Nonscientists from prisoners to fashion mavens engage with science in an article by Catherine Arnold in Columns, the University of Washington alumni magazine. Catherine, a Salt Lake City-based writer, profiles University of Utah forest ecologist and UW alum Nalini Nadkarni. Among other work, Dr. Nadkarni brings science projects to correctional facilities and nature motifs to costume design. Catherine is @TreesWhales image: Nalini Nadkarni