About the Cover: Patterns of Convergence

A nerve cell crackles with beauty and mystery, offering insight into the mind at work. Overlapping tree canopies recast the mix of light and shadow on Palatine Hill, suggesting the mind at play. The neuron draws students to investigate how learning and memory may be formed (See: The arc of inquiry). The joy and complexity of the natural world animate skills students learn in class (See: Putting the dig in digital). Intellect and imagination, always converging at Lewis & Clark, find expression in these cover images and in the many stories that shape our 2005-06 Annual Report and Honor Roll of Donors.