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A New, Improved Sci Li
Next time you're on campus, enter the Sci Li. What you see may surprise you: more activity and fewer books.
Sailing for Science
Peter Baek ’19 loves fish, and he hopes it can lead to adventures in biology and medicine.
Holding Court
This fall's incoming students had a summer reading assignment: Supreme Court Justice Sotomayor's memoir.
Talking Past Each Other
Think our political speech has never been as polarized? A new study by economics prof. Jesse Shapiro says you're right.
Music for the Angels
Organist Mark Steinbach delivers on a rare invitation to play the great organ at Notre-Dame Cathedral in Paris.
Local Heroes
Brown gives 20 Providence public high school graduates $2,500 each to help them pay for college.
Bear Art
When students returned to campus this fall, many were stunned by a 23-foot blue bear on Simmons Quad.
Leading 101
A suite of new master’s degrees aims to help executives combine real world experience with academic study.
What You Thought
Readers tell us their beach reads, students remember Michael Harper, and other feedback from you.
Goldie’s World
When Goldie Corash Michelson ’24, the oldest living American, died in July, Brown lost its last living link to a changing campus.
Beyond Formulas
Dean of Admission Logan Powell wants to bring together the most intellectually curious and hardworking students in the world.
Fresh Ink
Linking jazz to the structure of the universe, a debut novel about estranged best friends, and how money has spoiled college sports.
There’s No Bad Major
College dvice for students and parents from longtime Cornell professor Daniel R. Schwarz ’65 AM, ’68 PhD.
Poems Suck
Poet and novelist Ben Lerner ’01, ’03 MFA on why everybody seems to hate poetry these days.
Complex Character
A new documentary codirected by Elyse Steinberg ’01 offers insight into sexter Anthony Weiner’s self-destructive ways.
Literary Cocktails
The menu at Lisa Amico Kristel ’83's restaurant features readings by such writers as The Danish Girl's David Ebershoff ’91.
Chronicle of an Epidemic
A character-rich new novel by journalist Tim Murphy ’91 is a kaleidoscopic history of the AIDS epidemic.
Juggling Identities
Spa Night, written and directed by Andrew Ahn ’08, is both an immigrant story and a coming-out narrative.
Sound Machine
To go along with their new music, Low Anthem have become impresarios as owners of Providence's Columbus Theatre.
Flinging Yourself In
Since her days on campus, Becca Labbe Karpinski ’94 has been a risk-taker. Now that she has kids, should she stop?
Finding Balance
So how in the world did a 5,000 pound boulder get 27 feet up a tree outside University Hall on the College Green?
Orlando Strong
After the massacre of 49 people at the Pulse nightclub on June 12, Orlando Mayor Buddy Dyer ’80 stood before a horrified country and offered a calm and composed antidote to chaos and overwhelming grief. Drawing on his 13 years as a can-do civic leader, Dyer kept his own emotions in check and went to work helping his community heal.
The Prince of Pinot
Using "biodynamic" farming techniques, Ted Lemon ’80 makes some of the finest chardonnay and pinot noir in the U.S.