September / October 2003

portrait of Judy Bram Murphy and her daughters

Daddy Would Be Proud

Judy Bram Murphy ’81 became a September 11 widow after her husband, Brian, was killed in the World Trade Center attacks. Two years later, life for her and her daughters has in many ways returned to normal. But what’s normal has changed forever.

The Play’s the Thing

Pulitzer Prize–winning playwright Paula Vogel and renowned director Oskar Eustis are as passionate about teaching drama as they are about creating it. Now, along with past and present students, they’re leading a charge to blend popular theater with the avant-garde.

Still Wanting After All These Years

Forty years after Betty Friedan wrote <i>The Feminine Mystique</i>, Caroline Knapp ’81 and Meg Wolitzer ’81 find women just as adept at self-denial.

Critic’s Corner

Jewish Surf Music, Roomful Redux 

Skating on Thin Ice

A frightening look inside the U.S. nuclear establishment by a twenty-five-year veteran of it.

Recycled Jewels

Two alumnae find new uses for old beads and glass shards.

Telling the Truth As it Suits Her

Deb Talan joins the ranks of folk musicians writing and producing their own songs.

Cracking the Code

The enigmatic scrawl in John Eliot’s Indian Bible.

Playing the Kosher Card

Pembroke in the late 1950s, from a Jewish woman’s point of view.

Under the Northern Lights

What is science? Chattering teeth, muddy clothes, and cringing feet.

Evolution of the Bears

Brown football turns 125

Poetry in Motion

Nilo Cruz ’94 M.F.A. won the Pulitzer on the strength of his words alone.

The Call

For Bridget Carpenter ’92, ’95 M.F.A., rejection was key.

Rescue Worker

For Lynn Nottage ’86 playwriting is all about reclaiming history.

Location, Location, Location

Director Peter DuBois A.M. ’97 makes all-American plays in Alaska.

Chronicler of Universal Experience

Farewell: Wallace H. Terry ’59

Cost-Benefit Ratio: Conor Bohan ’91

Many people have given up on Haiti. But not everyone.

The Zookeeper: Donna Fernandes ’81

From caring for bugs and snakes to keeping zebras alive.

Feeding the Spirit: Charles Ansbacher ’65

A conductor who believes classical music is for everyone.

Back into the Groove?

The football team hopes last year’s losing season was an aberration, not the start of a trend.

Raising the Rim

Ivy League presidents have just made it tougher for athletes to get in.

60 Seconds With...

Director of Institutional Diversity Brenda Allen

Breeding Responsibly

An analysis suggests that Europeans need to have more babies

A Good Look

Sculptures on loan are adding a new dimension to campus spaces

Bears Invade Cape Cod

Brown and the Woods Hole Marine Biological Laboratory join forces

Knock Loudly and Wait

How to get through freshman year, from someone who should know

A Piece of the Pie

The University agrees to start paying for its share of local services

Since Last Time

Game Day

Henley Regatta and More

Fresh Ink

New From Brown Authors

In The News

Alumni in the Headlines

Obituaries

Mail Room