When
Meredith Whitney ’92 started predicting economic doom four years ago,
her Wall Street colleagues thought she was crazy. She even got a death
threat. Now when she speaks, the markets listen. Closely. Very, very
closely.
Three
grad students help a local neighborhood rediscover its past, while
teaching a new generation of schoolchildren that history lives on in
the memories of their own families and neighbors.
When
Meredith Whitney ’92 started predicting economic doom four years ago,
her Wall Street colleagues thought she was crazy. She even got a death
threat. Now when she speaks, the markets listen. Closely. Very, very
closely.
Jim
Yong Kim ’82, the Ivy League’s first Asian American president, talks
about race, sports, citizenship, and training students to change the
world.
Three
grad students help a local neighborhood rediscover its past, while
teaching a new generation of schoolchildren that history lives on in
the memories of their own families and neighbors.
Natan Last ’12 designs crossword puzzles for the New York Times.
The plays of Ugandan graduate student Charles Mulekwa focus on the violence and humanity of his war-ravaged homeland.
The Brown Bookstore joins the twenty-first century.
Donning Kevlar, a doctor discovers a new relationship between life and death.
Nalini Nadkarni ’76
teaches inmates about the natural world.
The Brown faculty renames Columbus Day.
Poet and writing professor Forrest Gander writes a haunting first novel about friendship.
Sam Genensky ’49, ’58 PhD has spent his life advocating for those with partial sight.
Ryan
Shiraki ’92 directs comedies by women, for women. If he could just get
his movies into theaters, women could actually see them.
A proposal to choose younger trustees gains crucial support.