April–May 2023

Providence’s Jewelry District once supplied most of the nation’s costume jewelry sparkle. Now it’s home to some of the city’s hottest new restaurants and bars—and a significant part of Brown’s expanding campus.

A course on African American culture cotaught by Professor Tricia Rose ’87 AM, ’93 PhD, and Professor Andre Willis—whose vigorous debates are part of their happy marriage—serves as a model for antiracism and radical love.

A new club revives old traditions of spirituality and silliness

Former Brown track star Craig Kinsley ’11 on his unique coaching style

The latest Olympians on track and field’s coaching roster

Some members of the campus community are furrier than others.

Stephanie L. Robinson ’87, ’88 AM, A Lawyer and Seeker of Justice obituary

Randal P. Levenson ’68, the TV Allowance Inventor obituary

The birth of a place for books and community,
in rural Maine.

Five minutes with Karim Zohdy ’25

Can we restore damaged ecosystems while also attending to human rights?

Can Dan Maffei ’90 speed up the supply chain?

Books by Antonia Angress ’13, Ryan Lee Wong ’10, and Harris Solomon ’07 AM, ’11 PhD

Ronny Krishana ’95 hopes to restore NY’s status as the world’s oyster capital.

Artwork malfunction sparks a career in hot handbags

Chazz Woodson ’05 aims to make lacrosse more racially diverse

Short stories inspired by fairy tales

Ronny Krishana ’95 hopes to restore NY’s status as the world’s oyster capital.

A dig at a 19th-century College Hill home unveils stories about the textile industry, the European immigrant experience, and life in the Gilded Age.

Continuing to cultivate the relationship between the university and our local community.

At the Brown Library, archivists seek to protect innovative digital art.