Poet Christine Montross ’06 MD, ’07 MMS entered medical school as one of the oldest students in her class. She didn’t know what to expect. And she certainly didn’t think her first and best teacher would be a cadaver.
On September 1, 2001, Christine Montross held a human heart in her hands for the first time.
When Alex Frankel got a job at Starbucks, he thought it might be fun serving coffee to friendly customers all day. Then he put on the green apron and got a lesson in corporate control and uniformity.
As
cofounder and president of Mad River Canoe, Kay Wilson Henry ’67
manufactured some of the most innovative canoes of the past generation.
Now retired, she’s dedicated herself to saving the rivers that inspired
them.
I guess the acrostic is a thing of the past, and I can’t say that its
demise was a surprise to me. Not many readers would have been doing the
puzzle, I always thought, so it probably wasn’t worth the space and
cost for you to print it.
The powerful past of the Haffenreffer Museum in Bristol, R.I.; a seat
of government for a group of Native Americans in seventeenth-century
New England that
gave European colonists a run for their money in a literal sense.
Poet Christine Montross ’06 MD, ’07 MMS entered medical school as one of the oldest students in her class. She didn’t know what to expect. And she certainly didn’t think her first and best teacher would be a cadaver.
The first motion pictures are older than you think. [Finally]
A.J. Jacobs ’90 spent twelve months trying to follow the Bible’s every edict.
A farewell to Judith D. Wilkenfeld '64
A farewell to Margaret Gray '59
How do you tailor a camp to help Katrina’s youngest victims? [Profile]
A cautionary tale about crystal meth. [Profile]
Fighting diabetes among the Cherokees, she foresees its explosion among the larger U.S. population. [Profile]
What the ivory-billed woodpecker can teach us about science and faith. [Faculty P.O.V.]
Diagnosed with Parkinson’s, he turned to Churchill for guidance. [Profile]
A grandmother finds a metaphor for the life unraveling around her. [Alum P.O.V]
When Alex Frankel got a job at Starbucks, he thought it might be fun serving coffee to friendly customers all day. Then he put on the green apron and got a lesson in corporate control and uniformity.
As
cofounder and president of Mad River Canoe, Kay Wilson Henry ’67
manufactured some of the most innovative canoes of the past generation.
Now retired, she’s dedicated herself to saving the rivers that inspired
them.
Eric Jay Dolin ’83 offers a whale’s-eye view of American history.
In his latest film, Nat Moss ’87 tells three stories of lonely New Yorkers whose lives collide.
Paige Rien ’97 is turning her obsession with home renovations into HGTV’s most popular show.
The Office heartthrob John Krasinski ’02 hits the big screen and edits his first film.
The award-winning documentary Lumo traces a hospital’s efforts to save rape victims in the Congo.
Rookie coach Tara Harrington ’94 hopes field hockey is a winner.
Under veteran coach Mike Noonan, men’s soccer is hot.
With an inexperienced offense, the football team is looking to a veteran defense to hold its ground.
Rhode Island’s two biggest health care companies propose a marriage that could bolster the medical school’s planned expansion.
An 1868 building, home to half the history department, relocates to make way for a new walkway connecting the Brown and Pembroke campuses.
Walking gets easier for amputees —just in time for returning Iraq War veterans.
More incoming students are the first in their families to attend college.