Contained Dystopias
The following piece is part of the Quest’s ongoing series featuring the assignments of Minerva students. This piece was an LBA written for Minerva’s Multimodal... Read More
Cities
Stories from the rotation cities, including fact-based pieces, relevant assignments (especially LBAs), and opinion or creative pieces based on student experiences in these places. These stories are edited and fact-checked at least twice by at least two Quest editors.
Window Snowmen
The M23’s new semester in Seoul turned out to be rather challenging. Each student had to quarantine, individually, in a room for two weeks. Sounded fun for... Read More
The Castrolites
This is an edited version of a Multimodal Communications location-based assignment in San Francisco, California.
Evasion is cowardice.
In the... Read More
SF’s Project Roomkey: Responding to COVID-19 among Homeless Populations
This spring, governments of all levels issued COVID-19-induced border closures, lockdowns, quarantines, and shelter-in-place orders. For San Francisco, the cit... Read More
North Korean Stereotypes
"I'm going to be studying in Seoul, Korea next semester."
"Wait, North Korea? Please tell me you're not moving to North Korea!"
"No, no, Seoul is in Sout... Read More
Hyderabad: A (Virtual) Historic Walk
Welcome to Hyderabad! Join me for a virtual historical tour through the Old City of Hyderabad. Explore Gulzar Houz, Charminar, Nimrah Cafe, and Chowmahalla to ... Read More
Quarantine in Le Petit (circa, 2020) colorized
Quarantine.
A word that belonged only in sci-fi movies until a couple of months ago.
Even though it became the reality for everyone around th... Read More
Esmeralda 933
Esmeralda 933
Shani
Saint Moritz on a Sunday
For Minerva class of 2021
The c... Read More
Traveling in a COVID-19 world
The recommendations in this article are not medical advice but tips on how to travel with the current COVID-19 outbreak. It also provides specific information ... Read More
Investigating Water Quality in Berlin
Everyone was watching as I threw a bucket into the Spree River in Berlin. It must have seemed weird, but I was doing my first LBA like a true scientist! ... Read More