About

Mitochondria are the powerhouse of the cell, mass can neither be created nor destroyed, and one of our editors called 9-1-1 for the first time after her dad fainted from low blood pressure.

In undergraduate education, the sciences and humanities are treated as disparate fields, and we are led to focus on the former aspects of science far more than the latter. In reality, scientists, engineers, and researchers all work towards improving human lives and often need to tap into the vast resources of human creativity and empathy to do so.

Art and creative writing allow us to consider these implications with an expressive freedom not afforded by lectures and laboratories. We believe that exploration of the intersection of sciences and humanities is just as crucial to scientific knowledge as concrete theories and research. We intend for Atrium to be a space that humanizes the sciences through the sharing of creative student reflections on these subjects. As such, if you’re a STEM student, we warmly welcome you to submit work that reflects on the human aspects of your career aspirations and extracurricular experience. On the other hand, our magazine is open to all students with a story to share, regardless of major and career plans.

Editing Department

Helina Li

Helina is majoring in English and CS, minoring in Chinese. She loves all things literature and badminton. Her life goal is to write novels.

Abinayaa Murugupandiyan

Abinayaa (she/her) is majoring in Molecular and Cell Biology. In her free time, she loves reading, especially books that make her cry. Her favorite dessert is gulab jamun, and she wants to go skydiving one day.

Sarah Adler

Sarah is intending on majoring in Molecular and Cell Biology, on a pre-med track. She loves reading, playing violin and viola, watching fantasy and sci-fi shows, playing with her corgi, and writing.

Alyson Yee

Alyson is a fourth year MCB major. She loves making stuffed animals.

Nesyah Galatin

Nesyah is a senior studying bioengineering & entrepreneurship. She likes to create interdisciplinary connections across subjects and is passionate about design innovation. Her hobbies include reading & art.

Soumya Rai

Soumya is a senior majoring in Molecular and Cell Biology and minoring in music. Aside from painting, she enjoys hiking, traveling, and going to concerts.

Writing Department

Charlotte Bisson

Charlotte is majoring in Nutrition & Metabolic Biology and on the pre-health track. She loves leg day at the gym, chocolate and raspberries, and rainy days.

Crystal Chavez-Barragan

Crystal is a second year pursing majors in English and Political Science. She loves all things sci-fi and holds a special place in her heart for Star Wars. In her free time, she loves to play video games and read web novels.

Isole Kim

Isole is a first-year planning to double major in L&S. She loves to write and thinks zines are the coolest thing.

Kristen Li

Kristen is pursuing a major in statistics. She enjoys dancing, drawing, reading, and watching penguin videos. Her favorite foods are cherry tomatoes and blackberries.

Melody Shen

Melody is majoring in Statistics. She enjoys creative journalism, fantasy novels, and math problems. When she’s not playing with numbers or writing, she’s cheering on Manchester City and McLaren F1.

Niveditha Sukesh

Niveditha (she/her) intends to major in MCB and Public Health. She loves reading all genres and binge-watching TV shows on the weekends. Her favorite drink is chai!

Prajanya Kannan

Prajanya Kannan is a Bioengineering major and Design Innovation Certificate student. Skilled in research, design, problem-solving, writing, and public speaking, she aims to address healthcare challenges through innovative solutions. She enjoys freestyle dancing and volunteering for fun. She seeks to inspire change through her projects.

Tiffany Yu

Tiffany is an MCB major who enjoys sketching on her math notes in her free time. She lives on Spotify and plans to tackle every roller coaster at Magic Mountain one day.

Victoria Shao

Victoria is a freshman intending to major in Molecular and Cell Biology and minor in Education. In her free time, she loves reading thriller novels, discovering new music, playing tennis, and gaming!

Art Department

Alexander Tangpan

Alex is a first year majoring in Molecular and Cell Biology. In his free time, he likes to make ink sketches and digital paintings, binge watch shows and anime, and listen to music.

Caitlin Tran

Caitlin is a second year majoring in Astrophysics and minoring in Data Science. In her free time, she loves reading, listening to true crime podcasts, vlogging, and doing random crafts. If you’re interested in any of those, feel free to strike up a conversation 🙂

Celia Ruiz

Celia is a senior, majoring in Society & Environment. They are interested in all things magical realism, like to write lots of poetry and are obsessed with adding commas everywhere.

Chloe Tong

Chloe is currently a freshman intending to declare as a cogsci major on a pre-health pathway. She’s interested in making arts in any traditional medium.

Danielle Gomez

Danielle is a fourth year majoring in Integrative Biology. She has a passion for art and science and loves to play basketball, run along the beach, and play piano.

Katie Chung

Katie is majoring in Molecular and Cellular Biology. She loves to use art to convey and spread scientific information to a wider audience.

Kelly Zhou

Kelly is a first year planning to major in English. She has been drawing, writing novels, and dancing competitively since childhood and hopes to spend the rest of her life immersed in the arts.

Mia Edmondson

Mia intends to major in physics and math. Besides art she loves reading, animals, sewing, knitting, and nature.

Layout Department

Johanna Liu

Johanna is a sophomore studying Environmental Sciences. She is desperately trying to find time in between school work and midterms to maintain her feeble status as a self proclaimed writer and artist.

Xiangru (Echo) Huang

Echo is a sophomore on exchange, majoring in CS. She's a full-time sportaholic and a part-time basketball player.

Contact

Send your questions and comments to atrium.berkeley@gmail.com – we’d love to hear from you!

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