November–December 2023

photo from the deck of the Mālama, heading into the wind
Science & Tech

Ocean’s 11

Charlie Enright ’08 and Mark Towill ’11 of the 11th Hour Racing Team on winning the Ocean Race while trying to save the seas.
photo of colorful macarons in a stack
Business & Entrepreneurship

A Few of Our Favorite Things

The best holiday giving ideas from Brown alums
illustrated portrait of Percival Everett
The Arts

Percival Everett Thinks You’re Smart.

Prolific, multi-talented writer and artist Percival Everett ’82 AM is one of the most celebrated American writers of our era. But when it comes to figuring out what his books actually mean, he prefers to leave that up to you.

Under the Elms

Image of Kayleigh Donowski and Eugenia Zinovieva sitting in front of a lighted mirror
Education

From Ballet to Brown

A former Swan Queen and Sugar Plum Fairy hit the books
Image of Ruth Simmons speaking to a crowd at Brown University
First Person

Truth & Power

Ruth Simmons on leaving poverty and letting go of fear
Image of Jake Stifelman, Maddie Cosgrove, Zoey Fisher, and Danielle Costa in a huddle looking at the camera.
Student Life

Serious Swifties

Taylor’s College Hill fan club
Illustration by Tim Cook of of Brown students in front of various structures overseas.
Student Life

International Interns

A Brown program matches students to positions in Tel Aviv, Berlin, and Stockholm

Obituaries

portrait of Ray D. Leoni
In Memoriam

Black Hawk Down

A pioneer in military aviation
photo of Bill Reynolds in the ProJo office
In Memoriam

The Shooter

Remembering a gifted basketball player and master storyteller

The Classes

photo of Robert and Alexandra Ordine
Ever True

28 Years, 2 PhDs, 1 Embrace

Through the generations, a father and daughter share a passion for science

From the Editor

Image of a beach chair
Business & Entrepreneurship

Inside the Gift Guide

From the President

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University News

Learning from Our Differences

A letter from the President

Current Obsession

Image of Sean Toomey sitting on a bench on campus dressed in a vintage flannel suit.
Student Life

Vintage Style

Five minutes with Sean Toomey ’24

Beyond the Gates

Image of Ben Herzog in a lab holding a heart pump in his outstretched hand.
Science & Tech

Spinal Success

A new implant system helps monitor and heal fused vertebrae
A close-up inage of two professional bicyclists racing.
Sports & Recreation

Cycling’s Toughest Race
Image of Janet Yang on stage at the Academy Awards with the life-sized Oscar behind her
The Arts

Change Agent

Janet Yang ’78 ushers in a new atmosphere of inclusion at the Oscars
Book spines by Caitlin Shetterly, Rebekah Bergman, and Kelly McWilliams.
The Arts

Fresh Ink for November–December 2023

Books by Caitlin Shetterly ’97, Rebekah Bergman ’11, and Kelly McWilliams ’10.
Image of Alicia Svigals holding a violin
The Arts

A Fiddler’s Life

Klezmer virtuosa Alicia Svigals ’85
Image of Shanay Jhaveri standing in a gallery by a wall of windows looking out.
The Arts

Curatorial Instincts

The rapid museum-world rise of Shanay Jhaveri ’07
Image of A.J. Jacobs and his son working on a puzzle
The Arts

Solving Things

“Human guinea pig”
Image of Dana Schwartz looking through leaves
The Arts

Finding the Thrill

Bestselling novels and a popular podcast plumb the criminal and comical
An image of Rachel Bedard holding a stethoscope outside of a prison
Medicine & Health

Doc Politics

Healing more patients by changing health policy

The Big Issue

Image of an ice glacier in the Antarctica.
Science & Tech

Ice-Breaker

As glaciers collapse, a community comes together.