Features/Campus

students were welcomed to brown during the 257th opening convocation in early september. The van wickle gates did not open, and most undergrads were not invited to campus until january. the occasion was marked by a virtual ceremony.


History

Ghost Dose

The true story of the CIA’s secret experiment with LSD in the search to create a Manchurian Candidate Read More

MNEERA ABDULLAH SAUD ’20 IS BROWN'S LATEST RHODES SCHOLAR. SHE WILL STUDY FORCED MIGRATION AND INTERNET SOCIAL SCIENCE. 

BROWN WILL SELL 3 COLLEGE HILL HOUSES FOR $10 EACH—BUT BUYERS HAVE TO MOVE THEM BY NOVEMBER TO MAKE WAY FOR A NEW RESIDENCE HALL.

APPLICATIONS FOR BROWN'S MASTER'S IN PUBLIC HEALTH PROGRAM ROSE A WHOPPING 75% LAST YEAR, PART OF A PANDEMIC-INSPIRED NATIONWIDE TREND.

BROWN JOINS THE HBCU LIBRARY ALLIANCE, WHICH PRESERVES COLLECTIONS AT HISTORICALLY BLACK INSTITUTIONS. IT'S THE FIRST NON-HBCU TO DO SO.

GUAGE POTENTIALLY RISKY BEHAVIOR LIKE INDOOR GET-TOGETHERS IN REAL TIME AT MYCOVIDRISK.APP, HOSTED BY BROWN'S MED SCHOOL.

The Arts
Ruth Bader Ginsburg illustration from book Decisions and Dissents of Ruth Bader Ginsburg: A Selection

Created Equal

RBG’s brilliant arguments in the fight for gender and racial equality.
Student Life
portrait of Anessa Petteruti in her home

Filming Food

Five minutes with Anessa Petteruti ’21
Politics & Law
Image of Babak Hemmatian and Gaia-Marie Gerbaka

Coming to COVID Country

Brown’s international students face red tape and health hazards.
Science & Tech
photo of a pool of honey

You Just Need a Few Common Household Items...

Oh, and an Arduino board, a Venturi sensor, Navier-Stokes equations, plus Bernoulli.
The Arts

The Actress, the Mic, and the Wardrobe

Crisis, meet opportunity
Barker in a closet recording

“I arrived at Brown the same year as Debbi Fuhrman, not as a prized recruit, but as a junior transfer who hadn’t done gymnastics since high school. I found my way to...”
—Miranda Smith ’81
Bethesda
smith.miranda07@gmail.com
 
In response to Joy and Determination (S–O’20):
“Jeannette Gonzales Wright is defined by the title of this article (“Nevertheless, They Persisted,” June-August ’20). She represents a brave model for thousands of people with disabilities, a symbol of persistence, conviction,...”
—Patrice Assiongbon Sowanou
Garden Valley, Tex.
kaocensowa@gmail.com
In response to Nevertheless, They Persisted (J–A’20):
“If Professor Van Cleve had the experience of returning to her home to see a window broken or a door jimmied open, she would call the police and an officer would arrive...”
—Alan Balboni ’73 PhD
Las Vegas
alan.balboni@csn.edu
In response to Rotten Culture (S–O’20):