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Burdened by Death
How faculty, students, and alumni are responding to the earthquake in Haiti.
Gut Check
Rajiv Kumar '05, '11 MD is out to save us all, one pound at a time.
Why Write?
In a rare public appearance, Stephen Sondheim looks back.
What’s the Question?
Rebecca Maxfield ’13 rides high in the Jeopardy! College Championship
Parades
This year's Rose Bowl Parade included an image on a float of the historic game in 1916 in which Brown faced Washington State.
How to Catch a Fly Ball
Was Willie Mays just lucky, or did he have exceptional optical acceleration cancellation?
Getting In
Undergraduate applications are up 20 percent. Why do so many kids want to go to Brown?
History’s Child
Salman Rushdie on the real meaning of free speech.
Love, Virtually
A new website takes the guesswork out of student flirting.
Terror Watch
Tavis Smiley knocks President Obama for misunderstanding how Martin Luther King Jr. would respond to terror threats.
Budget Discipline
Tuition and financial aid rise amid University-wide cuts and layoffs.
History
President Simmons visits the Rhode Island state house and says our national history today is richer, more fully diverse, and more truthful.
A Lesson in Generosity
A philanthropy class that hands out real money to real people.
Twilight of a Historian
After teaching at Brown for forty years, Professor Emeritus of History Abbott Gleason was diagnosed with Parkinson’s. With his energy failing and his muscles shrinking, he finds himself re-examining some cherished beliefs and discovering joy in what he’d once dismissed.
Seeing is Believing
Fitzgerald's gift to Eliot and other treasures.
Judgment at Wikipedia
Online there's always someone out there ready to teach you humility.
Who Speaks for Alvin?
Glenn Berger '91 writes for some of Hollywood's most popular animated characters.
Wildlife Art
Art historians often sniff at wildlife art, dismissing it as mereillustration or, worse still, kitsch, says Adam Duncan Harris '92.
Missed Connections
Dawn Raffel's compressed stories conjure up a wry, tender world.
Who Needs Paper?
Sandra Allen ’09 and three of her classmates are challenging the notion that people don't read anymore.
Stormy Weather
Saints, sex, and snow are the subjects of a first novel by Christine Lehner ’77 AM.
Critic’s Corner
André Leon Talley '73 AM will soon join Tyra Banks on the judging panel of America's Top Model.