January/February 2018

Cover Story

Glenn Kessler, the Washington Post Fact Checker, was especially busy last year. As a pioneer of the journalism trend of checking the facts behind the words of prominent people, he and his teams have been awarding “Pinocchios” at a rapid rate. But in a time of “alternative facts” and “fake news” does anyone still care?

Under the Elms

University News
Knife cutting through a pile of money

Middle Class Relief

Thanks to aggressive fund-raising, beginning this fall University-packaged financial aid will no longer include loans.
Science & Tech

Lost In Space

Brown undergrads are sending a mini-satellite to the International Space Station to test batteries.
University News

Bricks & Mortar

A quick look at the new buildings and renovations that have transfomed the campus over the last decade.
Science & Tech

Reversing Addiction

Brown researchers and alumni are attacking the opioid crisis with weapons crafted in a variety of disciplines.
Science & Tech

Finding Water in Space

Brown researchers are at the forefront of the search for water in outer space. What's the big deal about water?
First Person

Humans and Animals

Christian Suarez ’18 developed an independent concentration to view animals as more than leather and meat.

Beyond the Gates

Humanities & Culture

No Boundaries

A new cookbook by Rachel Yang ’00 takes Korean cuisine to unusual places. Check out her sweet & spicy sauce recipe.
Business & Entrepreneurship

Have a Wafel Break

Rip Pruisken ’10 thinks Rip van Wafels could be the next Oreo. Starbucks is willing to bet that he could be right.
The Arts

Trivia Hunter

As head of research for The Crown, Annie Sulzberger ’04 wants to immerse you in the world of Queen Elizabeth II.
The Arts

A New Sitcom

Four Brown alums working on CBS's 9JKL show that no, you can't really go home again and expect it to be the same.
The Arts

Wonder Woman

Angela Robinson ’92 left TV writing rooms to write and direct Professor Marston and the Wonder Women.
Medicine & Health

Stop Shaking Hands!

Should health-care workers in hospitals stop shaking hands to prevent the spread of easily transmitted disease?

THE CLASSES

January 24th, 2018

Seth Jackson writes: “After many years of writing songs for other artists, I have released a solo album on the Row Town Music label. It’s available at my official artist website,

January 24th, 2018

Todd Weir won the 2016 Jacques Barzun Prize for Cultural History for his book Secularism and Religion in Nineteenth-Century Germany: The Rise of the Fourth Confession, published by Cambridge University Press. This...
January 24th, 2018

Jonathan Guyer is a journalist focused on the politics of art and literature in the Middle East. For the past five years he has researched Arabic comics in Egypt, interviewing scores of...
January 24th, 2018

Maria Capecelatro, Tom Miner, and Reed McIntyre started Unwrapp’d, a Denver start-up working to disrupt the nutrition/protein bar market with a dough you can eat raw, bake, or add to smoothies. Check...

OBITUARIES

February 25th, 2018

H. Gerard Everall ’36, of Prescott, Ariz., formerly of McLean, Va.; Aug. 18. He had a 34-year career with Sears, Roebuck & Co. After retiring, he was elected to the Arizona State...
February 25th, 2018

Elizabeth Starkey Charette ’46, of Albuquerque; Aug. 3. Prior to settling in Albuquerque, where she was an ESL instructor at Albuquerque Tech Vocational Institute, she traveled and lived around the world with...
February 25th, 2018

Burt W. Howell ’64, of Homosassa, Fla.; Aug. 26. He was president and treasurer of Design for Industry, which created exhibits for trade shows, Fisher Price, and other companies. He later was...
February 25th, 2018

Jonathan Resnick ’80, of Chappaqua, N.Y.; Sept. 28, due to complications from the onset of septic shock. He worked as an assignments editor and a political editor at WBZ-TV in Boston prior...