Our Courageous Military
Brown grows its student-veteran population
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Trauma and Taste Buds
An acclaimed memoir recalls how Korean food kept Grace Cho ’93 connected to her mother
Ancient Tracks
New Mexico footprints alter the timeline for human habitation in the Americas.
Can We Refreeze the Chicken?
An acclaimed new film by Bonnie Waltch ’82 demonstrates the scary self-reinforcing mechanisms of climate change.
Access to Capital
The new Dream Exchange, the first Black-owned stock market, aims for diversity and inclusion
Meeting the Need
A nurse practitioner helps bring primary care to San Francisco’s mentally ill and homeless
Goodbye, Art History
The Afterparty star Zoë Chao ’08 discovered her passion for acting in a class at Brown
Beyond the Average White Guy
Experts are moving past biological sex to “precision medicine” that takes each individual patient—whatever their gender—into account.
Classics: Dead or Alive?
A new course examines ancient Greece and Rome with a 21st-century lens.
The First Word in Public Health
For Brown public health dean Ashish Jha, the nation’s new COVID czar, being one of the most trusted pandemic pundits in the U.S. isn’t about moonlighting. It’s about effective public health messaging for Gen Z and beyond.
Raise or Raze
If storms and floods threaten your home, do you raise it or abandon the site?
A Theology of Choice
Before Roe v. Wade, Brown chaplains led a state-wide group of ministers and rabbis that helped women get safe abortions. They saw it as their religious duty.
Holding the Line
Through women’s empowerment groups, class action lawsuits, protests, and clinic defense, Brown students and alums have worked to obtain, preserve, and protect abortion rights for more than 50 years.
Stalking Mies van der Rohe
Five minutes with Professor Dietrich Neumann
Fresh Ink for April–May 2022
Books by Alan Maimon ’95, Jessamine Chan ’00, and Andrew Blauner ’86
Getting There
The CEO of Philly’s transit authority is figuring out ways to improve riders’ lives
Out of Darkness
Two new works from Dan O’Brien ’99 MFA on surviving trauma
Sex-Complaint Czar
Suzanne Goldberg ’85 now faces the challenge of her distinguished legal career—squaring Obama- and Trump-era rules.
Strange Brews
A beloved Delaware-based beer maker chronicles its first quarter century
Cashing Out
Digital currencies are on the rise, says Eswar Prasad ’86 AM in his new book
Livening Up the Concert Experience
Cemeteries and crypts become the settings for classical music