June–August 2025

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Food Fights

In her latest book, former chef and current food science professor Charlotte Biltekoff bites into processed food and the politics of knowledge.

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Guardian

Erroll Southers ’78, who was racially profiled as a kid in New Jersey, is now one of California’s leading experts in law enforcement, campus safety, and homeland security.

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Man + Machine

Brown's new AI czar Michael Littman ’96 PhD

Content

Illustration by Tim Cook of a professor with chalkboard behind and a beaker flying through the air.

University News

Higher Ed Under Fire

How Brown is responding

Beyond the Gates

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Land of Six Hundred Thousand Despots

The autobiography of an enslaved man describes 1800s America