Cover Story
Ready for Prime Time
The media friendly strategy of Ashish Jha, dean of Brown’s School of Public Health and the nation’s new COVID czar.
June–August 2022
What Do You Think?
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“The feature articles in the April-May issue of the BAM covered weighty topics, including misunderstood climate, misunderstood healthcare, misunderstood economics, and misunderstood brainwaves (ADHD). I recently observed my 50th Brown anniversary. Unfortunately,…”
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“Despite Brown being one of the “hot” and “fashionable” colleges of the 1980s, radiant in its John F. Kennedy Jr. ’83 and Countess Cosima von Bulow Pavoncelli ’89 glow, I couldn’t write…”
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“It seems like many who disagree about CRT get labelled ‘racist’ and all debate shuts down.”
In response to An Academic Theory Goes Unexpectedly Viral (January–March 2022)
Upfront
Our Courageous Military
Brown grows its student-veteran population
A Reunion with Yourself
Reunion is about remembering who you are under whatever layers of artifice or exhaustion the years may have brought.
Under the Elms
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Business & Entrepreneurship
Data-Driven Elder Care
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Prints for a Purpose
Raising funds for Ukraine
Classics: Dead or Alive?
A new course examines ancient Greece and Rome with a 21st-century lens.
Ready to Roar!
Quarterback E.J. Perry signs with Jaguars
Features/Beyond the Gates
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Roots, Reconnected.
A book of Afro-Indigenous poetry found in the Hay Library reunites two women across generations.
Ancient Tracks
New Mexico footprints alter the timeline for human habitation in the Americas.
Trauma and Taste Buds
An acclaimed memoir recalls how Korean food kept Grace Cho ’93 connected to her mother
Meeting the Need
A nurse practitioner helps bring primary care to San Francisco’s mentally ill and homeless
Goodbye, Art History
The Afterparty star Zoë Chao ’08 discovered her passion for acting in a class at Brown
Taking Flight
A consultant and lifelong gaming fan hatches a new board game about birds.
Short Takes/Alums
Access to Capital
The new Dream Exchange, the first Black-owned stock market, aims for diversity and inclusion
Fresh Ink for June–August 2022
Books by Xochitl Gonzalez ’99, Maia Weinstock ’99, Siena Cherson Siegel ’90, and Mark Siegel ’89.
Can We Refreeze the Chicken?
An acclaimed new film by Bonnie Waltch ’82 demonstrates the scary self-reinforcing mechanisms of climate change.
The Classes
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Jerry Green covered his 56th consecutive Super Bowl—SB LVI—for the Detroit News in Los Angeles on Feb. 13. He is the only print sportswriter to have covered every Super Bowl. He has…
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Lake Forest College has named Dr. Jill M. Baren ’83 its first woman president, starting July 2022. A medical doctor, educator, and researcher, she brings to the role nearly 30 years of…
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Amy Seiple Hebb cofounded Second Serve Resale. Second Serve sells donated clothing to support customer-selected nonprofits for community impact. Second Serve will connect buyers, donors, and nonprofits to promote resale as a…
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Clare Frost writes: “As a producer, I’ve just completed my first feature film, The Sisters Karras. It’s my great ambition to have it screened at a film festival near you, yes…
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…
