Art Just Became Even More Elitist
The NEA Creative Writing Fellowship program got killed. It was a disappointment for me—and points to a dark future for the arts.
The Classes
Baseball’s Perfect Game
From the Archives
Circle of Support
When young parents found their lives upended, Brown friends rallied round.
From the Archives: Super Scientist
Nobel Prize–winning physicist Leon Nathan Cooper
The Brown Alum who Almost Became President
From the Archives
The Ever True Krewe
In New Orleans, Mardi Gras is teeming with Brown alums.
Brown Band 100th
From the Archives
Barrett Hazeltine and ENGN 9
The little-known story of how two seniors facing a scary job market came up with the class destined to become a Brown classic
Connection, Justice & Reconciliation
What “never again” really means.
Oh Frabjous Flight!
The Jabberwocks turn 75
Zooming with the Fellas
Covid launched a “virtual Black barbershop” for ’80s alums.
Invisible Champions
Women’s basketball won Brown’s first Ivy title. But the accolades did a disappearing act.
Snowball
From the Archives
28 Years, 2 PhDs, 1 Embrace
Through the generations, a father and daughter share a passion for science
The Team To Beat
From the Archives
Human Studies
Professor emeritus Arnold Weinstein reflects on the “vicarious, experiential, and enlarging” field of comparative literature.
Bear Tales: The Black Horse Rides
Roommates tackle a spectacular senior project
Love Has Made a Difference
At 100 years old, “going on 75,” Lillian Affleck ’44 has put in at least six decades of service to others.
That Girl
Unknowingly, a young alum threw a lifeline to a trauma survivor. A 40-year friendship ensued.
One Grange Hall, Two Alums,
and 9,000 Books
The birth of a place for books and community, in rural Maine.
A Class Trip Do-Over
COVID may have delayed them, but Germany was still calling.