Tradition, Selfies, and Tweets
Over three jam-packed days, parents, friends, and alumni celebrate the accomplishments of 2,440 students.
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Tradition, Selfies, & Tweets
At Commencement students swamped social media with record numbers of selfies and tweets.
Faces from the class of 1989
The 25th reunion class returns to campus to relish the road traveled and nourish friendships that may have been neglected along the way.
Night Moves
At Campus Dance the fashions range widely and alumni, parents, and students let loose until tradition and sentiment ring out at the senior sing.
Solving Puzzles
As a kid growing up in Hell's Kitchen, Erika López García ’14 never imagined she'd one day solve a planetary mystery.
It’s Ok to Like Melody Again
Ben Kutner ’14 and Zach Rufa ’14 combined music and international affairs in an unlikely opera staged at Brown.
Dante’s Poetic Numbers
When Nicole Jones ’14 studies Dante's The Divine Comedy, she checks out the great poet's math.
Discoveries of All Kinds
Po Bhattacharyya ’14 has worked as a park ranger in south Africa, studied jellyfish in France, and hopes to start a school in India.
The Techno Evangelist
Tyler Benster ’14 is convinced that this method of creating 3D objects with a computer printer is going to rock our world.
50th Reunion: Class of 1964
If the 50th anniversary of graduation is a landmark event, the class of 1964 showed up in numbers.
A Hard-Nosed Diplomat
In 1979 the AP called William H. Sullivan '43 "one of the most sucessful and controversial" diplomats of his generation.
Overcoming Racism
The granddaughter of slaves, teacher Beatrice Coleman '25 died on April 3, just 17 days short of her 110th birthday.
Obituaries
Obituaries from the May/June 2014 issue.
Chimp Rights
In a possible landmark court case, Natalie Prosin ’07 MPP is one of the lawyers arguing that animals are entitled to “personhood.”
You Are What You Eat
Why are so many food producers clamoring to get Max Goldberg ’92 to mention them on his blog, LivingMaxWell.com?
Beyond Cheering
For dad Doug Donaldson ’85, signing up to become sports coach is the easy part. Actual coaching is harder than it looks.
If Only Dad Had Known
No one told Phyllis Godwin ’48 that turning a one-shop business into a $150 million juggernaut wasn’t women’s work. Not that it would have mattered.
Boston Strong
A listing of Brown alums who finished this year's historic and triumphant Boston Marathon.
Camden Songs
A 1928 vinyl record answers the pressing question: what did the Brown Band sound like in 1927?