Rock On
Erin Pettit '94: A geologist is climbing new heights to encourage high school girls to check out science.
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Beyond the Numbers
Warren Marcus '74: Teaching teachers how to talk to kids about the Holocaust.
Intellectual Capital
Raising money by raising ideas.
One Really Bad Weekend
Drunken students, an undercover reporter, and gunshots - all in two nights.
He Won’t Eat Your Grandma. We Promise.
A wolf comes to class to prove it.
Brilliant Stuff
A prominent science writer reveals how it's done.
Republican Reformer
Christine Todd Whitman calls for the GOP to return to its roots.
On the Road to Oxford
Two seniors win Rhodes and Marshall scholarships.
Rhody’s Edge
Some local and state politicians like to portray Brown as a wealthy, tax-exempt drain on state and city resources. What are the facts?
“Hi, Neighbor. Have A ‘Gansett.”
Mark Hellendrung '90: Okay, the Red Sox finally won it all. And now the team's one-time favorite beer is coming back.
A Century of Summers
Venetia Mott Rountree '27: How do you live to be 100? Venetia Rountree did it thanks to summer sun, salty air, and a family that still gathers around her.
Radio Heads
In 1936 two Brown students strung copper wire around campus and invented college radio. Seventy years later, two stations - WBRU and Brown Student Radio - are still fighting over what it meant.
Alone at the Top
For the third time ever, the football Bears are Ivy Champions. But this time it's different. Here's why.
Against Their Will
The U.S. government estimates that each year as many as 800,000 people around the world are enslaved as laborers or sex workers - 15,000 of them in the United States. Katherine Chon '02 and Derek Ellerman '00 are determined to set them free.
The Long Shot
Dufirstson Neree '96: Dufirstson Neree hopes to become the first Haitian American in the U.S. Congress.
Flower Power
Douglas Donaldson '86: Theaching kids that Saturdays aren't just for going to the mall.
Gold Medal Shrink
Sean McCann '82: For fifteen years he's been working with U.S. Olympic athletes on the mental part of their games.
The Generalist
Anne Brewer '71: She's a doctor, a priest, and a hockey player. Her personality, she says, needs them all.
Autism, From A to Z
When their sons were diagnosed with developmental disorders, two alumnae responded by writing guidebooks for other parents.
She’s Not Your Basic Chick on TV
With Boston Legal, Julie Bowen '91 creates another smart, complex woman.
Peanut Butter Blues
This sixties-style folkie is out to change the world - one song at a time.
Reviving Icarus
After his brother, David, died in the Lockerbie bombing, Ken Dornstein set out to write his biography.