November/December 2010

Keeping Tradition

For Christina Des Vaux ’06, business can be the way to save a culture.

Frames & Boxes

John Feidelson ’78 makes objects partially rooted in his independent concentration at Brown.

A Little Insane

Justin Metcalfe ’95 makes doorknobs with soul.

Old World Online

After the economy tanked, Julia Berger ’91 revised her business plan.

Good Giving

Want to support fellow alumni while shopping for that perfect gift? The BAM’s fourth annual holiday gift guide celebrates the imagination and craftsmanship of Brown alums. This year we tell the stories of four of the people behind the products. They’re artisans and entrepreneurs out to make a profit and preserve old customs.

Lighting the Way

Having grown up on the Navajo reservation, she wasn’t sure how she’d do at Brown. Now she’s back on the rez helping others get into college. WINIFRED JUMBO '10

Real Estate with a Conscience

Her mother found property for the rich. This real estate agent finds homes for nonprofit groups. Suzanne Sunshine '85

Collecting History

Archaeologist Donald Ariel '76, of Israel's Antiquities Authority, says coins are a window into ancient civilizations.

Hooked on History

One man’s obsession with the history of Americans held in World War II Japanese POW camps. ROGER MANSELL '57

Stress Test

Faunce House was furnished with mahogany coffee tables and upholstered chairs. Pembrokers were welcome, and it was a prime spot to bring a date.

Rooms with a View

The Stephen Robert ’62 Campus Center is the new place for students to hang, eat, study, talk, doze, and take on the hard work of growing up. 

Corrections

All That Glitters

Rockefeller and I

On Prejudice

Watch Your Language

Ehn's Faith

Generation F?

Rock Star Prof

Music for Everyone

Boston Landmarks Orchestra founder and conductor Charles A. Ansbacher '65, who died in September, wanted all of us to hear classical music performed live and free of charge.

Who Knew?

When U2 performed in Vancover five years ago, Bono invited Greenpeace cofounder Dorothy Rabinowitz Stowe '42 backstage to tell her how Greenpeace first turned him into an activist. Stowe died in July.

Obituaries

Obituaries from the November/December 2010 issue.

Game Day

Geeking Up Football

With Football Outsiders, Aaron Schatz ’96 may be doing to football what Bill James did to baseball.

Replay

The football team made history on September 24 with its first-ever game under lights at Brown Stadium and Gus White '57 is honored.

Sister Act

Tennis stars Bianca ’11 and Carissa ’12 Aboubakare could be the Ivy League’s Williams sisters.

Don't Forget to Play

Sometimes great discoveries are made in the most peculiar ways.

Upon This Rock

A little-noticed artifact beneath the Brown Bear.

Fresh Ink

Critic's Corner

Julie Bowen Luetkemeyer '91's Claire Dunphy waxes nostalgic when her Modern Family husband finally agrees to sell their old station wagon on the opening episode of the ABC hit sitcom this fall.

The Caretaker

Ed Shein ’66 may not be your typical art collector, but his collection of American modernists is redefining art history.

Fashion Forward

“I think my work is stunning,” says knitwear designer Kevin Kramp ’02, “and I want you to be stunned.”

On Screen

Sometimes fact is more touching than fiction. Jeff Fine '83 says his new film is based loosely on his experience at Brown.

TV's Drama Queen

Playwright Bridget Carpenter ’92, ’95 MFA has proven with Friday Night Lights that some of America’s best theater can be found on television dramas.

Bear with Him

Former classics concentrator Tim Blake Nelson ’86 says a very special philosophy professor inspired his new comedy, "Leaves of Grass."

Battling Infertility

Brown scientists create an artificial ovary that should help couples trying to conceive. It might also help us better understand cancer.

Sleep Deprived

Today’s teens don’t get enough shut-eye. So how much should they get? Psychiatry professor Mary Carskadon has advice for parents trying to answer that question.

Treasure Trove

Happy birthday, John Hay Library.

Give Me an A

Ethnomusicologist Kiri Miller says Guitar Hero and Rock Band are more than a way of passing time. They're creating a whole new generation of music appreciators.

Helping Haiti

Novelist Edwidge Danticat '93 MFA reads from her novel The Dew Breakers and asks, "What does a book about an old Haitian torturer have to do with you?"

Perspectives on Race

Three generations of African Americans reflect on their Brown experience. How has it changed and how has it stayed the same?