What’s in an Image?
David Shields ’78 looks at how New York Times wartime photojournalism lies about the true nature of war.
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Running Down Dinner
Journalist Charles Bethea ’05 co-produced the documentary Fair Chase, about the origins of running.
It’s Always a Fight
True Blood actor Sam Trammell ’91 turns crack addict in the indie thriller All Mistakes Buried.
Beyond Space and Time
George Musser ’88 explores nonlocality, a physics mystery that's undercutting our beliefs about the physical world.
The Book Behind the Movie
There would have been no Academy Award–movie The Danish Girl without the first novel by David Ebershoff ’91.
Self-Directed
Illustrator Juman Malouf ’97 creates a fantastical world in her first novel, The Trilogy of Two.
Visual Aid
Slavery required violence, and these shackles were how violence was maintained.
My Bad Mood
After my biracial son told me my "black" mood was racist, I chose words more carefully.
We’re Supposed To Be Better At This
Over the decades since the black student walkout in 1968, Brown has convened panels, issued reports, and made promises about creating a more diverse and pluralistic campus that everyone agrees have not been kept. Now President Christina Paxson wants to make good on those past promises with an unprecedented action plan. Will it work?
A Farewell to C.D. Wright
C.D. Wright, who died unexpectedly in January, was one of the best poets of her generation.
Justice in the Fields
For almost a quarter century, Greg Asbed ’85 and Laura Germino ’84 have joined with Florida tomato pickers to ensure humane working conditions for farm workers. Their partnerships with such food giants as Walmart and McDonald’s have turned the Coalition of Immokalee Workers into a model for making good working conditions good for business.
Small Acts of Resistance
Tibetan activist Tenzin Dorjee ’03 says that sometimes sustaining a protest means giving up marches.
Sex-Ed Stand-Up
Dorian Solot ’95 and Marshall Miller ’96 use humor to straighten out teens' misconceptions about sex and consent.
Waging Peace
Seventy years after the end of WWII, Japan wants to beef up its military. Masaru Tamamoto ’79 thinks that's a bad idea.
Rose Bowl 1916
After Brown lost to Washington State in the first Rose Bowl, the team endured a long, snowy trip back.
What You Thought
Reader letters from the last two months.
The One Who Always Got It
A farewell to John R. Lucas, who helped bring a new level of professionalism to Brown theater.
Sophisticated Goofball
Sean Kelly ’84 believes the 20th century's greatest comic was a Brown dropout who came back to get an honorary degree.
A New Rhodes Scholar
Andrew Kaplan ’15 hopes to return from Oxford better equipped to help provide more affordable housing.
Doors of Perception
Assistant Professor Catherine Kerr explains her work studying the brain and meditation to the Dalai Lama in December.
Keeping Brown Accountable
The University sees itself as a leader on diversity and social justice. This fall, students demanded it do better.
Engineering Humanities
With a new building planned, Brown engineering students are facing a bright future of collaboration and leadership.
As Time Goes By
After discovering they both went to Brown, two alums fall in and out of love, knowing they’ll always have College Hill.