May / June 2005

In the News

Alumni in the headlines

Stupid Human Tricks

Jacques Bailly '88: To spell correctly, a good memory is never enough.

Science's Loss is Journalism's Gain

Gareth Cook '91: Too impatient for the lab, he just won a Pulitzer.

Data Points

Critic's Corner

Fresh Ink

The Wounds No One Can See

The Code

What's cheating and what's not

Doing Something

Obituaries

TR's Biggest Fan

John A. Gable '72 PhD

Worst-Case Scenario

A short film stresses the importance of doing your legal paperwork.

60 Seconds With...

Mark Porter, chief of police

Dollars and Sense

What kind of an education do you get for $41,770?

Spring of Freedom or Desert Mirage?

A conference assesses the recent apparent outbreak of democracy in the Middle East.

Life in Space

The changes that cause evolution are taking place now on Mars.

Brain Drain

Researchers link low levels of insulin in the brain to Alzheimer's.

The Last Muckraker

Seymour Hersh delivers in person.

Molly’s Prizewinning Pie

Some seniors win scholarships to study law or biology. Molly Birnbaum won one for cooking school.

The Handoff

After conducting a national search, the University found its new athletic director right on campus.

Remembrance of Foods Past

Proust had it backward: it's the memories that conjure up the madeleines. [Alumni POV]

Coming and Going

How campus life makes you long for home - and vice versa. [Student POV]

Mail Room

When Simon Met Liman

A Hollywood vet and a novice screenwriter fuse romance and action in what they hope will be this summer's stylish cinematic splash.

A Rake's Progress

Is it possible to write a fresh sitcom? Austin Winsberg '98 thought so.

Girl Power, Fully Loaded

What do a lesbian crime-fighter movie and a Disney-classic remake have in common? Director Angela Robinson '92, that's what.

Mommy Fearest

Why upper-middle-class women make particularly conflicted mothers.

The $1,000 Pie

Molly Birnbaum's award-winning recipe

A Journey Without Maps

A College Hill idealist arrives as an aid worker in Liberia and struggles to save his ideals.

Coming Home

Roadside bombs and rocket-propelled grenades have produced more nonlethal wounds in Iraq than any other U.S. war. Now a group of Brown researchers is using new technologies to help the seriously wounded resume their lives.

After the Sea Left the Land

In the months since the December 26 tsunami killed at least 300,000 people in southern Asia, people worldwide have rallied to aid the countries devastated by the tragedy. The BAM asked alumni, students, faculty, and staff: what did you do?  

Cheaters

CEOs cook the numbers. Baseball players take steroids. Students buy term papers online. With cheating easier and more tempting than ever, professors are beginning to wonder whether it's a problem on the rise.

Itches and Scratches

The yearnings that writing and teaching fulfill.