The Eye—the magazine itself—was named after the author and urban theorist Jane Jacobs’ and her belief that the “eyes on the street” help keep cities safe. The Ear, then, alludes to the stories we’re always listening for...

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Dear undergraduate students:

Suzanne Carbotte, senior research scientist at the Lamont Doherty Earth Observatory, studies underwater volcanoes, an occupation that requires research at sea. But she’s not always working outside of international waters. While her research focuses on marine geophysics, whenever she is back on land, she often needs to ask questions of experts in other disciplines within the earth sciences. Luckily, they are usually only “a short walk away on campus.”..

I need to mentally prepare myself for Dodge Fitness Center on a weekday night. Whenever I go, I fall into the same routine. First, there’s the internal debate: whether to fight for a cardio machine or to pass this time around. There’s the look at the sign-up sheet, on which just about every slot for the next hour is full. There’s the ultimate moving on...

The metal double doors click open. I step into 116B Lewisohn Hall, down the main aisle, where rows of desks are housed in an entirely white room: white-painted exposed brick walls, white plaster ceilings, and white linoleum floors. Inside, students and a professor critique one student’s architectural model. Huddled together, they squint, furrow their brows, and tilt their heads to the left and to the right. The way they all lean into the discussion draws me in and makes me want to join...