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TEDx

What’s the value of a liberal education? That was the topic of a TEDx conference held at Brown during Family Weekend.

Great Ideas

Brown and RISD hosted the fifth annual Better World by Design conference, the brainchild of four engineering and art students.

Global Preacher

Make the twenty-first century one of compassion and dialogue, the Dalai Lama tells a crowd of 5,600.

Paxson’s Passionate Defense of Higher Education

In the almost 250 years since its founding, Brown has had only 18 presidents. On October 27, it inaugurated its 19th, Christina Paxson. A weekend of celebration culminated in a plea to understand the importance of scholarship of all kinds, even in the most economically troubled times.  

Brown Brings the Dalai Lama to Providence

The world spiritual leader told students that the 21st century is theirs to shape, just as the 20th century was his. Ranging widely through history, international affairs, and his own experiences, he urged them to make it a century of dialogue and compassion.  

Obituaries

Obituaries from the September/October 2012 issue.

Olympic Recap

Brown's better known for sending Rhodes Scholars to England than athletes. This year's Olympics had a few Brunonians showing prowess of a different kind.

Giving Forward

Football players and coaches are showing that, at Brown at least, teams are not just for playing games. They're also for helping others.

Summer Vacation Stories

In May they leave campus behind them, only to return in the fall. We asked students: what were you doing during those months away?

A Coach’s Challenge

In February, Bill O’Brien ’92 started his dream job as Penn State’s head football coach. Has O’Brien’s dream become a nightmare?

First Lady of Food

Over the past two decades, Food & Wine editor-in-chief Dana Cowin ’82 has taken a slumping magazine and turned it into a leading brand that includes books, events, a thriving website, and a lively Twitter feed. Her real goal, she says, has been to expand your happy world.