April–May 2025 Humanities & Culture Influence. Current students and Gen-Z alums who document their work, expertise, and day-to-day lives for a global audience. Medicine & Health The Gender Q Gen Z is forcing a reckoning over traditional ideas of male and female. Education Is Careerism Ruining College? How much should Gen Z students be emphasizing career prep? And what might be lost? Under the Elms University News Diversity on the Decline Reactions to demographic changes after 2023’s ban on race-conscious admissions Student Life Saddle Up For $250 a semester, students can spend every Saturday on horseback The Arts Innovation Lab A Brown|RISD master’s program mixes design and engineering University News Strength in Numbers Student workers are forming labor unions at an unprecedented pace. Student Life Redefining ‘Retro’ ’60s-era sunshine pop has returned to Brown and students are loving it Obituaries In Memoriam A Physicist and a Humanist Nobel Prize–winning physicist Leon Cooper saw science as a thing of beauty In Memoriam Love on the Rocks Geologist Jan Tullis was a uniquely adored mentor to generations of students In Memoriam Postmodern Lit Pioneer Robert Coover deconstructed the classics and predicted the digital age The Classes Student Life Staring at Papers, Not Phones. Current Obsession Student Life Mass Calendar Invites Five minutes with Zachary Amiton ’25, ’25 ScM From the President University News Discovery Through Dialogue A letter from the President Beyond the Gates The Arts Bitten by the Bug Amy Teboul ’23 started her career as a film producer at Brown. Politics & Law From Pageantry to Politics Former Miss America Cara Mund ’16 on running as a pro-choice Republican Medicine & Health Better Birth Med student Bintou Diarra’s doula collective helps Providence mothers thrive The Arts Fresh Ink for April–May 2025 Books by Javier Sandoval ’17, Suzannah Weiss ’13, Ria Mirchandani ’15, and Shivantika Jain Kothari Politics & Law Reforming Probation A young alum takes aim at Rhode Island’s prison pipeline Service & Advocacy Basic Training Zanagee Artis ’22 empowers the next generation of climate activists Science & Tech AI’s Robin Hood Aaron Gokaslan ’18, ’19 ScM, gives the secrets of AI to the people The Arts In Translation Paige Aniyah Morris ’16 translates Korean literature into English Science & Tech Science Fair Dropout Bioengineer Cel Welch creates devices that streamline cancer detection. Courses of Study Humanities & Culture Why—and How—Should We Care? Pre-med senior Myles Ringel does a deep dive into empathy. The Big Search Science & Tech Bite-Sizing Climate Action A Brown-based podcast fights climate-change overwhelm, one “let’s break this down” episode at a time. The Big Issue Politics & Law Don’t Read This How Brown professors and alums are fighting a wave of book bans. From the Editor First Person In Our Own Words Letter from the four student guest editors of the Gen Z special issue.
