Brown at Fenway
For the football team, the 2017 Fenway Park highlight was not the Boston Red Sox playoff game.
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Training Uniters
We checked in with Democratic National Committee chair Tom Perez ’83, who is now a Watson Institute fellow.
Lost In Space
Brown undergrads are sending a mini-satellite to the International Space Station to test batteries.
Middle Class Relief
Thanks to aggressive fund-raising, beginning this fall University-packaged financial aid will no longer include loans.
Bricks & Mortar
A quick look at the new buildings and renovations that have transfomed the campus over the last decade.
Reversing Addiction
Brown researchers and alumni are attacking the opioid crisis with weapons crafted in a variety of disciplines.
Finding Water in Space
Brown researchers are at the forefront of the search for water in outer space. What's the big deal about water?
Gone Before First Breath
Each year millions of fetuses die late in pregnancy for reasons usually unknown.
Education and Service
The Swearer Center's work is more relevant than ever.
Just the Facts
Glenn Kessler, the Washington Post fact checker, was especially busy last year.
Looking for Nature
Humans may have replaced much of the natural world with their own, but the need for contact with nature persists.
Waiting for Trebek
"I've always been a bit of a dork," says Jeopardy! contestant (and BAM intern) David Kleinman ’20.
Building a Better Way
Sangeeta Bhatia ’90 runs her own MIT lab. She’s engineered human livers and a urine test for cancer. Can she live a balanced life?
That Holiday Glow
Your friends and family will be over the moon when they open their presents made by Brown alums. We’ve gathered the best (often at a special discount) so you can sit back and do your seasonal shopping using our Eleventh Annual Gift Guide.
Obituaries
Obituaries from the November/December 2017 issue.
Window Dressing
Manu Sawkar ’04 is taking Macy’s New York City Christmas window displays into the new millennium
Pedal Pusher
When Soulcycle CEO Melanie Whelan ’99 lost interest in her engineering concentration, she became an entrepreneur.
Educational Conflicts
Penn’s new provost, Wendell Pritchett ’86, discusses access to Ivy schools and balancing order with lively campus debate.
Letting in Nature
Pediatric neurosurgeon Ann-Christine Duhaime ’77 wants childen's hospitals to be friendlier to kids and the environment.
Before Del’s
Before Del’s lemonade carts and assorted food trucks popped up on campus streets there was only John Reeves.
What You Thought
Readers comment on cybersecurity innovations and remember professors Walter Feldman and Wendell Dietrich.
Behind the Veil
What can a single poem by Pulitzer Prize–winning poet Peter Balakian ’80 PhD tell us about our troubled relationship with Iran?
Fresh Ink
A young adult mystery, a history of public schools, the latest from Edwidge Danticat ’93 MFA, and more.
The Player
Screenwriter Mike Makowsky ’13 found success after reading the best scripts that were never produced.