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You Are What You Make
This year's BAM gift guide offers a glimpse into the roots of creativity.
Business & Entrepreneurship
Have a Wafel Break
Rip Pruisken ’10 thinks Rip van Wafels could be the next Oreo. Starbucks is willing to bet that he could be right.
Business & Entrepreneurship
Going Away?
Luggage doesn’t need to be boring, thanks to a new company from Steph Korey ’09 and Jen Rubio.
Business & Entrepreneurship
Need Work Space?
Head to an empty-by-day restaurant.
Business & Entrepreneurship
Meet the New Meat
David Lipman ’76 has created a plant-based burger to satisfy carnivores
Business & Entrepreneurship
New Brews
Ditching an insurance job to craft beer in Nicaragua
Business & Entrepreneurship
The Predictor
Theresia Gouw ’90: a long, successful run as a Silicon Valley investor
Business & Entrepreneurship
A Brooklyn Brewery
Two Brown graduates start their own brewery after an influential trip to Belgium
Business & Entrepreneurship
Dyed in the Wool
Jennifer Knight ’89 has returned manufacturing jobs to an American town.
Business & Entrepreneurship
Dream On
Casper transforms the mattress industry
Business & Entrepreneurship
Lead Driver
The challenges of steering Uber into the future
Business & Entrepreneurship
Makeup for Everyone
Lipstick and more for all genders and skin tones
Business & Entrepreneurship
Tricky Business
The U.S. is entering a weed boom—but the federal government still outlaws the substance.
Business & Entrepreneurship
Angel Investing
Angelique Brunner ’94 is is revitalizing some of Washington’s most blighted neighborhoods.
Business & Entrepreneurship
Fleece Busters
Saving our oceans from microfiber pollution
Business & Entrepreneurship
Seeing Stars
A new eyewear company that lets customers design the glasses
Science & Tech
Up, Up, and Away
A competition for personal flying machines
Business & Entrepreneurship
Investing in Change
A financial manager with a social conscience
Sports & Recreation
Cardio Blast
What started as campus fun is now a thriving business
Business & Entrepreneurship
Zap, You're Charged
An idea to get EV owners back on the road
Business & Entrepreneurship
Investing in Diversity
A new venture capital fund seeks great ideas from “non-obvious” founders
Business & Entrepreneurship
The New Nunnery
A refurbished church, school, and convent become a sought-after New Orleans hotel
The Arts
Fresh Ink
New books by Mona Awad ’14 MFA, Art Markman ’88, and Tim Murphy ’91
Business & Entrepreneurship
Fast Food Nation
Meet Greg Flynn ’86, king of chain restaurants
Business & Entrepreneurship
Bright.
This season’s best ideas for gifts—and giving—from businesses and nonprofits founded by Brown alums
Service & Advocacy
Changemakers
The Brotherhood/Sister Sol hits 25
Business & Entrepreneurship
Debt Deterrent
A finance expert teaches kids about money before the banks can find them
Business & Entrepreneurship
Share the Wealth
A new business accelerator aims to help co-ops succeed
Business & Entrepreneurship
Super Bowl
Breakfast cereal for the 21st century
Business & Entrepreneurship
A Crypto World
Devin Finzer ’13 is a leader in the NFT marketplace
Business & Entrepreneurship
The New Fishwife
Can tinned seafood be sexy?
Medicine & Health
Phone Aid
Emergency medical training at your fingertips
Business & Entrepreneurship
Band of Brothers
For former teammates, a partial stake in Hot Rod Charlie is a good bet
Service & Advocacy
Second Chance
A student startup reclaims unused cancer meds
Ever True
Ventures and Values
Our gift guide is back!
The Arts
Beat Maker
When Nick Sarazen ’17 moved to Hollywood, things happened fast
The Arts
Celebrating 25 years of girls’ empowerment
Beyond dance moves
Business & Entrepreneurship
Comfort & Joy
Brown alums offer bright ideas for your holiday gifts & year-end giving.
The Arts
Livening Up the Concert Experience
Cemeteries and crypts become the settings for classical music
Business & Entrepreneurship
Strange Brews
A beloved Delaware-based beer maker chronicles its first quarter century
Business & Entrepreneurship
A New Way to Support Emerging Artists
Business & Entrepreneurship
Data-Driven Elder Care
A student startup is driving down hospitalizations in geriatric patients
Business & Entrepreneurship
Taking Flight
A consultant and lifelong gaming fan hatches a new board game about birds.
Business & Entrepreneurship
Let’s Go Somewhere
A new trip-planning site simplifies group logistics
Hospitality
Sabor da Providência
Two hot new downtown L.A. restaurants have Portuguese-inspired menus thanks to a culinary love affair that flourished at Brown
Business & Entrepreneurship
The Scoop!
The best holiday gifts & year-end giving ideas from Brown alums
Business & Entrepreneurship
Home Cooked & High Tech
Lasagna Love volunteers deliver warm meals on a global scale
Business & Entrepreneurship
New Brews from the Ruggiero Brothers
A new Connecticut taproom
Hospitality
Whole Hog
Ping Ho ’00 left NYC corporate life to create a food empire in Detroit
Student Life
Rise and Grind
The Underground wakes up and smells the coffee
Business & Entrepreneurship
Pleather vs. Palate
A student supper club where menus are merveilleux, decor, not so much.
Business & Entrepreneurship
Delicious!
A student pop-up restaurant lives up to its name
Business & Entrepreneurship
Cyber Farm
Irving Fain ’02 grows crops with less water, no pesticides, no dirt. His vertical farms may be the answer to food security.
Business & Entrepreneurship
A Little Glitz
The Nines brings a cozy elegance to Manhattan’s NoHo
Business & Entrepreneurship
Tasty Teff
Is the grain the next superfood?
Business & Entrepreneurship
The Intuitive Side
For Jessie Goldfarb ’81, giving psychic readings was a side interest—until now
Science & Tech
Change Catalyst
Gaurab Chakrabarti ’10 may just transform the chemical industry
Business & Entrepreneurship
COVID carbs
Shortbread and milk bread bring together three alums.
The Arts
A Clutch Move
Artwork malfunction sparks a career in hot handbags
Science & Tech
Shell Game
Ronny Krishana ’95 hopes to restore NY’s status as the world’s oyster capital.
The Arts
Weekly Inspiration for women
Business & Entrepreneurship
One Grange Hall, Two Alums,
and 9,000 Books
The birth of a place for books and community, in rural Maine.
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