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Comfort & Joy
Brown alums offer bright ideas for your holiday gifts & year-end giving.
November–December 2021
What Do You Think?
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“Don’t you just love it when the screaming children succeed in hijacking the University’s fiduciary obligation to maximize the return on its endowment? Not surprising, I suppose, as there are no adults…”
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“I was moved with compassion and pride as I read about my former classmate’s journey to follow his calling. It just makes my connection to Brown that much more special. I am…”
In response to The Only Doctor (September–October 2021) -
“The ultimate aim of BDS is to delegitimize Israel as a Jewish state.”
In response to Monetary Morality (September–October 2021)
Upfront
Education and Service
Celebrating the Swearer Center for Public Service
Ventures and Values
Our gift guide is back!
Under the Elms
Education
Separating Fat from Fiction
A student-driven course on “fatphobia” examines both science and stigma. Read More: Separating Fat from Fiction
Second Chance
A student startup reclaims unused cancer meds
Holding the Door Open
3 nontraditional students help others find their way to college
DIY Shabbat
A Hillel program helped Jewish students stay connected despite COVID
Speak Out
Asian Americans share stories on race and identity
Features/Beyond the Gates
The Reformers
Four young Brown alums are working to make the Ocean State a better place for working-class people.
Tennis Royalty
In King Richard, Aunjanue Ellis ’93 plays Venus and Serena’s mom and coach
Emerald Cities
A pair of Brown alums–turned–local-officials lead the way on green energy.
A Life on the Ice
NHL veep Chie Chie Yard ’94
Beat Maker
When Nick Sarazen ’17 moved to Hollywood, things happened fast
Can We End Alzheimer’s?
Treatment, much less cure, has been elusive. Brown scientists are on the case.
Short Takes/Alums
Politics & Law
Channeling Joe
The art and science of presidential speechwriting Read More: Channeling Joe
Marketing Justice
Bill Marks ’75, CMO for social change
George Slept Here
Retracing President Washington’s journeys
Celebrating 25 years of girls’ empowerment
Beyond dance moves
Rapid Research
DARPA’s new director on innovation and ethics
The Classes
Together Apart
A Brown alum Zoom musical captures pandemic connections
The Classes
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Donna Gordon writes: “My novel What Ben Franklin Would Have Told Me is due out from Regal House in June 2022. While at Brown, I received the Kim Ann Arstark Award in…
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In March, Derek Livingston was named the director of new play development/artistic associate at the Utah Shakespeare Festival. In this newly created position he will be responsible for reenvisioning and overseeing the…
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Michael J. Hsu ’97 has been appointed by U.S. Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen ’67 as the first deputy comptroller of the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC) and will assume…
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Lillie Marshall writes: “For those who enjoyed my daily cartoon in the Brown Daily Herald from 1999 to 2003, you can now follow my artwork online at drawingsof.com, an educational cartoon site.…
Obituaries
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Mary J. Mycek ’48, of Shelton, Conn.; June 2. She received a PhD in 1955 in biochemistry from Yale. After spending two years as a postdoctoral fellow at Rockefeller University in New…
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George Wallerstein ’51, of Seattle; May 13. He partook in Brown’s Naval ROTC and served as a junior officer on a ship during the Korean War. He did graduate work at the…
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Loretta Inez Dates Shields Smith ’60, of York, Pa., formerly of West Baltimore; May 11, of heart failure. She was among the first African American women to attend Pembroke College, as noted…
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Helen Williams Hill ’37 AM, of San Diego, formerly of Ann Arbor, Mich.; Mar. 28, at 106 years of age. Her mother died three years after her birth during the 1918 flu…
