January / February 2002

Mexico’s Eve

The woman who welcomed Europeans into a New World paradise.

Crimes Against Humanity

On September 11, a class studying twentieth-century atrocities learned that inhumanity may distinguish the new century, too.

Doctor of Mercy

Nawal Nour '88 was raised in a culture where female circumcision was commonplace. Now a physician, she is trying to end it once and for all.

War & Peace: Overcoming Grief

As the Fire Department of New York's chief medical officer, Kerry Kelly '77 M.D. now spends more time healing spirits than bodies.

War & Peace: Plague Buster

On the front lines in the battle against bioterrorism.

Homeschooling Comes of Age

Teaching children at home is no longer just the choice of religious and political iconoclasts. Now, drawn by Brown's tradition of independence and self-direction, a new generation of homeschoolers is arriving - and thriving - on campus.

Black Ties

Why does the University need an African-American alumni group?

Seeds of Change

An alumnus takes a campus job and discovers new memories and new fears.

Captured in Words

The real advantage of studying abroad.

The Fight Goes On

Graduate students vote on unionization, but the University objects

Spartacus Speaks

The truth, according to Oliver Stone

Environmental Restitution

Catastrophic Thinking

The danger above

Success Story

Advice to parents from Christopher Reeve

Keeping Safe

Campus security after 9.11.01

The Quiet One

Edna Salomon, 1914-2001

There He Is…Mr. Brown

60 Seconds With…

Jeopardy!'s Jaime Green '04 

Data Points

A Second Chance

Just when the season seemed lost, the volleyball team rallied to become Ivy champs.

A Man for All Seasons

Brown's most accomplished assistant coach.

Glory Days

The 1976 football champions join the Athletic Hall of Fame.

Farber’s Fame

The last of the Iron Men passes away.

Blissed Out in Boston

A singer-songwriter ready to break out of the coffeehouse circuit.

Josie’s Song

When birth and death are intertwined. 

Mixmaster of Sensations

Poems from Brown's new director of creative writing.

Q&A

Donald King '93

Critic’s Corner

Kate Burton '79

Feminist Mystique

Three short films about being single, female, and smart.

Fritz Pollard Revisited

An ESPN documentary takes a look at the forgotten athlete and racial pioneer.

Dance Fever

Saving the Internet, rhythmically.

Staying Young Together

Ruth Bugbee Lubrano '23, Jack Lubrano '24: How to live happily to 100.

Cool Guy

Rick Hartman '83: Thumb wrestlers, string bracelets, and whirling ice-cream cones.

From the Classroom to the Crease

Scott Stirling '00: Trying to make it in pro hockey - the hard way.

A Life of Firsts

Doris Brown Reed '27

Dr. Bob

Robert E. Staff '40

He Never Said No

Charles H. Watts '47, '53 Ph.D.

A Glimpse of Robert Frost

From the February 1956 <I>BAM</I>

Fresh Ink

New titles from Brown authors.

Since Last Time

In The News

Alumni Who Are Making Headlines

Mail Room

Khrushchev’s Shoe

A Soviet premier's tool for getting attention.

Obituaries