January–March 2023 Medicine & Health Build Your Own MD At 50, the Warren Alpert Medical School has become a national leader. We talk to founding alums who took a leap of faith. Humanities & Culture Divided Lives At the dawn of Mao’s China, Professor Zhuqing Li’s aunts were separated by opposing ideologies. Humanities & Culture Maverick. Professor Glenn Loury is a leading conservative voice in America, from his home base at Brown. Under the Elms Student Life The Party Is On Funk Night returns to Brown Student Life Inside the Beltway Would-be policy wonks score a semester at the source The Arts Mod Merch A dual-degree student turns bookstore leftovers into fashion must-haves Humanities & Culture No More Excuses U.S. histories often neglect to mention the millions of enslaved Native Americans. A Brown database aims to help change that. Obituaries In Memoriam From Rugs to Writing The Classes Ever True Amid snow they are an ornament. Education A Class Trip Do-Over COVID may have delayed them, but Germany was still calling. Current Obsession First Person Tracing Family Trees Five minutes with Jake Garfinkle ’23 Fresh Ink The Arts Fresh Ink for January–March 2023 Books by Brian Jones ’95, Diane Thiel ’88, ’90 MFA, and Rachel M. Harper ’94 Beyond the Gates Business & Entrepreneurship COVID carbs Shortbread and milk bread bring together three alums. Service & Advocacy All About Birds Inspiring conservation through radio Science & Tech Change Catalyst Gaurab Chakrabarti ’10 may just transform the chemical industry Business & Entrepreneurship The Intuitive Side For Jessie Goldfarb ’81, giving psychic readings was a side interest—until now Business & Entrepreneurship Tasty Teff Is the grain the next superfood? Business & Entrepreneurship A Little Glitz The Nines brings a cozy elegance to Manhattan’s NoHo The Arts Quite the Plan B How Ryan Broussard ’19 MFA pivoted from professional baseball to coveted television roles Humanities & Culture Sacred Work Putting power back into the hands of California’s Native tribes. Courses of Study Science & Tech Making Robots Dance At the intersection of choreography and engineering, a course looks at how robots move—and whether we’re programming them toward good or evil. From the President Science & Tech Tackling Climate Change The new director of the Institute at Brown for Environment and Society shares her insights on climate science and solutions. The Big Issue Medicine & Health Rx for “Information Disorder” Disinformation is making us sick, literally. Asking the right questions and training the right people may be the cure.
