January/February 2011

Journey Home

How to Talk to Your Dog

Dog behaviorist Michele Wan '01 describes the inner workings of the canine mind.

A Life of Letters

Julie Seltzer '97 is one of only ten female Torah scribes in the world.

Power of the Powerless

Mark Winston Griffith ’85 is bringing the lessons of College Hill to the streets of Brooklyn.

All in the Family

How three daughters—all alums—rallied to save the life of their father, Cornelius Madera '71.

A Kind of Fame

A pit stop turns into a fable about humility.

Just Chilling

Before ice hockey there was ice polo.

A Man of Integrity

When former chancellor Alva O. Way '51 died in September, Brown lost one of its most loyal alums. "We will miss the wonderful and principled voice that he always raised," President Simmons noted.

Obituaries

Obituaries from the January/February 2011 issue.

First Class Portrait

Introducing the unique art of Joseph Jagolinzer.

Game Day

Replay

The men's soccer team, ranked twenty-second going into this year's NCAA tourney, defied expectations to advance to the Sweet 16 for the first time in a decade.

Get On With It

He fell off his bike, twice breaking bones. He was hit by a taxi. Then he ran the New York City marathon.

Replay

Brianne Goutal '11 stunned the equestrian world by outpacing the world's best riders—including a former world champion and an Olympic gold medalist.

A Sporting Chance

Outgoing Rhode Island attorney general Patrick Lynch ’87 has always moved easily between two kinds of courts. In his next job, he's showing kids the connection between both.

The Compassionate Dean

The Buzz Online

What readers are saying at brownalumnimagazine.com.

Race History

Haiti's Storyteller

Last year’s devastating earthquake triggered an international relief effort aimed at Haiti. As the world’s attention has shifted to other crises in other parts of the world, writer Edwidge Danticat ’93 MFA has spent the past twelve months pulling it back to her native country. Her tool has been the most powerful one she could find: her pen.

Tyranny Has a Witness

Meet the man behind Human Rights Watch: Kenneth Roth ’77, who has been leading the group for nearly two decades.

Africa

In December, Brown sponsored the second annual Achebe Colloquium on Africa, a gathering of scholars and diplomats organized by Nigerian novelist Chinua Achebe.

Get Crazy

What words of wisdom would you give to today’s Brown students?

Beltway Alums

A guide to Brunonians embedded in the offices of the Obama administration.

Valerie Plame: The Movie

Producer and director Doug Liman '88, left, turns to the true story of CIA agent Valerie Plame, who was famously outed by the Bush Administration.

Love Lives

A reporter writes about nine unlikely romances that began on the streets of New York City.

Fresh Ink

Going for Tears

Songwriter David Yazbek resisted Women on the Verge of a Nervous Breakdown. Then he tapped into the characters’ emotions.

Music

Deb Talan '90 and her husband, Steve Tannen, have been building a fan base as the pop duo the Weepies while raising a family and writing music at home.

On Stage

Katharine Powell '99, left, plays in Amy Herzog's drama After the Revolution at Playwrights Horizons in New York City.

Bobby Jindal's Pitch

The Republican Governor’s new book shows a sharp public-policy thinker trying to appeal to his party’s Palinesque base.