How Open is “Open”?
First-gen college students still encounter socioeconomic walls.
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A Major of One’s Own
Independent concentrations are a flagship of the Open Curriculum. Here are 5 being pursued today.
Fixed It.
A better deal for Brown vets
Whichever Way You Wear It
Brown Black Hairitage likes your style
I’m In
Ellie Gravitte ’17 directs commercial for “A Million Little Things”
Say it Through Song
Licity Collins ’94 releases live album
Losers for the Win
A new book of essays looks at why we love Charlie Brown
Fighting for Their Future
Lauren Maunus ’19 and Emma Bouton ’20 have been on the front lines of the growing youth environmental movement.
Bright.
This season’s best ideas for gifts—and giving—from businesses and nonprofits founded by Brown alums
What’s Fit to Print?
Is the BAM's letters page a forum, a space that belongs to all alumni? Or is it a platform that must be guarded?
Every Bright Mind
Jill Pipher, Brown’s vice president for research, on how Brown is opening new frontiers.
Hitting the Grad Center Bar
Yutong Liu ’20
Digging for Answers
An archaeologist finds clues in the wilds of central Alaska
Going Pro
A women’s college basketball coach jumps into the NBA
World of Pop
A hit podcast decodes popular music
Fresh Ink
New books by Courtney Maum ’01, Louise Aronson ’86, and Lauren Acampora ’97
Teacher of the Year
Making AP English exciting
Testing the Limits
An introvert experiments with life as an extrovert
Revolutionary Radio
Filmmaker Bill Lichtenstein ’78 tells the WBCN story
Fast Food Nation
Meet Greg Flynn ’86, king of chain restaurants
Core Concept
In search of the meaning of democracy
Radical Vision
Life, death, love, and humanity through the eyes of Toni Morrison.
Reprogramming Mother Nature
Experiments with coding animal genes stand to teach us a lot about ourselves.
Adios, Amniocentesis?
Testing for genetic abnormalities with a simple swab of the cervix