Cover Story
Prayer…and Power
Paula Clark ’84, the first Black and first female Episcopal Bishop of Chicago, on building a truly inclusive ministry.
September–October 2021
What Do You Think?
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“The problem extends beyond those who have no way to pay fines or restitution. Spouses and other family members are first deprived of whatever support the defendant might otherwise provide and, second,…”
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“I write to urge BAM to continue its current policy on letters. It saddens me to learn that Brown graduates seek anything less. I also abhor the sentiments and beliefs expressed in…”
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“All most of us know about nuclear power is based on 50-year-old technology. (What was your phone like 50 years ago?)”
In response to Follow the Money (May/June 2016)
Upfront
Seeking an Alzheimer’s Cure
Brown establishes a new Center for Alzheimer’s Disease Research.
A Sense of Place
Reconnecting with campus and community
Under the Elms
Politics & Law
Aim High
Can a decentralized, encrypted national gun registry bridge the partisan divide? Read More: Aim High
Bird by Bird
An environmental studies course on birding looks at what separates us from one another and from nature, and what might bring us together.
Divine Providence
A new home for the Catholic community
Blueno’s Successor
Students have mixed feelings about the new sculpture on campus
Hot Summer Studies
Most first-years had second semester over the summer—sans A/C
Features/Beyond the Gates
Dashed
Tokyo, 2020: Olympics canceled due to COVID. Tokyo, 1940: Olympics canceled due to WWII. Star sprinter Ken Clapp ’40 had hoped to be there.
No-Touch Football
The Bears are heading into the fall season quite unbruised, after their year of social distancing, virtual practices, and zero play. A look at the game plan.
The Only Doctor
On the COVID front line in remote Northern Michigan
Monetary Morality
Students often push the University to ditch “immoral” investments. Results have varied.
Reunited—and It Sounds So Good
Childhood friends merge music ventures
Untold Stories
The songs of Julian Saporiti ’17 AM ’22 PhD are lost pieces of Asian American history cradled in melodies and chords.
Short Takes/Alums
The Arts
Spice Up Healthy Cooking
A new vegetable-forward cookbook. Read More: Spice Up Healthy Cooking
The Young Lords
A new award-winning book from Johanna Fernandez ’93
A Crypto World
Devin Finzer ’13 is a leader in the NFT marketplace
The New Fishwife
Can tinned seafood be sexy?
Phone Aid
Emergency medical training at your fingertips
THE CLASSES
Skeleton Crew
Members of a Women’s College (later Pembroke) anatomy class pose with skulls and bones in 1905. Read More: Skeleton Crew
The Classes
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Donna Gordon writes: “My novel What Ben Franklin Would Have Told Me is due out from Regal House in June 2022. While at Brown, I received the Kim Ann Arstark Award in…
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In March, Derek Livingston was named the director of new play development/artistic associate at the Utah Shakespeare Festival. In this newly created position he will be responsible for reenvisioning and overseeing the…
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Michael J. Hsu ’97 has been appointed by U.S. Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen ’67 as the first deputy comptroller of the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC) and will assume…
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Lillie Marshall writes: “For those who enjoyed my daily cartoon in the Brown Daily Herald from 1999 to 2003, you can now follow my artwork online at drawingsof.com, an educational cartoon site.…
Obituaries
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Maxwell A. Sturtz ’40, of Somers, N.Y.; Nov. 11, at 101 years of age. While at Brown he participated in baseball, football, and crew, in addition to working at WBRU. After graduation,…
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Patricia J. Collins ’54, of Branford, Conn.; Mar. 21, of pancreatic cancer. She was a Tony Award–winning lighting designer. After graduating from Brown, she spent a year at Yale Drama School. She…
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Mark J. Plesent ’83, of New York City; Feb. 19, of cancer. He joined Working Theatre as an intern in 1989 and quickly became managing director. He served as development director of…
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Elizabeth Bird ’90, of Dobbs Ferry, N.Y.; Mar. 28. For more than 20 years she taught courses on film, media, and art history at UC Berkeley, UC San Diego, California College of…
Current Obsession
First Person
18th-Century Swordplay
Five minutes with Kris Cho ’22 Read More: 18th-Century Swordplay