When
the U.S. Supreme Court declared in 2004 that the “enemy combatants”
held at the Guantánamo detention camp were entitled to the protections
of the Geneva Conventions, lawyers rushed to their defense. Then things
really started getting tough.
Automobiles
drain our pocketbooks, pollute our air, kill our family and friends,
and clog our roads. Yet many of us love them, and most of us can’t live
without them. Is all that about to change?
Terry Walsh ’65 remembers saying, "You know, there is a moment in your life where you have to quit
muttering and go do something." He signed up his law firm, Alston and
Bird, to represent four Guantánamo detainees.
In 2004, Sarah Havens '99 was a mere second-year lawyer, only a few years out of Georgetown Law
School, when her firm elected to represent eight Guantánamo detainees.
The
German studies department marked the twentieth anniversary of the fall
of the Berlin Wall and were given hammers to smash their facsimily in
solidarity.
"If it is willed that I shall pay the supreme sacrifice, I hope that it
will be in the same way, so there will be no suffering....," excerpt
from a 1918 letter read at the Veteran's Day rememberance, 2009.
She might not have had the skills to star as a player, but Lindsay
Gottlieb '99 is on her way to becoming an elite coach in women's
collegiate basketball.
When
the U.S. Supreme Court declared in 2004 that the “enemy combatants”
held at the Guantánamo detention camp were entitled to the protections
of the Geneva Conventions, lawyers rushed to their defense. Then things
really started getting tough.
Automobiles
drain our pocketbooks, pollute our air, kill our family and friends,
and clog our roads. Yet many of us love them, and most of us can’t live
without them. Is all that about to change?
Glamour magazine picked these three Pembrokers for its "ten
best-dressed college girls" in the 1960s, but they weren't just
stylish.
Lucy
Diggs '63 states that preserving a craft means embracing the
imperfect work of the hands in an age of computer-assisted
perfection.
H.P. Lovecraft before he wrote his "weird stories."
How a student of Brown, Thomas Hassan '78, is changing one of the country's leading prep schools.
Rose
Shuman '01, '02 AM: How dorm-entrance intercoms inspired a way to give
Internet access to villagers in the developing world.
How to get fans to the ballpark despite a losing team is the challenge for Jim Leahey '88.
A Farewell to Ruth Bugbee Lubrano '23.
A Farewell to Erich Kunzel '60 AM.
Why in an age of distraction writing well matters more than ever.
A Farewell to Professor emeritus of political science and bioethics Edward Beiser.
Terry Walsh ’65 remembers saying, "You know, there is a moment in your life where you have to quit
muttering and go do something." He signed up his law firm, Alston and
Bird, to represent four Guantánamo detainees.
In 2004, Sarah Havens '99 was a mere second-year lawyer, only a few years out of Georgetown Law
School, when her firm elected to represent eight Guantánamo detainees.
N.Y. Times reporter David Rohde '90 discusses his seven months as a Taliban hostage.
The
German studies department marked the twentieth anniversary of the fall
of the Berlin Wall and were given hammers to smash their facsimily in
solidarity.
Brown welcomed the famed Nigerian author Chinua Achebe, best-known for his 1958 work Things Fall Apart, to the faculty.
Brown remembers its war dead on Veterans Day.
Former Pakistani president Musharraf visits campus and advocates peace talks in Afghanistan and Pakistan.
Brown receives more than $31 million in federal stimulus funds.
Here's how it's being spent.
Historian Gordon Wood lays out some suprising facts about our country's early history.
An economist measures a
country's prosperity by how
many lights it burns.
Cellist Martha Niemiec '10, was the featured soloist for a Shostakovich piece performed by the Brown University Orchestra.
"If it is willed that I shall pay the supreme sacrifice, I hope that it
will be in the same way, so there will be no suffering....," excerpt
from a 1918 letter read at the Veteran's Day rememberance, 2009.
Two scientists independently confirm the presence of lunar water.
The quest for the edible auto.
She might not have had the skills to star as a player, but Lindsay
Gottlieb '99 is on her way to becoming an elite coach in women's
collegiate basketball.
The men's rowing team added pink to the school colors at the
snowy Head of the Charles regatta, where it raised money to "Pull for a
Cure."
Jihan Bowes-Little '02 is a London investment banker turned hip-hop artist.
The life and work of Clarice Lispector, one
of Latin America's most revered writers—and one of the least known in the United States.
This
fall, Edwidge Danticat MFA '93 received one of those phone calls from a
stranger that ominously begin, "Are you sitting down?"
Filmmaker Lauren Oakes '04 documents the fight between miners and salmon fishermen in Bristol Bay, Alaska.
How six alums wowed New York
audiences and critics with their stripped-down production of Cymbeline.
They're loud, they're brash, and outrageously funky. The Revolutionary
Snake Ensemble, led by Ken Field '74, has been reaping rave reviews.
A professor and an alumna are nominated for this year's National Book Awards.
In his ongoing effort to help the black community, actor Hill Harper '88 has written two books of advice for young adults.
