s this issue of UNH Magazine goes live, UNH is closing in on a remarkable milestone: one full year of remote operations. If someone had told me on March 16, 2020, as I prepared to work from home for a few weeks — gathering up a few extra story files for the spring/summer magazine and a handful of books I wanted to consider for “Bookshelf” — that one year later I’d be fully moved into a home office with three complete online-only issues of the magazine under my belt, I would have told them their crystal ball must surely be broken. At the time, a month or two of remote work sounded like a welcome change of pace. But a whole year? Impossible.

Perhaps at this point, our digital platform has likewise become the norm for you, even as we continue to explore the potential for returning to print. In addition to our pandemic alumni roundup, be sure to read “Triumph, Not Trauma” about the Scott family, who turned the trauma of a pair of life-altering accidents into a cause for good through their pet food company, RAWZ, and through UNH’s Northeast Passage adaptive sports and recreation program. This issue also includes a story about UNH art professor Benjamin Cariens, who likewise has taken personal trauma and turned it into something valuable. His story is called “Finding Beauty in What’s Broken.” And, in an embarrassment of riches, we also have a feature story about not one, not two, but three alumnae who, outstanding athletes in their own right, have raised children who have achieved extraordinary success in professional sports. You can read about them in “Mother Nature.”
As always, I welcome your thoughts about this issue, and suggestions for future stories. As several Wildcats on the COVID frontlines said to me when we met to discuss their work, stay safe and well out there!

Editor-in-chief