May/June 2013

Model Women

Inspired by her mother, who worked three jobs to support her kids, Amie Darboe ’10 wants young women to aim high.

Urban Farmer

Adam Berman ’94 combines Jewish spirituality with a love of the earth and a need to help others.

You Don't Have to Trust Me

Meet David Corn ’81, the Mother Jones reporter who dug up Mitt Romney's infamous 47 percent video.

School for Change

Augustus Trowbridge ’56, ’64 AM & Martha Dwight Trowbridge ’57 For this pioneering couple, school is as much about social justice as it is about education.

The 1887 Nine

In the late 1800s baseball reigned supreme at Brown and a victory could prompt students to get rowdy.

Meet Obama's New Secretary of Labor, Tom Perez ’83

To Tom Perez, whom the senate confirmed on July 18 as the country's secretary of labor (and who becomes Brown's highest government official since 1921) government should act to make America a fairer place for the powerless. That’s why some call him a radical ideologue and President Obama wants him in his cabinet. But Will Obama let Perez be Perez?

Fifty Years Out

Defending Catholic Teaching

Fracking Water

Measuring Sustainability

More On President Heffner

More On Santelises

Defending Moms

Free Speech?

No Picnic at the Ratty

Promise or Disappointment?

Game Day

Replay

The Top One Percent

Stephanie Thompson ’13 is a softball superstar, a budding neuroscientist, and an advocate for the homeless.

Nose Job

A researcher sniffs her way through a rotten sneaker contest and learns a lesson about what grosses us out.

Tin Pan Alley

Circle Dance, a new sculpture made of crushed aluminum roasting pans, invites whimsy on the Pembroke Walk.

Daughters and Moms

A “professional daughter” says connecting with your mom is not that hard, but you need to share the responsibility.

Obituaries

Obituaries from the May/June 2013 issue.

The Uniter

Roland Laird Jr. '82, who died in February, founded the Inman Page Black Alumni Council and inspired young black men.

You're In

A look at the Class of 2017.

Telling Nigeria's Story

Campus mourns the death of Nigerian novelist and Brown professor Chinua Achebe.

Bell Gallery

At the Bell Gallery gallery.

Liberal Arts in Trouble

In Washington this spring, President Christina Paxson took on the vexing question, what are the humanities worth?

May Joy Return

After the Boston Marathon bombings, students gathered on the College Green to remember the dead and lthe wounded.

Engineering Growth

The School of Engineering launches a fund-raising campaign, and two alums respond by giving $35 million.

Fewer Guns–Or More?

After Newtown, President Paxson welcomed a campus debate on regulating guns. But will any regulation make a difference?

Fashion Statements

From dress codes to anything goes: a look at one hundred years of student chic on College Hill.

Do Thrillers Matter?

By contributing the Thriller Writers Archive to the John Hay Library, Jon Land ’79 aims to give page-turners a better rep.

The Memory Factory

Perfumer Anne McClain ’05 creates narratives using the emotive power of scent.

The Cure for Calorie Counters

Lori Lieberman ’84 offers much-needed advice and flavorful recipes for people recovering from eating disorders.

Fresh Ink

Post-Potter

Emma Watson ’13: Post-Potter

Slow Down & Listen

As director of the early music group Blue Heron, Scott Metcalfe ’85 is breaking stereotypes about Renaissance music.

Art and Life

Pulitzer Prize–finalist Gina Gionfriddo ’97 MFA on the difficulties of balancing the politics of feminism with the pull of family life.