What I call “hummingbird hall” on the second floor of the Barbara Hodel Center always intrigues me. Thirteen lithographs of hummingbirds hang on the walls leading to the admissions office. Glass...

Way down in the vial-filled basement of Red Hill, Dr. Rachel Ford begins her Tuesdays and Thursdays teaching General Chemistry II. “I have to get up at 4 a.m. in order to get out of the house at 6...