Today at Brown

Rajmohan Gandhi: “They loved their people too much to despise or hate” others.

year of india

The power of one

Rajmohan Gandhi, grandson of one of the 20th century's most revered and peaceful activists, speaks about the links between Mahatma Gandhi and Martin Luther King Jr.

Rohde ’90 recounts Afghan ordeal

For more than seven months, New York Times reporter David Rohde was a prisoner of the Taliban, which tried to use him as a bargaining chip. Then, against all expectations, he escaped.

World without walls

In a scholarly acknowledgment of the historic fall of the Berlin Wall 20 years ago, Brown’s German department organized five days of events examining the end of Communist dominance in Eastern Europe.

Water on the moon? Brown researchers have been at the center of new discoveries about our nearest celestial neighbor. Meet the planetary geologists who are changing our thinking about the moon’s origins and evolution.

U.S. House Appropriations chair tours Brown labs

A tour of Providence’s proposed “Knowledge District” helped an influential congressman and a contingent of Rhode Island officials envision a more prosperous future.

Hunting climate clues in Antarctica

Brown geologists are braving subfreezing temperatures for three months to visit “the oldest ice on Earth.” Their goal? A better understanding of our planet’s climate history – and current conditions on Mars.

The very model of a student operetta troupe

An avid appreciation of the wry, anachronistic Victorian works of Gilbert and Sullivan leads students to sing – very fast – about major generals, pirates, and other memorable characters.

Chaplain embraces his “lived faith”

Brown’s new Muslim chaplain, R. David Coolidge ’01, reflects on his religious journey and what he hopes to achieve on campus.

New grants promote graduate science research

The federally sponsored GAANN program will support six to eight Brown graduate students whose research melds the physical and life sciences.

DISCOVERIES

Detailed with intricate machine embroidery, the garments are typical of the style worn in the area of Nigeria where the Ashamu family lived.

Discoveries

Chief Ashamu’s Ceremonial Robes

A collection of ceremonial robes and other apparel worn by Chief Emmanuel O. Ashamu of Nigeria now resides at the Brown dance studio that bears his name.

Today at Brown

Keith Waldrop

The power of one

Rohde ’90 recounts Afghan ordeal

World without walls

Moonstruck on College Hill

U.S. House Appropriations chair tours Brown labs

Hunting climate clues in Antarctica

The very model of a student operetta troupe

Chaplain embraces his “lived faith”

New grants promote graduate science research

DISCOVERIES

Chief Ashamu’s Ceremonial Robes

RESOURCES

AWARDS AND HONORS

MEET THE NEW FACULTY

Mark Dean
Assistant Professor of Economics

Today at Brown

DISCOVERIES

RESOURCES

AWARDS AND HONORS

MEET THE NEW FACULTY

Mark DeanAssistant Professor of Economics

Mark Dean
Assistant Professor of Economics