A timeline of significant events in 2020
February 5, 2021
A collage of significant events in 2020.
More to Discover
![Student researcher Elaine Tang (‘24) created a comic for the Fossil Fest to explain the two ways fossils are formed in a tarpit. “I chose to explain my research by comic because there are a lot of kids coming to the [Fossil] Fest,” Elaine said. “They are all very interested and even painted on my comic with their favorite colors.” Fossil Fest is one of the Raymond M. Alf Museum of Paleontology Discovery Day events during which scientists and museum visitors are invited to celebrate paleontology.](https://webbcanyonchronicle.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/9eae070d6f5f12b684fd6d4ff457a01.jpg)
![Blue, white, and gold colored balloons surround the doorway to the new Bonnie Johnson Hall. Dr. Theresa Smith and Blake Johnson pose with large scissors, prepared to cut the ribbon as many faculty, alumni, and others watch and applaud. “I look at [the science lab] as a space where students are pursuing their own scientific questions, where they can collaborate with their other peers, and where discovery is happening,” said Lisa Nacionales, Science Department Chair.](https://webbcanyonchronicle.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/Smith_and_Johnson.HEIC.jpg)
About the Contributor
Maria Duan, Staff Writer
Maria Duan (‘23), a boarding student from Beijing, China, resides in San Francisco when not living at school. She has a deep interest in world languages, having lived in Beijing, Buenos Aires, and San Francisco before coming to Webb. As a polyglot, she can speak Chinese, English, and Spanish and hopes to add French soon. Playing the piano is one of her passions, having done it for almost a decade. She participates in annual tests that examine both technical skill level and knowledge of music. She is an avid reader and prefers novels that explore complex themes with deep moral such as inequality. She is always open to hear different perspectives on a range of topics and enjoys probing moral and ethical issues in pursuit of testing her beliefs. At the Webb Canyon Chronicle, Maria looks forward to writing about a variety of topics and hopes to have readers reconsider their own beliefs.
