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Tectonic Shifts

Los Angeles is way overdue for a major earthquake, and Lucy Jones '76 is the city's best hope for averting disaster.

An Italian film festival comes to campus—along with a master Italian gelato maker and his wife, a former student food worker.

In an Ogden lecture, Julia Gillard, the former prime minister of Australia talked about what she says is the “Asian Century.”

As the campus searches for ways to combat sexual assault, a working group issues its final report.

Aided by two alumni editors and an alumna agent, David Kertzer ’69 wins the Pulitzer Prize for biography.

The opposing lawyers in Bush v Gore unite to persuade the Supreme Court to accept same-sex marriage.

How do you examine fragile, ancient artifacts without destroying them? Call the local hospital for a radiology tech.

On April 22, people on campus got their first look at the newest public art: Maya Lin's Under the Laurentide.

When Louise Lamphere sued Brown in the 1970s for denying her tenure, she began breaking up the academic boys club.

In April, 767 admitted students invaded...

Journalist Sarah Koenig tells students how the podcast Serial became an addiction for so many listeners.

Fish in the Dark, a new comedy by Larry David, brings Royal Pains's Ben Shenkman ’90 back to Broadway.

Connecticut short stories, an introduction to Buddhism, and a biography of Silicon Valley's "quiet revolutionary."

A new novel by Nellie Hermann ’00 reimagines a little-known period of Van Gogh’s life.

Four new CDs by alumni whose music ranges across a variety of styles, from jazz to folk.

Kate Schatz ’05 MFA designed an alphabet book for her daughter. Each letter represents the name of great woman.

Private military contractors are fighting more of our wars. Sean McFate ’92 documents why that's a bad idea.

Novelist Zachary Lazar ’90 wins the John Updike Award for 2015 for his "demonstrated consistent excellence."

Her life changed by 9/11, a Muslim blogger reflects on how we perceive Muslims in America.

Obstetrician/gynecologist Susanna Carter ’99 wondered: what if every doctor prescribed exercise?

Brown students will soon have more opportunities to join ROTC at Holy Cross and Worcester Polytechnic Institute.

Her mom thinks she's wasting her Ivy League education teaching English to convicts at San Quentin.

The first baseball game ever played, on May 16, 1925, at the field the Aldrich brothers built was a 3–2 squeaker won by the Bears.

Obituaries from the March/April 2015 issue.