The cover story of the spring 2022 issue of Bates Magazine explores the college's innovative approach to undoing structural racism and the pernicious “survival of the fittest” mindset in STEM education. The cover photograph by Phyllis Graber Jensen shows Sebastian Leon Fallas ’24 of Perez Zeledon, Costa Rica, and Henry Hardy ’22 of Gloucester, Mass., researching the pollen environment in meadow at Thorncrag Nature Sanctuary last summer.