May/June 2009

Marking Time

The transformation of Rhode Island Hall.

Bringing Football to the People

Sidelined by injuries, a former Bear spreads Patriots fever in China. Nicholas Krippendorf ’00

The House of Worth

Edith Wharton was as accomplished a landscaper and decorator as she was a writer. Susan Wissler '83 has helped restore her estate to its former glory.

Greenhouse Classes

Nalini Nadkarni ’76 teaches inmates about the natural world.

Visionary Thinker

Sam Genensky ’49, ’58 PhD has spent his life advocating for those with partial sight. 

On Your Bike

The late 1800s are considered the golden age of the bicycle and Brunonians took part in the craze.

Correction

The Best

Making Waves

Patriotism Redux

Living With ALS

The Buzz Online

The God Divide: Good or Bad?

Everyday History

Three grad students help a local neighborhood rediscover its past, while teaching a new generation of schoolchildren that history lives on in the memories of their own families and neighbors.

Creating Better People

Jim Yong Kim ’82, the Ivy League’s first Asian American president, talks about race, sports, citizenship, and training students to change the world.

When the Merry-Go-Round Stopped

Joel L. Naroff  ’72 AM, ’75 PhD got it right.

The Prophet of Dollars & Sense

When Meredith Whitney ’92 started predicting economic doom four years ago, her Wall Street colleagues thought she was crazy. She even got a death threat. Now when she speaks, the markets listen. Closely. Very, very closely.

Dressed for Danger

Donning Kevlar, a doctor discovers a new relationship between life and death.

Game Day

Replay

Replay

Average? No.

As a Brown Bear, Bill O’Brien ’92 says he was an “average player on some below-average teams.” As the New England Patriots’ new quarterbacks coach, he’s now Tom Brady’s teacher.

Obituaries

Obituaries from the May/June 2009 issue.

Word Player

Natan Last ’12 designs crossword puzzles for the New York Times.

Race

Benjamin Jealous, spoke about the new challenges that lie ahead for his organization, the NAACP.

Darwin vs. God

A panel traces the conflict between science and religion.

Campaign Speech

Former Democratic presidential candidate John Edwards is now stumping for the poor.

Kid Power

A proposal to choose younger trustees gains crucial support.

Measuring Up

Getting into Brown has never been tougher.

Floorgasm

Floorgasm, billed as a night of "orgasmic hip-hop indulgence and floor domination" celebrates breakdancing.

Poetry

Famed American poet John Ashbery read from his work.

Goodbye, Columbus

The Brown faculty renames Columbus Day.

Advocacy

Snowflake the polar bear. publicized a meeting of the Backbone Campaign.

Since Last Time

Latte with That Novel?

The Brown Bookstore joins the twenty-first century.

Fresh Ink

On View

Jana Benitez '08 studied martial arts in China, then was invited to show her paintings "In Search of Parameters."

Still Rising

A slice of history, graphically told.

The Killer Within

The plays of Ugandan graduate student Charles Mulekwa focus on the violence and humanity of his war-ravaged homeland.

Tunes

You heard them here first. Last semester the twenty-five students in the songwriting course Music 450 produced a two-cd collection of original music.

On Stage

Trojan Barbie, by playwright Christine Evans '02 MFA, '08 PhD, premiered this spring at American Repertory Theatre, in Cambridge, Massachusetts.

The Ladies Make Him Laugh

Ryan Shiraki ’92 directs comedies by women, for women. If he could just get his movies into theaters, women could actually see them.

Birthday

Barbie turned fifty this year, and who better to perk up her midlife than designer Jonathan Adler '88.

Saved by Noodles

Ramen rescued Becca Topol ’90 when she was young and lonely in Japan. Now she’s turned that remembered angst into a movie.

A Story Stripped to the Bone

Poet and writing professor Forrest Gander writes a haunting first novel about friendship.