Cover Story

She Speaks for the Trees

Forest canopy pioneer Nalini Nadkarni ’76

Alumni Stories

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Service & Advocacy
Image of Marcia Wong

Small World

A globe-trotting career in foreign service
History
Close-up image of Richard Slotkin

Red/Blue America

Are competing national myths the root cause of our divided nation?
Sports & Recreation
Close-up image of a Japanese baseball player from a baseball card from the 1800s.

Curveball

A day at the Tokyo Yakult Swallows’ ballpark changed everything
The Arts
Close-up image of Steve Morse speaking into a microphone.

Live and In Person

He teaches rock music history. He lived it, too.
Politics & Law

Can We Rescue “Freedom”?

A popular historian on our elusive national value
Image of Timothy Snyder standing with an old defunct factory wheel behind him.
Business & Entrepreneurship

Hollywood 101

A newsletter shines light behind the scenes
Image of Cathy Campo with a director's clapper

On Campus

The Arts
Image of Rory MacLeod and Sandol Astrausky playing the guitar and fiddle in a green field by trees.

High and Lonesome

Old-Time String Band students learn Appalachian music the traditional way—by ear.
Student Life
Image of participants singing Latin carols in Sayles Hall

A Roman Holiday

Inside Brown’s annual Latin Carol Celebration
Science & Tech
Image of a student using the Kiosk system inside Brown Uronarti Regional Archaeological Project, Sudan.

Digital Dig

Archaeology’s free field recording program—alum-created and Brown-subsidized
Business & Entrepreneurship
Image of Michelle Cheng at her new cafe in Brown’s School of Public Health building.

Standing on Ceremony

Well-loved tea shop comes down the hill
The Arts

Share the Knowledge

A roundup of topical new books by Brown faculty
Illustration by Tim Cook of individuals reading books.
The Arts

Putting the “Desi” in Design

A pioneering mag on South Asian culture
Image of Yukti Agarwal standing on the bridge near RISD in downtown PVD with the wind blowing her dress

The Classes

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November 2nd, 2024

Valeria Khislavsky writes: “I’m a humor author/illustrator. I just published The Ultimate Butt Coloring & Activity Book on Aug. 6 with Chronicle Books. The coloring pages and activities are suitable for all...
November 2nd, 2024

Joshua Spector writes: In January I opened a Miami office for Rossi, P.C., a Los Angeles-based entertainment, sports, and new media law firm with a focus on Latin music. Our three boys...
November 2nd, 2024

 Gayle Weiswasser writes she is fulfilling a lifelong dream and opening an independent bookstore in Bethesda, Md. She feels strongly that in this divisive, polarizing time, preserving free discourse and the exchange...
November 2nd, 2024

Thomas Mullen writes: “Sure wish I could’ve attended my 40th Reunion to catch up with my old friends, and (among other things) reminisce about some of the cool places on campus where...

Sports

Sports & Recreation
Black and white image of Christa Champion shooting the basketball in a Brown game in 1984.

Invisible Champions

Women’s basketball won Brown’s first Ivy title. But the accolades did a disappearing act.
Science & Tech
photo from the deck of the Mālama, heading into the wind

Ocean’s 11

Charlie Enright ’08 and Mark Towill ’11 of the 11th Hour Racing Team on winning the Ocean Race while trying to save the seas.
Sports & Recreation
Image of Hannah Doyle holding her hands in a fighting stance with boxing gloves on them and a boxing ring in the background.

PhD Level Punches

Neuroscience meets boxing
Sports & Recreation
Image of Tristan Crozier on the ice playing hockey.

What’s French for Hockey?

It’s “hockey.” And in Paris, it needs explaining.
Sports & Recreation

True Grit

Ten years ago, Rebecca Fahringer ’13 ScM went pro in the mud-and-rocks world of cyclocross. Several head injuries later, the fierce competitor has learned to play the long game.
Fahringer ready to race
Business & Entrepreneurship

Return on Investment

From ENGN 9 to managing $11 billion
Image of Earl Hunt II dribbling the ball in a Brown basketball game

What Do
You Think?

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“Um... does the University realize they are sanctioning a course that appears entirely centered around converting students to Catholicism? This course was developed by a Catholic deacon with no academic qualifications related...”
—Liz ’24 PhD
In response to Beyond Narnia (J–A’24):
“I read this article with great interest, and couldn’t help thinking that it was about time such study was being done! As a longtime dog owner and trustee of Animal Rescue of...”
—Jud Saviskas ’75
Rumford, R.I.
In response to What’s Fido Thinking? (S–O’24):
“Having to play the building like an instrument just to play one’s own instrument seems like it could qualify as a barrier to inclusion rather than a barrier-buster. ”
—John Moran ’20 MFA
In response to Tuning Up (S–O’24):
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