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Johan Michalove is nearly 3,000 miles from the Los Angeles wildfires, but that didn’t stop him from pitching in. A doctoral student in the field of information science currently based in New York City, Michalove developed an interactive map at fireaid.info that has become an online hub for thousands of people in the greater Los Angeles area who need...

The message arrived to Kathy Wang on a notecard. She was at a sorority event as an undergraduate student, and beforehand, her fellow sisters had been encouraged to write positive messages to one another. Senders could identify themselves or not. Kathy’s card arrived anonymously. “Thank you for always finding a reason to smile.” Those nine words made her day...