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The Ratty at 75

The lines! The trays! The alcoves! The Turkey Tet’... (RIP)! Let’s celebrate the diamond anniversary of the dining hall so many once called home.

The Arts

Back to Brooklyn

Xochitl Gonzalez ’99 has found literary success with three novels about Latina strivers in the New York City borough where she grew up.

Medicine & Health

The Primary Care Crisis

Why many Americans can’t find a doctor and what to do about it.

Science & Tech

Creative Destruction

Peter Howitt, Brown professor emeritus of economics, awarded the 2025 Nobel Prize.

Alumni Stories

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Medicine & Health

Brain Tumor Breakthrough

UCLA’s Dr. Linda Liau ’87 has extended survival rates in some patients with glioblastoma.

The Arts

Tuneful Travels

Producer Ana González ’15 traveled nationwide with cellist Yo-Yo Ma to explore how music and place intertwine.

The Arts

Design Duo

Architects and childhood friends have been building since Brown.

The Arts

CEO Turned Music Man

George Barrett ’77 spent decades as a health executive before turning his passion for music into a full-time gig.

Science & Tech

Behind the Digital Revolution

Marc Etkind ’87 isn’t just documenting history, he’s making it, at Silicon Valley’s Computer History Museum.

On Campus

Student Life

Brown loves PVD

Musicians thank Providence

Sports & Recreation

Top of the Leaderboard

Alex Semenenko ’26 rises up the judo ranks

Ever True

Pressed into Memory

Brown preserves a collection of the Dec. 13 memorial flowers

Ever True

Pressed into Memory

Brown preserves a collection of the Dec. 13 memorial flowers

Sports & Recreation

Rock Stars

Students start a club for competitive climbers

The Classes

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June 12th, 2026

Vita Redding Shields released her debut album, Vitaologee, on Nov. 25. She wrote the 11 tracks, which blend neo soul, R&B, and pop/R&B in an exploration of love, healing, and loss. Each...

June 12th, 2026

Andrew Sean Greer’s book, Villa Coco, was published on June 9, 2026, with Doubleday. Andrew is the best-selling author of seven works of fiction, including Pulitzer Prize winner Less and its companion,...

June 12th, 2026

Eric Dolin published The Wreck of the Mentor: A True Story of Death, Despair, and Deliverance in the Age of Sail on June 2. A powerful story of survival and a revealing...

June 12th, 2026

Sally Kusnitz Horn writes: “Some 30-plus years ago, a group of women in the Pembroke Class of 1968 began meeting in person periodically in New York City. Over time, the meetings expanded...