Coding for Change
Sophie Houseer ’19 is helping girls harness the power of programming in some unusual ways.
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Take Me!
Applications are up. Admission rate is down. So who did get into Brown this year? We break down the numbers.
“Hell for the Poor”
In April, people on campus did a reading of Martin Luther King Jr.'s "Beyond Vietnam" speech on its 50th birthday.
David Cameron Visits Campus
When you come right down to it, the former prime minister asserts, "fake news" started with Josiah Carberry.
Fresh Ink
New novels about Supreme Court justices and working at a New York City tech firm; the story of a 19th century feminist you've never heard of.
Building an American Home
Jennifer Cheng ’05 writes poems about the wholeness and holeness of an immigrant home.
The Last Waltz
After almost 30 years of performing her songs, singer-songwriter Catie Curtis ’87 embarks on her final tour.
Another Pulitzer
Lynn Nottage ’86 wins her second Pulitzer for a play about factory workers in search of the American dream.
At Home
Photographer Tom Atwood ’94 offers memorable, and often slightly funny, contemplative portraits of LGBTQ people.
Twain Revisited
What ever happened to Huck Finn? He's back, thanks to the fertile imagination of Robert Coover.
Women of NASA
Maia Weinstock ’99 brings together space travel and women from STEM fields in a new set of LEGOs.
Smart Characters
The Americans actor Peter Jacobson ’97 is a self-confessed short, balding Jewish guy who takes on juicy roles.
What Success Looks Like
A reunion volunteer realizes that choosing class reunion speakers is a lot harder than it looks.
Moments of Hope
An exhibit of photos that find unexpected joy in broken places is on display at the Watson Institute through Mayt 31.
The Women of Brown
A May conference on campus celebrated 125 years of women at Brown.
Obituaries
Obituaries from the March/April 2017 issue.
Memories of Bob Scholes
To Professor Robert Scholes, who died in December, scholarship should be as much about play as about serious ideas.
What You Thought
Readers on student debt, post-election campus demonstrations, coverage of faculty deaths, and more.
Imperfect Produce
Imperfect Produce, cofounded by Ben Chesler ’15, delivers to your door fruits and veggies too ugly for your supermarket.
Stormy Weather
Chicago meteorologist Cheryl Scott ’07 discovered the excitement of weather when she first watched The Wizard of Oz.
Playing for Keeps
Angela Kyle ’91 took a New Orleans lot and turned it into a design lab to inspire the city’s youngest visionaries.
See Something, Do Something
Local organizer Ken Galdston ’68 has been mobilizing urban communities since he was a Brown undergrad.
In the Chair
For more than 100 years—until 2006—you could get your hair cut in the Faunce House basement.
The Education of Jack Markell
As governor of Delaware, Jack Markell ’82 introduced important educational innovations—including the controversial Common Core initiative—in the belief that future U.S. economic success depends on great schools and training. Now he’s become a Democrat to watch.