100 Years Ago, This American Doctor Built a Life in China
In a courageous and impactful career, Ruth Hemenway, M1921, dedicated herself to improving health in prerevolutionary China, Tufts Now, March 2026
Walking a Fine Line
In its agreement with the federal government, has Brown shrewdly saved itself from bleeding out—or surrendered to yet more scrutiny from D.C.? Brown Alumni Magazine, Winter 2025-2026
The Invisible Hand of the Vampire
Two centuries ago, an unseen terror was killing New Englanders. They went to macabre lengths to protect the living. The Boston Globe Magazine, October 26, 2023.
A Watermark, and ‘Spidey Sense,’ Unmask a Forged Galileo Treasure
One of the University of Michigan Library’s most prized possessions, which appeared to be a Galileo manuscript, is now thought to be a 20th-century forgery. The New York Times, August 18, 2022.
Why a Schoolteacher Spent 70 Years Collecting Thousands of Black History Artifacts
Elizabeth Meaders’ acquisitions include sports memorabilia, civil rights posters, military paraphernalia and art. Smithsonian, February 22, 2022.
Plagiarism Software Unveils a New Source for Shakespeare's Plays
"If it proves to be what they say it is, it is a once-in-a-generation - or several generations - find." The New York Times front page, February 9, 2018.
The Prisoner
Theo Padnos spent nearly two years captive in an al-Qaeda prison in Syria. It was Vermont that saved him. Middlebury Magazine, Winter 2017.
Dramatic Stress
As part of the Shakespeare Anthology Project—the brainchild of noted actress, director, scholar, and impresario Tina Packer—students learned to wound and be wounded, with words and with swords drawn. And to consider why. Boston College Magazine, Winter 2015.