019ve succeeded in making is a bubble.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Making new shapes means scientists can test \u201claws of quantum mechanics and the wave nature of matter but in a really strange environment.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
- Listen to the episode: \u201cThe coolest experiment in the universe<\/a>,\u201d Houston, We Have a Podcast<\/em>, Sept. 16, 2022<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n
\n\n\n\nC.L. Quinan \u201900<\/h3>\n\n\n\nRise of X: Governments eye new approaches for trans and nonbinary travelers \u2014 Migration Policy Institute<\/em><\/h5>\n\n\n\n<\/div>\n\n\n\nFollowing the cues of Australia, Bangladesh, Canada, and others, U.S. passports now feature a third gender option. As much as this is a step towards acknowledging nonbinary identities, it doesn\u2019t make international travel or migration any safer for nonbinary, intersex, or transgender people, said C.L. Quinan \u201900 in an article for the Migration Policy Institute<\/em>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\u201cAlthough it may seem a minor bureaucratic matter to those whose gender presentation aligns with their documentation, transgender and gender-diverse populations regularly experience harassment and disenfranchisement while traveling internationally,\u201d writes Quinan. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
Inconsistencies across documents, differing government requirements, and security procedures that don\u2019t recognize nonbinary or transgender identification can result in travelers being stopped for alleged falsification of identity, or other complications.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cSome trans and nonbinary people have developed strategies to prevent questioning or actively conceal their gender identity by traveling as a gender that matches their documents but not their true identities,\u201d adds Quinan. \u201cMany transgender individuals also experience high levels of anxiety and stress before, during, and after traveling.\u201d <\/p>\n\n\n\n
- Read the story: \u201cRise of X: Governments eye new approaches for trans and nonbinary travelers<\/a>,\u201d Migration Policy Institute<\/em>, Aug. 17, 2022<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n
\n\n\n\nSeulgie Lim, politics faculty <\/h3>\n\n\n\nBest & worst states for women\u2019s equality \u2014 WalletHub<\/em><\/h5>\n\n\n\n<\/div>\n\n\n\nThe gender gap in pay, in health and survival, and in political empowerment is more than a question of money \u201cbut rather really a question of worth as a member of society that is being imposed on women, regardless of their choices,\u201d Seulgie Lim, assistant professor of politics, tells WalletHub<\/em> in an article looking at the state of women\u2019s equality in the U.S.<\/p>\n\n\n\nThe gender pay gap isn\u2019t a new problem, but it\u2019s compounded by factors like inflation, or a global pandemic. \u201cOne may think that a difference of 10\u201320 cents for every dollar is not much,\u201d says Lim. \u201cBut if we take into account the number of years one is in the workforce, that gap of just a few cents will exponentially increase over the years.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n
\n![\"Assistant](\"https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/news\/files\/2020\/08\/200821_Seulgie_Lim_0023.jpg\")
Assistant Professor of Politics Seulgie (Claire) Lim Assistant Professor of Politics says the gender gap is “really a question of worth as a member of society that is being imposed on women, regardless of their choices.” (Phyllis Graber Jensen\/Bates College)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\nThe U.S. is ranked 83rd in the world for women\u2019s health and survival, while \u201cBlack women and other women of color in the U.S. continue to be at the bottom of healthcare and service,\u201d says Lim. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cThe treatment of women’s pain and health continues to be seen not as a matter of healthcare but rather as a political issue, which the recent decision of the Supreme Court clearly shows \u2014 women’s bodies continue to be seen as something that should and can be regulated by the government.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
- Read the story: \u201cBest & worst states for women\u2019s equality<\/a>,\u201d WalletHub<\/em>, Aug. 22, 2022<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n
\n\n\n\nLisa Genova \u201992<\/h3>\n\n\n\nA Neuroscientist explains when it’s time to start worrying about your memory\u2014 Inc.<\/em><\/h5>\n\n\n\n<\/div>\n\n\n\nInc.<\/em> columnist Jessica Stillman admits that \u201cthe pandemic was not kind to my memory<\/a>.\u201d So she went \u201cdigging around online and discovered I was not alone. There are very real neurological reasons<\/a> why two years of confinement, boredom and stress can lead to a foggy mind<\/a> and forgotten permission slips. <\/p>\n\n\n\nWhich is why a TED-Ed talk by Lisa Genova \u201992, a neuroscientist and bestselling author, offered helpful ways to tell the difference between normal forgetfulness and dementia. <\/p>\n\n\n
\n![\"\"](\"https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/news\/files\/2016\/06\/web-160529_Commencement_1602.jpg\")
