Old Questions, New Answers
Didn't make it to campus for commencement and reunions this year? Here's a quick wrap-up.
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The Next Big Fruit Juice?
Linh Tran ’15 spent two years helping fruit growers in her native Vietnam. She hopes you'll soon be drinking their fruit juice.
Without a Lot of Stuff
After her family lost everything in Hurricane Katrina, G. Maris Jones ’15 suggested giving up her dream of a Brown degree.
Music Is What I Do
Clyde Lawrence ’15 has been writing movie music since he was 6. He's also jammed with Aerosmith's Steven Tyler.
How to Talk to Teens
Aided by a Royce Fellowship, rugby player Sandra Kimokoti ’15 spent the summer of her junior year organizing a women's rugby team at a school in western Kenya. Her real purpose, though, was evident between practices: getting the girls to talk about the challenges in their lives.
A Malaria Vaccine
Seventy-eight percent of African malaria victims are children under the age of five. Nicholas Hilton ’15 wants to change that.
Too Quick to Judge?
Research by Hannah Begley ’15 suggests juries may be quicker to convict on weak evidence for certain pornography charges.
Obituaries
Obituaries from the May/June 2015 issue.
Thinking with Your Heart
After the killing of 145 people—mostly children—in her Pakistan homeland, Zainab Syed ’14 knew where she was needed.
Going Deep
Khary Lazarre-White ’95 and Jason Warwin ’95 are two lifelong friends addressing social issues that many are reluctant to consider.
From the Grounds Up
Mary Allen Lindemann ’82 didn’t think much about coffee until she moved to Seattle. Now she runs her own coffee empire.
The Author’s the Thing
Publisher Stephen Sultan ’53 may have boosted the careers of more Brown alumni playwrights than anyone else.
Modest Concert
Modest Mouse and Waka Flocka Flame were among this year's Spring Weekend headliners.
Willing to Gamble
Stanley Aronson's dream of a medical school at Brown persuaded 16 students to try something new.
Art and Humor
Walter Liedtke '69 AM, who died in the February Metro-North train accident, was a legendary curator at NYC's Met.
Blood and Suffering
At least 400 students fought in the Civil War. Thirty-nine never returned. America—and Brown—would never be the same.