The 30-Year Warning
A med school professor has been talking pandemic preparedness for decades
Features
Lessons from 1918
An expert on last century’s influenza pandemic shares what history could have told us about COVID-19... if we’d been willing to listen.
Crazy Times, Sane Decisions
Bina Venkataraman ’02 on why it’s more important than ever to plan ahead—and how to do it.
Nevertheless, They Persisted
Meet seven extraordinary students graduating into a new world.
Parenting Rules You Can Break
A sip of wine when pregnant? TV for toddlers? Professor Emily Oster crunches the data and encourages parents to relax.
Stroke of Luck
How a ragtag team of club rowers from Brown almost took the national varsity championship in 1960.
Race Rx
Race-based assumptions are baked into medical training. Brown med students are working to change that.
Father of the Open Curriculum
Meet the emeritus professor who paved the way for the University’s signature approach to education.
2069
Brown has spent 50 years ahead of the curve in higher education. What innovations will mark the next 50?
Open Minds
For 50 years, Brown’s Open Curriculum has produced innovative leaders. What’s the next Big Idea?
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
Will Smart Phones Kill Live Theater?
12 Brown playwrights on writing for the stage in the age of streaming
Fragile Beauty
Courtney Mattison ’11 AM creates ceramic installations about endangered coral reefs.
Keep It Simple
Four Brown alums and their integrated breast care center help make a cancer diagnosis a little easier
Public Enemy No. 1
Arthur Gregg Sulzberger ’03, publisher of the “failing New York Times"
Andrew Yang Wants to Give You $1,000
Andrew Yang ’96 and his surprisingly successful presidential candidacy.
Our One Percent Obsession
Why do so many of us spend our free time gaping at the super-rich on TV?
Dystopia Calling
Margaret Atwood’s The Handmaid’s Tale, as retold on Hulu by Bruce Miller ’87, is having a moment.
Who We Are
Profiles of a few of the exceptional students graduating in 2019.
Far From All Fair Guidance
At dusk, a Puritan woman wakes up from a nap in the woods.
Angel Investing
Angelique Brunner ’94 is is revitalizing some of Washington’s most blighted neighborhoods.
Tricky Business
The U.S. is entering a weed boom—but the federal government still outlaws the substance.