Lisa Genova ’92 received an honorary doctorate of humane letters during the 2016 Bates Commencement. (Bates College)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\nForgetting where you parked at the mall can happen to anyone, but forgetting how you got to the mall, or even not recognizing your car could be a symptom of Alzheimer\u2019s, says Genova. The kind of forgetfulness that points to Alzheimer\u2019s the most is forgetting routine activities, or habits that have built muscle memory around them. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
Genova advises having conversations with a doctor about brain health and memory, taking care of it \u201cjust as you do with your heart health or reproductive health.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
- Read the story: \u201cA neuroscientist explains when it’s time to start worrying about your memory<\/a>,\u201d Inc.<\/em><\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n
\n\n\n\nMark Erelli \u201996 <\/h3>\n\n\n\nLosing his vision has opened Mark Erelli\u2019s eyes \u2014 The Boston Globe<\/em><\/h5>\n\n\n\n<\/div>\n\n\n\nTwo years after the first symptoms appeared, singer-songwriter Mark Erelli \u201996 is taking in every sight he can, before his eyesight is gone completely. Erelli talked with The Boston Globe<\/em>\u2019s Lauren Daley about his diagnosis \u2014 an inherited retinal disease called retinitis pigmentosa \u2014 his journey since then, and how he\u2019s learning to see life in a different light. He\u2019s also writing through the experience, and his new album, Lay Your Darkness Down<\/em>, is releasing in February.<\/p>\n\n\n\n![\"Mark](\"https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/news\/files\/2022\/10\/Mark-Erelli_by-Joe-Navas-.webp\")
Mark Erelli ’96. (Photo courtesy of Joe Navas)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\u201cThis material is the most intimate thing I\u2019ve ever done,\u201d Erelli says. \u201cSongwriting and singing, in general, is one of the most vulnerable things you can do. So to sing about something you\u2019ve lost \u2014 there\u2019s an extra layer of vulnerability.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Britney Grover of Sidelines Magazine <\/em>checks in with Alexandra Cherubini \u201999, founder and president of EquiFit, a Massachusetts-based company that designs and sells gear for equestrian riders and their horses. EquiFit has become one of the most successful providers of equine gear, from equine boots, to saddle pads, to girths.<\/p>\n\n\n Looking at her career, Cherubuni offers some advice: keep a learning attitude and don’t be \u201cafraid to walk away from a project that isn\u2019t working and apply what you\u2019ve learned to the next project. Be willing to receive feedback and receive it with grace. Ask for feedback, and ask for it often. It\u2019s a key part of growth and emotional intelligence.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n Lucy by the Sea<\/em> is the ninth book from Liz Strout \u201977, and the latest in her series featuring the character of Lucy Barton.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cI\u2019m getting older, and I\u2019ve taught myself how to get these sentences down, how to know when they\u2019re worth getting down,\u201d Strout told Elisabeth Egan of The New York Times<\/em>. \u201cIt\u2019s like I\u2019ve been training for a marathon my entire life and now there\u2019s an acceleration happening.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n Strout compares her writing process to flattening out a sheet of crumpled-up wax paper, or a wad of bubble gum, trying to \u201cjust stretch it out as far as it can go.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n She takes inspiration from the places she visits \u2014 Maine landscapes and waterfronts feature often in her scenes \u2014 and current events, like the COVID-19 pandemic, which Lucy and her ex-husband, William, are seeking to escape. \u201cThey leap off the page along with their creator\u2019s salty wit and a phantom scent of hand sanitizer,\u201d writes Egan.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Read the story: \u201cAt 66, Elizabeth Strout has reached maximum productivity<\/a>,\u201d The New York Times<\/em>, Sept. 3, 2022<\/p>\n\n\n\n Professor of Physics Nathan Lundblad joined the Johnson Space Center podcast, Houston, We Have a Podcast<\/em>, to talk about his ultracold research being conducted aboard the International Space Station<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n In simple terms, his experiments in the station\u2019s Cold Atom Lab look at what happens when you cool atoms to near absolute zero in a zero-gravity environment.<\/p>\n\n\n You can make shapes from these ultracold blobs of atoms, known as Bose-Einstein condensates. In Lundblad\u2019s case, the shape they\u2019ve succeeded in making is a bubble.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Making new shapes means scientists can test \u201claws of quantum mechanics and the wave nature of matter but in a really strange environment.