June–August 2023

Douglas Diamond ’75 compares bank runs to a bear encounter gone bad—flee and you’re f@#%ed. His analysis helped save the U.S. economy in 2008 and won him a Nobel Prize last year.

A band cobbled together before classes started freshman year has performed onstage in front of 3,000 people, opening for Blues Traveler. What’s next for Chance Emerson ’24 and his bandmates? First, homework.

Gendo Taiko’s beat goes on

The first woman to play Division I baseball

Students secure free laundry on campus

Neuroscience meets boxing

Five minutes with Gabrielle Shammash ’24

At 100 years old, “going on 75,” Lillian Affleck ’44 has put in at least six decades of service to others.

Unknowingly, a young alum threw a lifeline to a trauma survivor. A 40-year friendship ensued.

A new online platform aims to untangle the immigration process

Michael Showalter ’92 directs A-list actresses in high-profile dramas

The high art of meandering aimlessly

Joanna Schwartz ’94 takes a deep dive into how the law conspires to keep rogue cops from paying the price.

An expert on why good sleep often eludes us

Bridget Stokes ’04 wins an Emmy for directing A Black Lady Sketch Show.

Books by Thomas Mallon ’73, Alissa Quart ’94, and Sarah Levy ’12.

Professor James Morone on 40 years of teaching a course that’s become a Brown classic.

College is the place many people learn their limits with alcohol—and, sometimes, push way beyond them.

A letter from the President