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The Down and Dirty
Sandor Katz answers questions about drinking raw milk and getting started fermenting food.
Microbes’ Timothy Leary
Post-Pasteurian Sandor Katz ’85 has written a guide to rethinking our relationship with microbes—as in getting more benefical bacteria living in our guts.
Just Being Me
Ebony editor Amy DuBois Barnett ’91 is taking an iconic, but dated, magazine to a new generation interested in both Jay-Z and Rosa Parks.
Krasinski and Damon
John Krasinski ’01 makes his writing debut with his pal Matt Damon in this winter’s The Promised Land.
How Many Laws?
Historian Robert O. Self argues that our cultural battles are what's driving us away from big government.
Black Meets White
Documentary filmmaker Oren Jacoby ’77 has adapted Ellison’s Invisible Man for the stage.
Citizen Brown
What good is the University to the state and local economy? Brown hired an economic-development consulting firm to find out.
Applied Lessons
Scientists say humans contribute to climate change. So what’s the University doing to lower its own greenhouse-gas emissions?
Salsa!
Students on campus take notes in classes and attend lectures on Heidegger. But after the sun goes down the salsa dancing begins.
Locke Up
MIT scholar and dean Richard Locke is picked to head the Watson Institute of International studies. Here's why.
Real Politics
With students starting a new print magazine and a new political blog, it looks like a banner year for politicos on campus.
Service
The Brown honors veterans on their day.
Remembering Ray Heffner
Facing protests and student demands, Brown’s thirteenth president kept the campus peaceful during a violent time. But it wasn't easy.
Before Keyboards
Ever use a typewriter? Thank Charles Thurber.
Growing Up
Alumni POV: I’ve never considered myself particularly adventurous. So when I decided to spend my junior year abroad in Israel, I surprised many, but mostly myself.
Winning Streak
Men’s soccer earns an invite to the NCAA tournament for the seventh time in eight years. Here's how they did.
Eat to Compete
Whether you’re a weekend warrior or a daily gym rat, you should be following the same nutrition advice Anne Buffington gives to Brown athletes.
Required Reading
Two books about the shocking violence in Colombia.
Updating Ebony
Ebony editor Amy DuBois Barnett ’91 brings an iconic magazine to a new generation.
Obituaries
Obituaries from the November/December 2012 issue.
Brunonian to the World
Farewell to A. Edward Giberti '54
It’s a Small World After All
GIFT GUIDE PROFILE: Aisha Bailey '99 went from drawing cartoons on her friends' birthday cards to making dolls aimed at boosting kids' confidence.