Cover Story
The Malaria Hunter
A Brown pathology professor may have developed a revolutionary new approach to battling one of the world’s deadliest diseases
January–March 2022
What Do You Think?
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“In 1991, the year I joined as executive director, the Tobacco Control Resource Center launched the Tobacco Divestment Project to encourage universities, nonprofits and governmental bodies to eliminate tobacco investments from their…”
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“This article is a testament to the unyielding spirit of Jeff Mazique. Jeff and I were roommates, along with Dr. Reggie Fowler, during our freshman year. Even then, it was obvious that…”
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“We don’t need a ‘solution’ to ‘obesity’—we need a solution to poverty and fat phobia.”
In response to Separating Fat from Fiction (November–December 2021)
Upfront
Expanding College Access
Ensuring Brown continues to cultivate the next generation of leaders
Seeking Global Stories
Keeping pace with 10,000 alums outside the U.S.
Under the Elms
Humanities & Culture
Stepping Up
A Narragansett dancer on life as a dual degree student, documentary star, and tribal activist Read More: Stepping Up
Frontal Lobes and Fun
Neuroscience 10 continues to tickle the grey matter of future scientists—and everyone else.
One Day, Two Ivy Titles
Victory was decisive and extra sweet for women’s soccer and volleyball after returning to play this season.
An Academic Theory Goes Unexpectedly Viral
Brown scholars on Critical Race Theory, the most divisive topic in American education
From Isolation to Instagram
How COVID helped spawn a social media phenomenon
Features/Beyond the Gates
Stepping Into Liquid
Photographer Sachi Cunningham ’94.5 grabs a 25-pound camera and hangs out in the water beneath cresting 60-foot waves, getting pounded, churned—and getting the shot.
Flying Clear
Aerospace engineer George Braly ’70 has finally succeeded in getting the lead out of airplane fuel.
“The Problem”
A new book contemplates life decisions in the face of climate change.
The Brown Planet
Two upcoming NASA missions to Venus are led by Brown-educated scientists.
Asymmetrical Beauty
Sarah Ruhl ’97, ’01 MFA, on her decade-long struggle with facial palsy
Songs of Survival
Arn Chorn-Pond’s flute-playing literally saved his life in a child labor camp in his native Cambodia. Now he helps other children of war and brings once-banned music back to rural villages.
Short Takes/Alums
The Arts
Curating the Ephemeral
How do you exhibit work by artists whose main point is rejecting museums and galleries? Read More: Curating the Ephemeral
Border Aid
Hannah Janeway ’15 MD cofounded a group giving medical care to migrants stuck in Tijuana.
Fresh Ink for Jan–Mar 2022
Books by Claire Luchette ’13, Gary Ginsberg ’84, and Maria Ospina ’99
Art Immersion in St. Pete
Olivia Mansion ’16 AM opens Meow Wolf-style experience
The Classes
The Classes
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Leslie Armstrong writes: “The women in our class, and some of the men, owe a huge debt to Dale Burg and Helene Schwartz Kenvin for bringing us together far more often than…
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Ravi Chandra writes: “My debut documentary won ‘Best Film (Festival Director’s Award)’ at the 2021 Cannes Independent Film Festival and is now available to stream on Vimeo. ‘The Bandaged Place: From AIDS…
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Cofounder of BestFit Asha Owens ’16 is one of the recipients of this year’s Google for Startups Black Founders Fund. She was one of 50 selected for the program, which is focused…
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The Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences announced that Guido W. Imbens ’89 AM, ’91 PhD, a Stanford University economist, is one of three recipients of the 2021 Nobel Prize in Economic…
Obituaries
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Judith Ann Hofrichter ’68, of Bolton, Conn.; Aug. 23, of B-cell lymphoma. She was a Peace Corps volunteer in Turkey from 1968 to 1969 and, after various jobs in California and Connecticut,…
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John W. McEvoy Jr. ’76 of Belmont, Mass.; Aug. 25. While at Brown he played football and baseball and was captain of the varsity baseball team. After Brown, he continued to play…
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April L. Freely ’04, of Brooklyn, N.Y.; July 9. She was a poet, essayist, and newly appointed director of the Fire Island Artist Residency at the time of her passing. During her…
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Julius W. Kling, of Providence; Aug. 8. He accepted a teaching and research position in the psychology department at Brown in 1947. He served as department chair for more than 10…
