November/December 2019 Humanities & Culture Losers for the Win A new book of essays looks at why we love Charlie Brown History Fighting for Their Future Lauren Maunus ’19 and Emma Bouton ’20 have been on the front lines of the growing youth environmental movement. Business & Entrepreneurship Bright. This season’s best ideas for gifts—and giving—from businesses and nonprofits founded by Brown alums Under the Elms Student Life Fans Everywhere An Olympian in line at the Ratty Content The Arts Say it Through Song Licity Collins ’94 releases live album Science & Tech Adios, Amniocentesis? Testing for genetic abnormalities with a simple swab of the cervix Student Life Underwear for Everyone A website where women with disabilities can buy intimate apparel that actually works—and read about fashion and sex Student Life “You Belong Here” The Third World Transition Program celebrates 50 years Beyond the Gates The Arts I’m In Ellie Gravitte ’17 directs commercial for “A Million Little Things” Science & Tech Digging for Answers An archaeologist finds clues in the wilds of central Alaska Sports & Recreation Going Pro A women’s college basketball coach jumps into the NBA The Arts World of Pop A hit podcast decodes popular music Education Teacher of the Year Making AP English exciting The Arts Testing the Limits An introvert experiments with life as an extrovert First Person Revolutionary Radio Filmmaker Bill Lichtenstein ’78 tells the WBCN story Business & Entrepreneurship Fast Food Nation Meet Greg Flynn ’86, king of chain restaurants Filmmaking Core Concept In search of the meaning of democracy From the Editor University News What’s Fit to Print? Is the BAM's letters page a forum, a space that belongs to all alumni? Or is it a platform that must be guarded? From the President University News Every Bright Mind Jill Pipher, Brown’s vice president for research, on how Brown is opening new frontiers. Current Obsession First Person Hitting the Grad Center Bar Yutong Liu ’20 Fresh Ink The Arts Fresh Ink New books by Courtney Maum ’01, Louise Aronson ’86, and Lauren Acampora ’97 Courses of Study Education Radical Vision Life, death, love, and humanity through the eyes of Toni Morrison. The Big Search Science & Tech Reprogramming Mother Nature Experiments with coding animal genes stand to teach us a lot about ourselves.
