Editor's note: This story has been updated to correct Irene Butter's age.   Irene Butter survived the Holocaust, she believes, by two miracles.  The first occurred only a few days after her arrival...

Editor's note: This story has been edited to correct the spelling of Baddireddi. Riitvek Baddireddi’s journey to Oregon State University has been anything but ordinary. Born and raised in poverty...

What first began as studying Alaskan glaciers in McCarthy and Wrangell, and lake sediments in the Andes, soon turned into a fascination with the environment and climate for Julia Rosen. After completing...