January/February 2013

The Children's Crusader

In a school system long mocked, Baltimore’s chief academic officer, Sonja Brookins Santelises ’89, is trying to convince teachers and students that kids who are poor and black can be as smart as anyone.

Correction

Civil War Vets

The Last on Willie

Why Dads Matter

The New President

Disappointed

The Future of News

Obituaries

Obituaries from the January/February 2013 issue.

Opening Doors

Nick Young ’09 and Matt Reichel ’09 are helping Western students learn what life is like in North Korea.

Who Wants to Party?

When England’s royal family is looking for a good time, they call party impresario Alex Fitzgibbons '94.

Oil Boom

A rare woman in an old-boy industry, fracking advocate Kathy Griffin Neset '78 helps companies drill for oil in the American West.

Righting Wrongs

The first client Michael Gross '64 was assigned after law school was a group of Navajos. He's been defending the rights of Native Americans ever since.

Digging Out

The Blizzard of 1978 buried campus.

Can Dreams Come True?

Five start-ups are trying to turn ideas into successful companies aimed at making the world a happier, healthier, and less wasteful place.

Fresh Ink

The Down and Dirty

Sandor Katz answers questions about drinking raw milk and getting started fermenting food.

Microbes' Timothy Leary

Post-Pasteurian Sandor Katz ’85 has written a guide to rethinking our relationship with microbes—as in getting more benefical bacteria living in our guts.

Just Being Me

Ebony editor Amy DuBois Barnett ’91 is taking an iconic, but dated, magazine to a new generation interested in both Jay-Z and Rosa Parks.

Krasinski and Damon

John Krasinski ’01 makes his writing debut with his pal Matt Damon in this winter’s The Promised Land.

How Many Laws?

Historian Robert O. Self argues that our cultural battles are what's driving us away from big government.

Black Meets White

Documentary filmmaker Oren Jacoby ’77 has adapted Ellison’s Invisible Man for the stage.

Citizen Brown

What good is the University to the state and local economy? Brown hired an economic-development consulting firm to find out.

Applied Lessons

Scientists say humans contribute to climate change. So what’s the University doing to lower its own greenhouse-gas emissions?

Salsa!

Students on campus take notes in classes and attend lectures on Heidegger. But after the sun goes down the salsa dancing begins.

Locke Up

MIT scholar and dean Richard Locke is picked to head the Watson Institute of International studies. Here's why.

Real Politics

With students starting a new print magazine and a new political blog, it looks like a banner year for politicos on campus.

Service

The Brown honors veterans on their day.

Remembering Ray Heffner

Facing protests and student demands, Brown’s thirteenth president kept the campus peaceful during a violent time. But it wasn't easy.

Before Keyboards

Ever use a typewriter? Thank Charles Thurber.

Growing Up

Alumni POV: I’ve never considered myself particularly adventurous. So when I decided to spend my junior year abroad in Israel, I surprised many, but mostly myself.

Game Day

Winning Streak

Men’s soccer earns an invite to the NCAA tournament for the seventh time in eight years. Here's how they did.

Eat to Compete

Whether you’re a weekend warrior or a daily gym rat, you should be following the same nutrition advice Anne Buffington gives to Brown athletes.