In his ongoing effort to help the black community, actor Hill Harper '88 has written two books of advice for young adults.

A professor and an alumna are nominated for this year's National Book Awards.

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.

Filmmaker Lauren Oakes '04 documents the fight between miners and salmon fishermen in Bristol Bay, Alaska.

This fall, Edwidge Danticat MFA '93 received one of those phone calls from a stranger that ominously begin, "Are you sitting down?"

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.

Jihan Bowes-Little '02 is a London investment banker turned hip-hop artist.

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."

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 quest for the edible auto.

Two scientists independently confirm the presence of lunar water.

"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.

Cellist Martha Niemiec '10, was the featured soloist for a Shostakovich piece performed by the Brown University Orchestra.

An economist measures a country's prosperity by how many lights it burns.

Historian Gordon Wood lays out some suprising facts about our country's early history.

Brown receives more than $31 million in federal stimulus funds. Here's how it's being spent.

Former Pakistani president Musharraf visits campus and advocates peace talks in Afghanistan and Pakistan.

Brown remembers its war dead on Veterans Day.

Brown welcomed the famed Nigerian author Chinua Achebe, best-known for his 1958 work Things Fall Apart, to the faculty.

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.

N.Y. Times reporter David Rohde '90 discusses his seven months as a Taliban hostage.

A summary of reader feedback posted at brownalumnimagazine.com

A Farewell to Tom Korman '55.

 

Twelve things you can do to loosen your vehicle's grip on your life.

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.

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.

A Farewell to Professor emeritus of political science and bioethics Edward Beiser.

Why in an age of distraction writing well matters more than ever.

A Farewell to Erich Kunzel '60 AM.

A Farewell to Ruth Bugbee Lubrano '23.

 

How to get fans to the ballpark despite a losing team is the challenge for Jim Leahey '88.

Rose Shuman '01, '02 AM: How dorm-entrance intercoms inspired a way to give Internet access to villagers in the developing world.

How a student of Brown, Thomas Hassan '78, is changing one of the country's leading prep schools.

H.P. Lovecraft before he wrote his "weird stories."

Lucy Diggs '63 states that preserving a craft means embracing the imperfect work of the hands in an age of computer-assisted perfection. 

Glamour magazine picked these three Pembrokers for its "ten best-dressed college girls" in the 1960s, but they weren't just stylish.

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?
 

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.

This year's BAM gift guide offers a glimpse into the roots of creativity.