May/June 2010 Corrections Wasting Food Gitmo Surprise Bottled Water The Buzz Online The Giving Tree More Privacy Saving Paper An Inspiring Friend Beyond Sound Bites Gleason’s Brilliance The Brothers Moynihan Two brothers. Two personalities. Two definitions of success. The lives of Bank of America CEO Brian Moynihan ’81 and Catholic missionary Patrick Moynihan ’87 show there’s more than one way to change the world. Teaching Computers to Spell A farewell to Professor Emeritus of Linguistics and Cognitive Sciences Henry Kucera, inventor of spell-check software. She Was the First A farewell to Elizabeth Leduc '48 PhD, Brown's first female biology professor and dean of biological sciences. Obituaries Obituaries from the May/June 2010 Issue. A Sweet Decision An alumna facing marriage ponders taking on her husband’s surname. Problem Solved A scholar uses a computer to reunite two halves of a single page from a Lincoln math notebook. When Did Slavery End? Just fifty years ago, argues Wall Street Journal reporter Douglas Blackmon. Fight Like an Egyptian War breaks out on the Front Green. Latin America Former president of Chile Ricardo Lagos, now a Brown professor at large, explores the contrasting social consequences of the recent earthquakes in his country and Haiti. Practical Studies Bringing business managers to campus. Photography Fazal Sheikh takes photographs of the displaced of rural India. Obama’s Future Mara Liasson '77 briefs campus on the national political scene. Retreat of the Secular Pulitzer Prize–winning journalist Anthony Shadid observes the changing Middle East. Book Publishing: Any Hope? Three publishers on the future of books. Creating Worlds Broadway composer David Yazbek '82 teaches a master class in songwriting. Topping Off Perry and Marty Granoff Center for the Creative Arts gets its final i-beam. Since Last Time A Home for Medicine Work begins on a rehabbing an old industrial building in Providence's Jewelry District for a new medical school headquarters, marking a turning point for Brown, the city, and the state. That’s Amore Liam Pierce '08 has seen it all as a gondolier in Central Park. And he's still a romantic. Winning Isn’t Everything Getting kicked off The Biggest Loser might be the best thing that ever happened to Nicole Brewer '93. Urban Underdog Don Eversley '80 helped revitalize downcity Providence. Now he's taking on Bridgeport, Connecticut. Without Missing a Beat Susan Low Sauer '57 taught, raised four kids, and when her husband died, took over his business. Spring Bling Rap star Snoop Dogg headlined this year's annual Spring Weekend clad in a Brown hockey jersey. Ice & Snow Hockey star Becky Kellar '97 calls it quits after four Olympic medals. Skier Dow Travers '11 is just getting started. Game Day I Can Do That An alumna runs the Boston Marathon to raise awareness about narcolepsy and money for narcolepsy research. Replay The men's lacrosse team entered Gillette Stadium for the New England Lacrosse Classic. Meehan Rocks Again A new coach takes men's hockey to the ECAC Final Four. Fresh Ink Community Kitchen Merrill Stubbs '99 and Amanda Hesser take their love of food online. Critic’s Corner Grammy winner Mary Chapin Carpenter '81 has a new album out. What Is Patriotism? Dilip D'Souza '84 ScM hits the road in the United States to search for insights into his home country of India, becoming the latest writer to update Tocqueville's 1831 journey. Updating the Past Interior designer Sara Gilbane '02 brings history to slipcovers. Are You a Genius? David Shenk ’88 believes that, when it comes to defining intelligence, we haven’t been very smart. Critic’s Corner Confused by contradictory reviews of new movies? Check out this site by alum David A. Gross '79. The Art of Memory Two alumnae explore what it means to remember and to forget at this year’s Whitney Biennial in New York City.
