March / April 2006

Obituaries

The Long Shot

Dufirstson Neree '96: Dufirstson Neree hopes to become the first Haitian American in the U.S. Congress.

Flower Power

Douglas Donaldson '86: Theaching kids that Saturdays aren't just for going to the mall.

Gold Medal Shrink

Sean McCann '82: For fifteen years he's been working with U.S. Olympic athletes on the mental part of their games.

The Generalist

Anne Brewer '71: She's a doctor, a priest, and a hockey player. Her personality, she says, needs them all.

Autism, From A to Z

When their sons were diagnosed with developmental disorders, two alumnae responded by writing guidebooks for other parents.

She's Not Your Basic Chick on TV

With Boston Legal, Julie Bowen '91 creates another smart, complex woman.

Peanut Butter Blues

This sixties-style folkie is out to change the world - one song at a time.

Reviving Icarus

After his brother, David, died in the Lockerbie bombing, Ken Dornstein set out to write his biography.

And Then Came the Super Bowl

If you thought the Ivy League championship put the cap on this year's Brown football season, think again.

She Rules the Court

Sarah Hayes '06 is taking women's basketball to new heights.

Swing Shift

Bipolar teens experience more and different mood swings than adults do, according to a new study. [Elms]

One Great Piano

A new Steinway arrives in Sayles Hall, and President Simmons plays the first chord.

Clues from a Comet

Okay, all life requires water, but how do you get the water in space? [Elms]

Women With Something to Say

What if Africa's greatest problem is not HIV or clean water but passivity? [Elms]

Anticlimax

Brown police are finally armed, but no one's up in arms. [Elms]

Listening to Babies

The Pingree Factor

Let's Pass It Out

Sidney Frank '42

The Power of a Witness

Monitoring elections in Bosnia teaches lessons far deeper than politics. [Alumni POV]

Getting Oriented

Latin Dancing, a student toes the line between East and West. [Student POV]

The End of Innocence

When classes began in the fall of 1963, the civil rights movement was in full swing. Two months later, President Kennedy was dead. It was enough to make a young freshman from Louisiana doubt everything he'd been raised to believe. [Feature]

The Player

He championed indie films during the 1980s. Later, as a Fox studio executive, Tom Rothman '76 supervised the making of Titanic, which has grossed $1.9 billion. Now, as cochairman of Fox Filmed Entertainment, he's found a way to make good stories pay. [Feature]

Saving the Children

Two of them are from warring ethnic groups, but these three South Asians have been united by friendship for fourteen years. Now they are putting their bond to a higher purpose: building a model of pediatric health care for the entire developing world. [Cover Story]