May/June 2011

Facing Reunion Fears

Facing Reunion Fears

What's in a Name?

What's in a Name?

An Open Letter to the Class of 2011

An Open Letter to the Class of 2011

Graduate School Ceremony

Award Winning Theater: Brown Playwrights and their Work

The Human Exploration of Space

35th Reunion Report

45th Reunion Report

20th Reunion Report

Oh How We Danced

25th Reunion Report

BAM Forum: The Future of Books

BAM Forum: The Future of Books

Field Day Stories

An Hour with President Simmons

An Hour with President Simmons

Rx for Success

Historian Gordon Wood on the Birth of America

Historian Gordon Wood on the Birth of America

Nicholas Kristof on the Status of Women Around the World

Nicholas Kristof on the Status of Women Around the World

2011 Honorary Degrees

2011 Honorary Degrees

Victoria Giordani ’11

Victoria Giordani ’11

Jay Parker ’63

Jay Parker ’63

Matt Severson ’11

Matt Severson ’11

Paris Waterman ’11

Paris Waterman ’11

Minoo Ramanathan ’11

Minoo Ramanathan ’11

Ellen Duong ’11

Ellen Duong ’11

Girls from the South

Marcia Chatelain '03 AM, '08 Phd writes about the untold history of young African American women.

Love Story

Michael Wysession '84 & Margaret Farnon '84 True love can sometimes take a while to recognize.

Champion of Civil Rights

Lillian Lim '73 persuades the California legislature to approve a day recognizing an early Asian-American activist.

It's Not Just About the Birds

In love with the natural world, Phyllis Van Horn Tillinghast '51 has seen more than 4,000 species of wild birds.

Spring Fling

The tradition of celebrating May Day goes back to 1912 where first-years indulged in folk dancing with the utmost abandon.

Race in the 1960s

Haiti's Last Hopes

More Baseball Trivia

Head On Tap

Defending Bobby Jindal

Watching HR Watch

Bat Lessons

Remembering Holbrooke

Obituaries

Obituaries from the May/June 2011 issue.

Magic Pills

Getting medication through your body with magnets.

Concerts

Rain drove Spring Weekend's concerts into Meehan Auditorium, but that didn't stop the music.

Show Me Love

Taking a break before reading period and finals, students put on a fashion show—Brown style.

Her Way

During a campus visit, Valerie Jarrett explains how she became one of President Obama’s most trusted advisers.

Greening Shakespeare

Was the Bard a tree-hugger? Assistant Professor of English Jean Feerick looks at how his plays depict nature.

Francophilia

For this year's Ivy Film Festival, broadcast journalist Charlie Rose came to campus to interview actor James Franco.

Dinner

In April, students got their gnocchi served by a James Beard Award–winning chef, Jody Adams '79.

The Provost Steps Down

David Kertzer ’69 discusses his five years as Brown's chief academic officer and his return to writing and research.

Game Day

How To Watch Baseball

Watching any baseball this spring? Hardcore fans will already know a lot of the subtleties of the game,

Replay

There was a lot of joy along the Golden Gate Bridge as the Taekwondo Club made its way home from the Collegiate Nationals at UC Davis in April.

Sluggers

The last three holders of Brown's career home-run record talk about hitting the ball. Hard.

Fresh Ink

For Kids

Brian Lies '85 never much cared for baseball. Or bats, for that matter. Which is ironic, since his latest children's book celebrates both.

The Familiar Turned Strange

Ben Rubin ’87 creates new-media installations that break down the familiar so it’s once again fresh.

Italian Culinary Secrets

Jessica Theroux ’03 collects the food wisdom of local Italian women known for their cooking.

Channeling Bobby Fischer

In her new "passion project, filmmaker Liz Garbus ’92 plumbs a chess champion’s rise and fall.

On Screen

Lorraine Nicholson '12, daughter of star Jack Nicholson, makes her breakout film debut in the box office hit Soul Surfer.

Hey, All You Hippies

Long drawn to unusual instruments, The Low Anthem find a new sound in Buddy Cianci’s former pasta-sauce factory.

Reef Madness

A science grad student turns to art to portray how we’re killing off coral reef ecosystems.

A Moment of Change

A student finds a window into the Brown of forty years ago.

The Patients No One Wants

How much health care should prisoners receive? As much as we an afford, says a group of Brown doctors, and here's why.

Art, Exposed

More than 40 years after the birth of the Open Curriculum, Brown is finally building the classrooms to match.

On Poetry and Civil Rights

National Book Critics Circle Award Winner C.D. Wright discusses recent work and her appearance on NewsHour.