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n Following the cues of Australia, Bangladesh, Canada, and others, U.S. passports now feature a third gender option. As much as this is a step towards acknowledging nonbinary identities, it doesn\u2019t make international travel or migration any safer for nonbinary, intersex, or transgender people, said C.L. Quinan \u201900 in an article for the Migration Policy Institute<\/em>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cAlthough it may seem a minor bureaucratic matter to those whose gender presentation aligns with their documentation, transgender and gender-diverse populations regularly experience harassment and disenfranchisement while traveling internationally,\u201d writes Quinan. <\/p>\n\n\n\n Inconsistencies across documents, differing government requirements, and security procedures that don\u2019t recognize nonbinary or transgender identification can result in travelers being stopped for alleged falsification of identity, or other complications.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cSome trans and nonbinary people have developed strategies to prevent questioning or actively conceal their gender identity by traveling as a gender that matches their documents but not their true identities,\u201d adds Quinan. \u201cMany transgender individuals also experience high levels of anxiety and stress before, during, and after traveling.\u201d <\/p>\n\n\n\n The gender gap in pay, in health and survival, and in political empowerment is more than a question of money \u201cbut rather really a question of worth as a member of society that is being imposed on women, regardless of their choices,\u201d Seulgie Lim, assistant professor of politics, tells WalletHub<\/em> in an article looking at the state of women\u2019s equality in the U.S.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The gender pay gap isn\u2019t a new problem, but it\u2019s compounded by factors like inflation, or a global pandemic. \u201cOne may think that a difference of 10\u201320 cents for every dollar is not much,\u201d says Lim. \u201cBut if we take into account the number of years one is in the workforce, that gap of just a few cents will exponentially increase over the years.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n The U.S. is ranked 83rd in the world for women\u2019s health and survival, while \u201cBlack women and other women of color in the U.S. continue to be at the bottom of healthcare and service,\u201d says Lim. <\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cThe treatment of women’s pain and health continues to be seen not as a matter of healthcare but rather as a political issue, which the recent decision of the Supreme Court clearly shows \u2014 women’s bodies continue to be seen as something that should and can be regulated by the government.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n Inc.<\/em> columnist Jessica Stillman admits that \u201cthe pandemic was not kind to my memory<\/a>.\u201d So she went \u201cdigging around online and discovered I was not alone. There are very real neurological reasons<\/a> why two years of confinement, boredom and stress can lead to a foggy mind<\/a> and forgotten permission slips. <\/p>\n\n\n\n Which is why a TED-Ed talk by Lisa Genova \u201992, a neuroscientist and bestselling author, offered helpful ways to tell the difference between normal forgetfulness and dementia. <\/p>\n\n\n Forgetting where you parked at the mall can happen to anyone, but forgetting how you got to the mall, or even not recognizing your car could be a symptom of Alzheimer\u2019s, says Genova. The kind of forgetfulness that points to Alzheimer\u2019s the most is forgetting routine activities, or habits that have built muscle memory around them. <\/p>\n\n\n\n Genova advises having conversations with a doctor about brain health and memory, taking care of it \u201cjust as you do with your heart health or reproductive health.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n Two years after the first symptoms appeared, singer-songwriter Mark Erelli \u201996 is taking in every sight he can, before his eyesight is gone completely. Erelli talked with The Boston Globe<\/em>\u2019s Lauren Daley about his diagnosis \u2014 an inherited retinal disease called retinitis pigmentosa \u2014 his journey since then, and how he\u2019s learning to see life in a different light. He\u2019s also writing through the experience, and his new album, Lay Your Darkness Down<\/em>, is releasing in February.<\/p>\n\n\n \u201cThis material is the most intimate thing I\u2019ve ever done,\u201d Erelli says. \u201cSongwriting and singing, in general, is one of the most vulnerable things you can do. So to sing about something you\u2019ve lost \u2014 there\u2019s an extra layer of vulnerability.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\n\n\n\nLiz Strout \u201977<\/h3>\n\n\n\n
At 66, Elizabeth Strout has reached maximum productivity \u2014 The New York Times<\/em><\/h5>\n\n\n\n
\n\n\n\nNathan Lundblad, physics and astronomy faculty<\/h3>\n\n\n\n
The coolest experiment in the universe \u2014 Houston, We Have a Podcast<\/em><\/h5>\n\n\n\n
\n\n\n\nC.L. Quinan \u201900<\/h3>\n\n\n\n
Rise of X: Governments eye new approaches for trans and nonbinary travelers \u2014 Migration Policy Institute<\/em><\/h5>\n\n\n\n
\n\n\n\nSeulgie Lim, politics faculty <\/h3>\n\n\n\n
Best & worst states for women\u2019s equality \u2014 WalletHub<\/em><\/h5>\n\n\n\n
\n\n\n\nLisa Genova \u201992<\/h3>\n\n\n\n
A Neuroscientist explains when it’s time to start worrying about your memory\u2014 Inc.<\/em><\/h5>\n\n\n\n
\n\n\n\nMark Erelli \u201996 <\/h3>\n\n\n\n
Losing his vision has opened Mark Erelli\u2019s eyes \u2014 The Boston Globe<\/em><\/h5>\n\n\n\n