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Baseball’s Newest Owner

Mark Attanasio '79 won big in investment banking. Now he's hoping to turn one of the major leagues' perennial losers into a winning team.

Brown owns the highest point in Rhode Island. But can you get there from here?

Peter Kramer discusses why even doctors resist seeing depression as a disease.

Psychiatrist Peter Kramer explains why we love depression so much that we really don't want to cure it.

Dean of Admission

"We used to be known for our obsession with rights," Constitutional historian Gordon Wood reminds students.

John Kerry takes "the Katrina Administration" to task.

International grad students come to campus as language teachers.

Ruth Simmons welcomes Brown's 242nd class while mourning the "crushing indifference" that followed Hurricane Katrina.

To pay for the Plan for Academic Enrichment, the University must raise $1.4 billion. Only $825 million to go.

Matt Carrano '91: Sometimes you get paid to live out your fantasies.

Don Migliori '88: Al Qaeda's real nemesis may turn out to be a pack of plaintiffs' lawyers.

P. J. Hamel '75: From ice hockey to King Arthur's test kitchen, she cooks.

Sara Toney '35: On doctor's orders, she quit springboard diving at 90.

During her first season on the soccer team, Hilary Wilson '06 tied the single-season record for saves.

In his new novel, Rick Moody takes a hilarious swipe at Hollywood.

In his comedies, Michael Showalter '92 channels Frank Capra and the Three Stooges.