Fitness 2.0
With the opening of a new $46 million aquatics and fitness complex, students get a twenty-first-century place to swim, spin, and sweat.
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Farm AIDS
Emma Clippinger ’09 helps HIV-infected Rwandans grow food.
Woman Warrior
As co-founder of the Rebecca Project for Human Rights, Malika Saada Saar ’92 has spent the past ten years protecting the rights of young girls.
Professional Worrier
Lesley Ewing ’74 She's helping California prepare for nature run amok.
Renaissance Man
Astrophysicist and computer pioneer Bob Doyle ’58 is on to his next challenge: explaining some of the biggest mysteries of the universe.
Lightin’ Up
Until the late 1960s, Ivy Day was one of Pembroke’s great annual traditions
Campus Thanks Simmons for Her Presidency
It was an afternoon for the record books. On April 25, thousands of students, faculty, and staff gathered on the College Green—not to protest, but to thank President Simmons for her eleven years at Brown.
A Boy, a Bike, and Burma
For Patrick Cook-Deegan ’08, a summer abroad as a student sparked a lifelong passion for a country and its people.
Brew-nonian
Mariah Draper Calagione ’93 A lot of alums like to drink great beer. But how many know how to make it?
The River Wild
Lisa Van Dusen ’76 Is it still even possible to get away from it all?
A Shipload of Work
Al Corney ’54 is a former marketing guy who retired to Florida to build wooden boats by hand.
Tuning In
Here's to the days when radio reigned supreme.
Carberry Update
The administration denies rumors that it is pressuring Professor of Psychoceramics Josiah Carberry to retire.
The Nineteenth President
As the BAM was going to press, the Corporation announced its choice for a new president. Hours later, Christina H. Paxson was introduced to the Brown community.
The Soul of the Coach
Remembering Joe Paterno '50, who brought an Ivy League respect for academics to Penn State before his legacy was undone by his role in protecting a pedophile coach.
Obituaries
Obituaries from the March/April 2012 issue.
Muse of Memory and Pain
A psychologist memorializes his patients' conflicts by turning their therapeutic ramblings into poems.
Replay
Replay
After Paterno
Penn State hires offensive coordinator Bill O’Brien ’92 to replace its late head coach, Joe Paterno ’50.
Goldie’s Sunset
After almost four decades as a campus leader, Director of Athletics Michael Goldberger says its time to call it quits.
Birds of a Feather
Archaeopteryx is either a late dinosaur fossil or the first bird. Now a scientist thinks he knows the color of its feathers.
Rhodes Warriors
Three current students and one recent alum were among this year’s Rhodes scholars, Brown’s highest annual total ever.
Human Capital
Not all grads leave Providence. Some start businesses and stay. A guide to who they are, what they do, and where they work.