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The View from Ringside
Karyn Bryant ’90 didn’t plan on becoming one of boxing’s most visible announcers. Now she’s one of the sport’s biggest fans.
Winning Habit
A long spring season on the Seekonk yields Brown rowers another NCAA championship and a trip to Henley-on-Thames.
Rock ‘n’ Rule
The man the British called King Philip sat here.
Obituaries
Obituaries from the July / August 2007 issue.
Coming Back
Getting reunion classes back to campus.
The Brown Way
A survey of this year’s Commencement forums.
Start Worrying
Aronson tells graduating MDs that the hard part begins now.
Someone Really Loves You
At commencement number 239, graduates received advice from a nobel prize winner and a surprise from an irrepressible honorary-degree recipient. The class of 2007 strolled through the Van Wickle Gates one last time on Sunday, May 27, and just kept on walking.
Telling Secrets
Does the First Amendment trump the right of judges to use secrecy for tracking down potential terrorists? A flurry of recent court cases has put alumni journalists on notice that relying on leaked secrets could send them to jail.
How to Lose Weight
Helping low-income African American women overcome obesity.
Lesson Learned
Ruth Simmons on public schools and the importance of teachers in her life. (From the Radcliffe Ivy presidents’ roundtable.)
Swimming Upstream
Rotting roof beams and the early demise of the Smith Swim Center.
Cracking the Glass Ceiling
Half the Ivy presidents are now women. In May they gathered at Harvard to compare notes.
A Course Change
Administrators act. Students protest. You won’t believe what it’s about this time.
La Vie en Lavender
Thomas Mallon ’73 envisions the double lives of gay bureaucrats during the McCarthy purges.
Don’t Follow Your Heart
A new play by Paul Grellong ’01 takes a critical look at America’s celebration of self-interest.
What a Good School Looks Like
Reporter Alec Klein ’90 revisits his alma mater, New York City’s Stuyvesant High, to discover why it works.
Concentration Crisis
What happens when you love everything—except your major?