Making History
The latest picture book by Emily Arnold McCully ’61 aims to "get girls to realize what their potential is."
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Related to Everybody
A.J. Jacobs ’90 is the king of what's been dubbed "immersion journalism." His latest immersion is genealogy.
Off the Grid
Chicago's kibbitznest: books, brews & blarney, founded by Lewis Kostiner ’72, is a place to get off your phone and talk.
Myth Remaker
A new young adult fantasy by Aditi Khorana ’01 bears a scary—and inadvertent—resemblance to reality.
Cosmic Letters
ABCs from Space: A Discovered Alphabet by Adam Volland ’05 proves you can find letters anywhere and everywhere.
A Satirical Spotlight
A suprising number of alums staff the satirical website the Onion, which until this fall was edited by Cole Bolton ’04.
It’s Not Just Charlottesville
A panel of Brown professors led by President Paxson discusses white nationalism after the Charlottesville tragedy.
New Year, New Students
At Opening Convocation in September new students joyfully marched through the Van Wickle Gates.
Radio Silence
After years of budget deficits, WBRU decides to stream its programming and sell its FM signal to a Christian rock station.
Citizenship
In his address on campus in October, Kareem Abdul-Jabbar focused on social change, not basketball.
“Own the Stage”
Grammy Award–winner Rosanne Cash holds a master class for songwriting students then performs her songs for them.
Asbed Gets a MacArthur
Greg Asbed ’85 earns a MacArthur genius grant for his work organizing farm workers and promoting fair treatment.
Agreement
Brown strikes a deal with the Pokanoket Tribe over land once occupied by the Haffenreffer Museum.
Mid-Semester Switch
After the devastating hurricane, Brown, through the Leadership Alliance, welcomes students from the University of Puerto Rico.
The Brown Promise
All financial aid packages Brown offers students will be loan free. Can alumni help fund it?
Never Question?
A mother with an autistic son reveals how her Brown education—and cannabis—saved him.
Slabs and Witches
In a fall exhibit, longtime visual arts professor Richard Fishman showed an amazing range of art inspired by a single tree.
Obituaries
Obituaries from the September/October 2017 issue.
Beyond Data Alone
Brown's Data Science Initiative is expanding how we educate students across disciplines.
What You Thought
This issue, readers comment on cancer survival, dancing in Brooklyn, and "p.c. drivel."
Leadership and Humility
Professor of Engineering and Physics Maurice Glicksman, who died in May, knew how to dominate a room.
He Gave His Students the Best
Professor of Visual Art Walter Feldman, who died in May, presented art as a profoundly human struggle.
Out of the Cellar
Former BDH baseball reporter Lewis Pollis ’14 wants to bring the Philadelphia Phillies into the sabermetrics era.
Second Chances
Rev. Wendy Calderon-Payne ’89 directs a New York City nonprofit that aims to stop the revolving doors of the city's prisons.