May/June 2010

Corrections

Wasting Food

Gitmo Surprise

Bottled Water

The Buzz Online

The Giving Tree

More Privacy

Saving Paper

An Inspiring Friend

Beyond Sound Bites

Gleason's Brilliance

The Brothers Moynihan

Two brothers. Two personalities. Two definitions of success. The lives of Bank of America CEO Brian Moynihan ’81 and Catholic missionary Patrick Moynihan ’87 show there’s more than one way to change the world.

Teaching Computers to Spell

A farewell to Professor Emeritus of Linguistics and Cognitive Sciences Henry Kucera, inventor of spell-check software.

photo of Elizabeth H. Leduc at work in the lab

She Was the First

A farewell to Elizabeth Leduc '48 PhD, Brown's first female biology professor and dean of biological sciences.

Obituaries

Obituaries from the May/June 2010 Issue.

A Sweet Decision

An alumna facing marriage ponders taking on her husband’s surname.

Problem Solved

A scholar uses a computer to reunite two halves of a single page from a Lincoln math notebook.

When Did Slavery End?

Just fifty years ago, argues Wall Street Journal reporter Douglas Blackmon.

Fight Like an Egyptian

War breaks out on the Front Green.

Latin America

Former president of Chile Ricardo Lagos, now a Brown professor at large, explores the contrasting social consequences of the recent earthquakes in his country and Haiti.

Practical Studies

Bringing business managers to campus.

Photography

Fazal Sheikh takes photographs of the displaced of rural India.

Obama's Future

Mara Liasson '77 briefs campus on the national political scene.

Retreat of the Secular

Pulitzer Prize–winning journalist Anthony Shadid observes the changing Middle East.

Book Publishing: Any Hope?

Three publishers on the future of books.

Creating Worlds

Broadway composer David Yazbek '82 teaches a master class in songwriting.

Topping Off

Perry and Marty Granoff Center for the Creative Arts gets its final i-beam.

Since Last Time

A Home for Medicine

Work begins on a rehabbing an old industrial building in Providence's Jewelry District for a new medical school headquarters, marking a turning point for Brown, the city, and the state.

That's Amore

Liam Pierce '08 has seen it all as a gondolier in Central Park. And he's still a romantic.

Winning Isn't Everything

Getting kicked off The Biggest Loser might be the best thing that ever happened to Nicole Brewer '93.

Urban Underdog

Don Eversley '80 helped revitalize downcity Providence. Now he's taking on Bridgeport, Connecticut.

Without Missing a Beat

Susan Low Sauer '57 taught, raised four kids, and when her husband died, took over his business.

Spring Bling

Rap star Snoop Dogg headlined this year's annual Spring Weekend clad in a Brown hockey jersey.

Ice & Snow

Hockey star Becky Kellar '97 calls it quits after four Olympic medals. Skier Dow Travers '11 is just getting started.

Game Day

I Can Do That

An alumna runs the Boston Marathon to raise awareness about narcolepsy and money for narcolepsy research.

Replay

The men's lacrosse team entered Gillette Stadium for the New England Lacrosse Classic.

Meehan Rocks Again

A new coach takes men's hockey to the ECAC Final Four.

Fresh Ink

Community Kitchen

Merrill Stubbs '99 and Amanda Hesser take their love of food online.

Critic's Corner

Grammy winner Mary Chapin Carpenter '81 has a new album out.

What Is Patriotism?

Dilip D'Souza '84 ScM hits the road in the United States to search for insights into his home country of India, becoming the latest writer to update Tocqueville's 1831 journey.

Updating the Past

Interior designer Sara Gilbane '02 brings history to slipcovers.

Are You a Genius?

David Shenk ’88 believes that, when it comes to defining intelligence, we haven’t been very smart.

Critic's Corner

Confused by contradictory reviews of new movies? Check out this site by alum David A. Gross '79.

The Art of Memory

Two alumnae explore what it means to remember and to forget at this year’s Whitney Biennial in New York City.