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Sound Machine

To go along with their new music, Low Anthem have become impresarios as owners of Providence's Columbus Theatre.

Flinging Yourself In

Since her days on campus, Becca Labbe Karpinski ’94 has been a risk-taker. Now that she has kids, should she stop?

Finding Balance

So how in the world did a 5,000 pound boulder get 27 feet up a tree outside University Hall on the College Green?

After the massacre of 49 people at the Pulse nightclub on June 12, Orlando Mayor Buddy Dyer ’80 stood before a horrified country and offered a calm and composed antidote to chaos and overwhelming grief. Drawing on his 13 years as a can-do civic leader, Dyer kept his own emotions in check and went to work helping his community heal.

The Prince of Pinot

Using "biodynamic" farming techniques, Ted Lemon ’80 makes some of the finest chardonnay and pinot noir in the U.S.

Obituaries

Obituaries from the July/August 2016 issue

What You Thought

Readers weigh in on diversity, Barrett Hazeltine, Brown's rescued herbarium, and more.

Beach Reads

What are you reading this summer? Is it a “beach read”? What is a beach read, anyway? We asked some acclaimed Brown authors—including Jeffrey Eugenides ’82, Rick Moody ’83, Lois Lowry ’58, and Meg Wolitzer ’81—what they're reading this summer. And being Brown alums, a few even deconstructed the whole idea of a beach read.

Too Big a Heart

For 51 years Michael Harper did all he could to help his students while quietly becoming one of America’s great poets.

Before Orlando

A 1988 campus publication demonstrated that for Brown the struggle for LGBT acceptance begins at home.

From the President July/August 2016

President Paxson began her time at Brown with the arrival of the class of 2016. In May, she bid them adieu.

Brown, Time and Again

A photo in the room of an undergraduate reminds her of the connection between her parents, their friends, Brown, and her.

Key Security

A Commencement forum debate over whether the FBI or Apple is the bad guy when it comes to iPhone privacy.

Our Newest Officers

Among the graduating seniors in the class of 2016, four received military commissions from ROTC.

A Revolution in Stroke Care

Med school professor Karen Furie ’87, ’90 MD explains the latest on how to prevent a stroke and how to treat it once it happens.

Spreading Viruses

When it comes to the spread of infectious diseases, we're doing all the wrong things, according to researchers from the School of Public Health.

Same Old, Same Old

Think this year's presidential race is the most polarized in U.S. history? Think again, says political science prof. Wendy Schiller.

Urban Art

Honorary degree recipient and AS220 founder Umberto Crenca on how to welcome artists to the inner city.

History Lessons

Baccalaureate speaker Kevin Gover challenged graduates not to let their ideas cloud their view of the past.

Out of the Spotlight

Unveiling a portrat in Sayles Hall, Thomas J. Tisch ’76, Brown's biggest benefactor, steps down after 9 years as its chancellor.

Med School

Sara Rhoads was one of 116 new medical doctors to emerge from the Alpert Medical School Commencement ceremony.

Welcome Home

Thanks to a new library archive and a dogged Brown writer, alumni Vietnam vets told their  stories on campus after 50 years.

Camera Activists

Women documentarians Betsy West ’73, Marcela Gaviria ’91, Alison Klayman ’06, and Debbie Lum ’91 tell their own stories.

Student Orators

Commencement orators Jamelle Watson-Daniels and Sabrina Imbler spoke about identity and change.