What Do You Think? Responses to In Our Own Words (A–M’25): “The BAM hit the jackpot when it turned the April-May issue over to students to shape, create, and write. When I was a student, the University’s major strength was its sharp focus...”“Seeing this issue at a time when our universities are under assault from the federal executive branch is strangely out of touch with reality. ”“What a super edition! (Jan.-Mar. ’25) I have longed for a bicycle to pedal for powering TV, so reading about the campus cardio machines that generate electricity was thrilling. Nalini Nadkarni’s treetop...”“Just seeing this issue at a time when our universities are under assault from the federal executive branch is strangely out of touch with reality. My husband who reads BAM more than...” Read all Responses to The Gender Q (A–M’25): “Your article is excellent as far as it goes but it inadequately treats both sides of the issues that inflame the trans debate. Those issues should be broken down. To level-set the...” Read all In response to In Our Own Words (A–M’25): “Seeing this issue at a time when our universities are under assault from the federal executive branch is strangely out of touch with reality. ” —Mary Mintz ’80 short We want to know what you think! Send us your responses to our stories. Submit a letter to the editor Responses to Higher Ed Under Fire (J–A’25): “Kudos to President Paxson and the Brown leadership for its forward approach to the assault on higher education, science, discovery, free thought, and free speech. And for asking the Brown community to...” Read all Responses to Diversity of Perspectives (J–A’25): “As a Brown alumnus and former donor, I feel compelled to respond to Guterl. I was accepted to Brown in 1989 not because I was an immigrant, or because I was a...”“The June-August BAM had an emphasis on diversity and highlighted leftist ideologies and personalities associated with Brown. Brown has a reputation for having a vast majority of faculty and students holding left...”“Matthew Guterl’s piece on his role as the University’s vice president for diversity and inclusion is a step in the right direction. But so far I have been waiting in vain for...” Read all In response to Barrett Hazeltine and ENGN 9 (N–D’24): ““While other professors would be living in the ivory towers and not come down from Mount Olympus...Barrett was right there on ground zero.” ” —Michael Joukowsky ’87 Responses to When Doctors Make Mistakes (J–A’25): “Had I been sued earlier in my career, I would not have had the strength or resilience to carry on in medicine. ”“Kudos to Drs. Brady, Homer, and Kasthuri on making their documentary A World of Hurt: How Medical Malpractice Fails Everyone. I watched it after being sued. The malpractice suit against me will...” Read all Responses to Capitalism to the Rescue? (J–M’25): “I hope the class also considers the role of risk. Our customers are putting in systems to evaluate risk related to different climate and regulatory scenarios (e.g. for mortgages or other long-term...” Read all Responses to Omm, No. (J–M’25): “Thank you Dr. Britton for your compassionate and critical research, especially on this popular misconception of meditation as a panacea. As a long-time meditator in various traditions and a current clergy-student, I’d...”“I like anything that shakes up the status quo, so I read this article with interest. Meditation I’m afraid has been embraced so enthusiastically it comes down more on the side of...”“Reading about Professor Willoughby’s findings that meditation can result in serious psychiatric disorders did not surprise me, as I have heard of similar findings in the past. I have personally never engaged...”“The risks of meditation have been known for decades if not centuries. The problem I have with this article is nowhere does it mention the prevalence or percentage of average persons without...” Read all
“Seeing this issue at a time when our universities are under assault from the federal executive branch is strangely out of touch with reality. ”
“What a super edition! (Jan.-Mar. ’25) I have longed for a bicycle to pedal for powering TV, so reading about the campus cardio machines that generate electricity was thrilling. Nalini Nadkarni’s treetop...”
“Just seeing this issue at a time when our universities are under assault from the federal executive branch is strangely out of touch with reality. My husband who reads BAM more than...”