Denison Magazine - Issue 02 | 2025-26 - Spring

issue 02 | 2025-26 - spring
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Taking the lead

We spoke to five Denisonians who went on to lead in different ways — and they have strikingly similar advice for students and alums.

A smiling woman with short blonde hair stands in front of white bookshelves filled with books and decorative items, wearing a textured brown top, a necklace, and earrings, with her arms crossed.

‘She’s an institution’

Kim Coplin ’85 excelled as a student, professor, and provost at Denison — and found true love. As she retires, she leaves The Hill in a better place.

A musician plays an upright bass while two dancers, one in blue and one in white, perform expressive movements on a dimly lit stage.

‘An ethos of collaboration’

A work by Dance faculty and Denison musicians highlights the departments’ artistic innovation and the college’s interdisciplinary philosophy.

A man in dark protective glasses smiles next to a scientific piece of equipment emitting a laser in a red-hued room.

Building a better atom trap

Denison students and faculty are developing technology to capture atoms and help knit together quantum computing networks.

A young woman sits on a curved stone wall along a brick path writing in her notebook.

A force of nature

First-year student Kelsey Sweetland is an artist, author, educator, and entrepreneur — and this phenom is just getting started.

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‘More important than ever’

The skills that Nelson Griggs ’93, president of the Nasdaq stock exchange, learned at Denison still guide his professional life in finance.

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