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Righting Immigrant Rights

Now that she's graduated, El Paso, Texas, native Holly Doerflinger '13 plans to work for immigrants' rights.

On the Trail of the Romá

As an undergrad, rchaeologist Valerie Bondura '13 probed the origins of the Europeans we call gypsies.

Playing Through Pain

The mystery of a puzzling and painful sports injury inspired Alyssa Caplan '13 to become a medical doctor.

Helping South Sudan

A chance African encounter prompted Andrew Ikhyun Kim '13 to help the continent's newest independent state.

Model Women

Inspired by her mother, who worked three jobs to support her kids, Amie Darboe ’10 wants young women to aim high.

Urban Farmer

Adam Berman ’94 combines Jewish spirituality with a love of the earth and a need to help others.

You Don’t Have to Trust Me

Meet David Corn ’81, the Mother Jones reporter who dug up Mitt Romney's infamous 47 percent video.

School for Change

Augustus Trowbridge ’56, ’64 AM & Martha Dwight Trowbridge ’57 For this pioneering couple, school is as much about social justice as it is about education.

The 1887 Nine

In the late 1800s baseball reigned supreme at Brown and a victory could prompt students to get rowdy.

Meet Obama’s New Secretary of Labor, Tom Perez ’83

To Tom Perez, whom the senate confirmed on July 18 as the country's secretary of labor (and who becomes Brown's highest government official since 1921) government should act to make America a fairer place for the powerless. That’s why some call him a radical ideologue and President Obama wants him in his cabinet. But Will Obama let Perez be Perez?