Talking Back
After the medical and racial nightmare that was 2020, John Johnson ’23 MD set out on a healing path that includes talking openly about mental health, racism, and medical disparities.
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Who’s at Risk?
Researchers address high suicide rates with app-based tools and culturally aware interventions.
Mainstreaming Mindfulness
Professor Eric Loucks is on a mission
A Familismo Approach
Targeted therapy for Latinx youth
The Good Life
A course on happiness gets mobbed
“Coping with Covid” 101
A new course on the psychology of pandemics offers a scientific take on Covid-related mental health issues and a place for students to process.
The Anxiety Hacker
Jud Brewer can help you change your mind
When the University Cadets Went to War
From the Archives
Are the Kids Alright?
The pandemic hit teens hard, causing a measurable decline in mental health. Enter Molly Josephs ’09, whose podcast, This Teenage Life, became a lifeline for tweens and teens from California to Kabul, helping them to vent—and heal—one episode at a time.
Invisible Champions
Women’s basketball won Brown’s first Ivy title. But the accolades did a disappearing act.
From the Archives
Streakers streak in Wriston Quad
Preservation Pioneer
Beverly Moss Spatt ’45 helped save countless NYC landmarks
Accessible Academic
English professor and prolific author Mari Ruti ’88 was—like the body of work she leaves behind—authentic, irreverent, and wise
Rights + Wrong
No one’s pro-domestic-violence. Until you start looking at state laws, where protecting victims often loses out to protecting gun rights.
Cover of the Rolling Stone
Gus Wenner ’12 has a fresh take on his dad’s 1967 hit. Will it play for Gen Z and beyond?
Climbing the Walls
Five minutes with Samantha Reisman ’28 PhD
Artificial Intelligence Is as Unfair as We Are.
A new course asks how we can harness AI without teaching it all of our biases and automating oppression.
Spot the Lie
Truth-seeking tactics from a former Naval Intelligence officer
Life Sentence
A new podcast explores the ripple effects of a brutal 1986 murder
Electric Switch
Alan Taub ’76 hopes to turn Motor City into E-Motor City.
Fresh Ink for January–March 2024
Books by Boo Trundle ’89, Benjamin Weber ’08 MAT, and Linda Mason ’64
Pioneering Poetry
A new book, Understanding Michael S. Harper, seeks to decode the complex work.
Vegan Triumph
A Mississippi native takes meatless Southern cooking to the West Coast