Pressing On
Planetary geologist Jim Head ’69 PhD wanted to taste every beer made on his home planet. Then came the microbrews.
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Opening
Guests throng the Perry and Marty Granoff Center for the Creative Arts at the opening reception.
He Likes to Sew
Brown’s newest Marshall Scholar is a brilliant mathematician and an excellent seamster.
Journey Home
Journey Home
How to Talk to Your Dog
Dog behaviorist Michele Wan '01 describes the inner workings of the canine mind.
A Life of Letters
Julie Seltzer '97 is one of only ten female Torah scribes in the world.
Power of the Powerless
Mark Winston Griffith ’85 is bringing the lessons of College Hill to the streets of Brooklyn.
All in the Family
How three daughters—all alums—rallied to save the life of their father, Cornelius Madera '71.
A Kind of Fame
A pit stop turns into a fable about humility.
Just Chilling
Before ice hockey there was ice polo.
A Man of Integrity
When former chancellor Alva O. Way '51 died in September, Brown lost one of its most loyal alums. "We will miss the wonderful and principled voice that he always raised," President Simmons noted.
Obituaries
Obituaries from the January/February 2011 issue.
First Class Portrait
Introducing the unique art of Joseph Jagolinzer.
Replay
The men's soccer team, ranked twenty-second going into this year's NCAA tourney, defied expectations to advance to the Sweet 16 for the first time in a decade.
Get On With It
He fell off his bike, twice breaking bones. He was hit by a taxi. Then he ran the New York City marathon.
Replay
Brianne Goutal '11 stunned the equestrian world by outpacing the world's best riders—including a former world champion and an Olympic gold medalist.
A Sporting Chance
Outgoing Rhode Island attorney general Patrick Lynch ’87 has always moved easily between two kinds of courts. In his next job, he's showing kids the connection between both.
The Buzz Online
What readers are saying at brownalumnimagazine.com.
Haiti’s Storyteller
Last year’s devastating earthquake triggered an international relief effort aimed at Haiti. As the world’s attention has shifted to other crises in other parts of the world, writer Edwidge Danticat ’93 MFA has spent the past twelve months pulling it back to her native country. Her tool has been the most powerful one she could find: her pen.
Tyranny Has a Witness
Meet the man behind Human Rights Watch: Kenneth Roth ’77, who has been leading the group for nearly two decades.