March / April 1998

The Political Truth

Can a private university be an effective public citizen?

A Larger Canvas

Blacks collecting black art.

Face to Face

Breathing new life into an old portrait

Law Man

Help for students in legal hot water.

Mouse Trap

New life for class projects.

Nagano Gold

Time Out

You can't fix what you can't talk about.

Since Last Time...

Race Right, Live Right

A caution for female athletes

Tightrope

College students are not supposed to drink themselves to death. After ten of them did exactly that in the United States last year, parents began asking: Could it happen to my child, too?

How Babies Learn to Listen

Long before uttering a word, infants discover how language works. A Brown psychologist is catching them in the act.

Riverfront Renaissance

After Providence reinvented its waterways, a Brown alumnus gave people a compelling reason to come.

Two-Part Invention

Passionate in Providence

The Players

Teaching actors to teach themselves.

Not Rich, Not Famous. . .

. . . but worth remembering just the same

Mailroom

Alum in the News

Sports

Cancer Ward

A future doctor finds that some diseases trigger grief and anger in even the most veteran clinicians.