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Knotty & Nice

Tie up your holiday
shopping with these delights
made by Brown alums.

Science & Tech

portrait of Noah Petro in the lab at Goddard Space Center

Moon Madness

Noah Petro ’03 ScM, ’07 PhD, has long been obsessed with all things lunar. Now he’s the lead scientist planning the first footprints on the Moon in the 21st century.

University News

Walking a Fine Line

Brown’s agreement with the feds: A shrewd save or a surrender?

Science & Tech

detail of an illustrated research timeline

A Brief History of U.S. Research Funding

Before World War II, the federal government didn’t fund research. But after scientists with the Manhattan Project helped win the war, the U.S. was convinced that university research was a great national investment. Until now. A look back at how we got here.

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Business & Entrepreneurship

Anti-Cancer Entrepreneur

A triple bout with cancer launched an advocacy career.

Business & Entrepreneurship

Winning Argument

Can liberal-arts training help spin stories about data into IPO gold?

History

Historical image of women working the calutrons

Not Your Idea of a Kodak Moment

A new book explores the photo industry’s dark past.

Politics & Law

Rights Defender

ACLU national policy director Mike Zamore ’93 pushes back on threats to civil liberties.

Science & Tech

Stroke of Genius

A seed-size robot is poised to transform stroke treatment.

The Arts

Art Icon

A performance artist’s journey from cage to museum

Fusco with Gómez-Peña as fictional members of the “Guatinaui” tribe, in Madrid in 1992.

On Campus

Science & Tech

Aspiring Astronaut

PhD student studies bubbles—in space

Student Life

From left: Que Tran Tran, Sean Ngo, Natalie Chung, Professor Trang Tran, Naomi Pariseault

“Gamifying” Vietnamese

An intro language course gets revamped as a video game–style quest.

University News

Let’s Talk Turkey

Wild fowl join the College Hill flock

The Arts

Students performing the Nutcracker on stage

Cracking a New Nut

Brown Ballet’s inclusive, DIY take on Tchaikovsky's classic

Education

Eat Your Bloody Vegetables

A recent group independent study project had students biting into the science and business of the booming alternative protein industry.

Illustration by Antonio Uve of individuals at a table eating with books and charts surrounding them.

Science & Tech

Decoding Digital Minds to Understand Our Own

AI in mental health care could go very wrong. That’s why researchers are prioritizing it.

The Classes

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September 18th, 2025

Silvia Giorguli Saucedo ’04 PhD is president of El Colegio de Mexico (Mexico’s most prestigious university) and a recipient of the Horace Mann Award. Silvia was inducted into El Colegio Nacional en...

September 18th, 2025

Michael Rothman writes “I’d just like to give a shout out to fellow alum Dr. Robert “Bobby” Parisien, who just performed a seamless shoulder arthroscopy on my dominant shoulder. Consider this a...

September 18th, 2025

Patricia McCartney O’Connor writes: “Having moved around a bit in the course of a successful legal then consulting career, and raising three kids, my husband and I are now happily retired. We...

September 18th, 2025

Mark Halliday ’76 AM published Living Name with Louisiana State University Press. He writes: “It is a collection of my essays on recent American poets. I have also written seven collections of...