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Student Life

Card Clan

Five minutes with C.J. Lair ’28

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Free Mom Hugs

Five minutes with Andrea Capotosto at the School of Public Health

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Art Just Became Even More Elitist

The NEA Creative Writing Fellowship program got killed. It was a disappointment for me—and points to a dark future for the arts.

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In Our Own Words

Letter from the four student guest editors of the Gen Z special issue.

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Kung Fu Fighting

Five Minutes with Professor Michael Kennedy

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Climbing the Walls

Five minutes with Samantha Reisman ’28 PhD

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Truth & Power

Ruth Simmons on leaving poverty and letting go of fear

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British Politics

Five minutes with Gabrielle Shammash ’24

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Human Studies

Professor emeritus Arnold Weinstein reflects on the “vicarious, experiential, and enlarging” field of comparative literature.

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Jumping Rope

Five minutes with Connor Kraska ’23

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That Girl

Unknowingly, a young alum threw a lifeline to a trauma survivor. A 40-year friendship ensued.

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Tracing Family Trees

Five minutes with Jake Garfinkle ’23

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.

Student Life

The Hummus Wars

Five minutes with Marielle Buxbaum ’24

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Baked-in Memories

How food transports us to people and places

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Pandemic Puzzles

Five minutes with Ethan Pan ’22

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Taking the Bus

Five minutes with John Lin ’23

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Diary of a 9/11 Nobody

An eyewitness account from NYC’s lockdown zone

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18th-Century Swordplay

Five minutes with Kris Cho ’22

Humanities & Culture

Hidden. Exposed. Targeted. Forgotten.

In 2021 America, Asians are targeted with violence yet still in the margins of our national conversation on race.

The Arts

Rock ’n Roll Oldies

Five minutes with Greg Elliott, Professor of Sociology

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A Jamaican American in Paris

Six Questions for Makedah Hughes ’19

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Mid-March

BAM interns on the spring’s sudden shift

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Not Even Looking at My Grades

Oren Karp ’20 "went crazy" with the New Curriculum.