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Readers weigh in on changes to the SciLi, football scholarships, the death of America's oldest person, and other BAM articles.

When Jessica Meir ’99 was 5, she dreamed of becoming an astronaut. Now that’s come true and she's dreaming of getting to Mars.

As a journalist in Iraq and Afghanistan, Pulitzer winner Alissa Rubin ’80 went places "where nobody else had the guts to go.”

A look at the World War II heroism of Martha Dickie Sharp ’26 and her husband, the guardian angels of European children.

Why is Brown so special? President Paxson thinks the answer begins in two pivotal moments in its history.

When it comes to need-blind admissions, as of next fall Brown will treat undocumented applicants like everyone else.

Hockey standouts from Brown in the NHL; updates for football and men's and women's soccer.

After reaching argreements with two Worcester colleges, Brown ROTC now includes the Navy, Air Force, and Marines.

President Paxson and Grad School dean Andrew Campbell gave students advice at Opening Convocation in September.

A ruling by National Labor Relations Board says that some graduate students have the right to form a union. But will they?

A debut novel set in late-1970s, post-Franco Spain; a thriller set in Mexico; and a novel about a rape told in the voice of psychiatrist.

Brown/Trinity Rep voice and speech director Thom Jones is the guy Hollywood actors turn to for learning a Rhode Island accent.

Documentary filmmaker Ken Carlson ’86 follows classmate Tom Catena ’86 to his Mother of Mercy Hospital in war-torn Sudan.

New music from Rebecca Pronsky ’02 and Evie Laden ’91, and Mary Chapin Carpenter ’81 releases her evocative 14th album.

The blockbuster science fiction movie Arrival is based on a short story from Stories of Your Life and Others by Ted Chiang ’89.

In her novel Leaving Lucy Pear, Anna Solomon ’98 tells the story of an abandoned child in 1920s New England.

Lauren Redniss ’96 is a new MacArthur Fellow, recognized for the "exceptional creativity" of her "visual nonfiction."

Producer Jill Furman ’90 saw the potential of Hamilton early and played a key role in getting it to Broadway.

When we encounter someone with a disabling impairment, what do we see? A wheelchair or a human being?

Professor J. Michael Kosterlitz shares the Nobel Prize in Physics for work in condensed-matter physics.

Obituaries from the September/October 2016 issue.

Longtime professor of history Thomas E. Skidmore was one of the world's leading experts on Brazil.

Miss Rhode Island, Shruti Nagarajan ’14, thinks a pageant can help low-income and minority students get into college.

This clown plays dumb so hospitalized kids can feel smart—and briefly forget their troubles.