Cover Story
Bearing Witness
Professor Elizabeth Rush lifts up voices from the coastal communities hit hardest by climate change.
April–May 2022
What Do You Think?
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“Interesting article. I believe that the history of neuroscience (and the Intro to Neuroscience course) at Brown goes back further than you indicate. As an undergraduate and graduate student in the 1970s…”
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“I lived under segregation with hatred and bigotry in Tuskegee despite the fact that the largest economic force was a VA for Black patients barred from white hospitals. We were able to…”
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“That Brown was the wellspring from which comes the potential for controlling or even eradicating malaria is thrilling.”
In response to The Malaria Hunter (January–March 2022)
Upfront
Careers of Usefulness
Bringing a holistic approach to career services
Raise or Raze
If storms and floods threaten your home, do you raise it or abandon the site?
Under the Elms
The Arts
Storytelling through Song
In music theory class, students learn classical rules—and how to break them. Read More: Storytelling through Song
Academic Safe Space
Afghan scholars fleeing the Taliban’s oppression of women find welcome at Brown
The Latest on Distraction
The rise in ADHD diagnoses has researchers asking what’s behind it—and whether it’s really such a bad thing
Living Well
Brown’s newest dorm focuses on wellness
New Directions
The pandemic shifted these three seniors off careerist paths and into doing what they love.
Features/Beyond the Gates
Holding the Line
Through women’s empowerment groups, class action lawsuits, protests, and clinic defense, Brown students and alums have worked to obtain, preserve, and protect abortion rights for more than 50 years.
Out of Darkness
Two new works from Dan O’Brien ’99 MFA on surviving trauma
Sex-Complaint Czar
Suzanne Goldberg ’85 now faces the challenge of her distinguished legal career—squaring Obama- and Trump-era rules.
Cashing Out
Digital currencies are on the rise, says Eswar Prasad ’86 AM in his new book
A Theology of Choice
Before Roe v. Wade, Brown chaplains led a state-wide group of ministers and rabbis that helped women get safe abortions. They saw it as their religious duty.
Fast Food Capitalism
The Pulitzer-winning Franchise by Marcia Chatelain ’03 AM, ’08 PhD, narrates the complicated history between McDonald’s and its Black outlet owners
Short Takes/Alums
The Arts
Livening Up the Concert Experience
Cemeteries and crypts become the settings for classical music Read More: Livening Up the Concert Experience
Strange Brews
A beloved Delaware-based beer maker chronicles its first quarter century
Fresh Ink for April–May 2022
Books by Alan Maimon ’95, Jessamine Chan ’00, and Andrew Blauner ’86
Getting There
The CEO of Philly’s transit authority is figuring out ways to improve riders’ lives
The Classes
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Gerald Michael ’66 ScM writes: “Shirley and I enjoyed our travel to the Middle East to help our daughter settle our granddaughter into an Arabic study year abroad in the Kingdom of…
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Warren Marcus writes: “In April of 2020, I had a near-fatal bicycling accident. My recovery has gone exceptionally well for many reasons, but particularly, and in no small part, because of the…
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Craig Cogut ’75 was presented with the Leader in Sustainability Award at the 15th Annual Global Wellness Summit, a gathering of international global wellness economy leaders. Craig is the founder, chairman, and…
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Darryl Heslop and Jide Aradeon ’97 ScM are becoming green entrepreneurs with their foray into the rapidly emerging legal cannabis industry. Subject to a licensing award, the duo plans to open three…
The Classes
Religion & Spirituality
Beyond the Divide
A Hillel program gets Zionist and anti-Zionist students talking. Read More: Beyond the Divide
Obituaries
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James O. Starkweather ’45, of Riverside, Conn.; Oct. 22, two weeks shy of his 98th birthday. He joined Brown’s Naval ROTC, graduating in two and half years as a Navy ensign with…
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Walter B. Goldfarb ’55, of Portland, Me.; Oct. 13. He met and married Marcia Finberg ’55, who predeceased him. After receiving his medical degree from Tufts University School of Medicine and completing…
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Debi Coleman ’74, of Portland, Ore.; Oct. 15. After receiving her MBA from Stanford, she became part of the original Macintosh team and rose to serve as the company’s chief financial officer…
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Christine A. Biron, of Providence, R.I.; Oct. 16. She earned a bachelor’s degree in biochemistry from UMass Amherst and a PhD in microbiology and immunology from the University of North Carolina…
Current Obsession
The Arts
Stalking Mies van der Rohe
Five minutes with Professor Dietrich Neumann Read More: Stalking Mies van der Rohe