The Classes

Ever True
Photo of Bob Traill ’43 and Judy Andrews Green ’68 in front of a car.

Road Trip

A Class of ’43 grad gets a lift to reunion from a fellow Mainer, Class of ’68
Medicine & Health
Photo of Lisha Cole ’83 swabbed

Swab for the Future

Dr. Karen Bell ’68, ’70 MMSc swabs for Alzheimer's research
Ever True
Scott Poulson-Bryant with Brown ’08 buds Dobbs Hogoboom, Beau Gaitors, and Mackenzie Staffier

Two Reunions in One

Scott Poulson-Bryant started Brown ’88 and finished ’08
Ever True
Photo of Campus Dance ’18

Campus Dance ’18

The Commencement Weekend revel dates back more than 100 years.
Ever True
Photo of Alumni Field Day ’18

Field Day ’18

Alums gather for outdoor games
Ever True
Neither Snow Nor Gloom of Night stopped Papa's Lunch Truck

Neither Snow Nor Gloom of Night

Papa’s Lunch Truck served students in all kinds of weather.
Ever True
MA’19 Classes Opener Camp Bruno Snake Dance

Back off, Bunny hop

Camp Bruno Snake Dance
Ever True
Photo of Teresa Elizabeth Gagnon mellone ’39, ’62 AM

100 Years of Gratitude

Teresa Elizabeth Gagnon Mellone ’39, ’62 AM at her 80th reunion
Marie Myung-Ok and son

Language and Plague

In locked-down NYC, with a feverish son, Marie Myung-Ok Lee ’86 considers COVID-19 and Camus
First Person
Image of Makedah Hughes

A Jamaican American in Paris

Six Questions for Makedah Hughes ’19
Education
Donna Baer ’82 jokes with grandson Truman

Homeschooling 101

This mom’s done it—10 times.
History
image of Alpha Phi Alpha in 1923

Brown’s First Black Fraternity

The 11 men of Alpha Phi Alpha
Humanities & Culture
Image of Jerrine Tan

Hidden. Exposed. Targeted. Forgotten.

In 2021 America, Asians are targeted with violence yet still in the margins of our national conversation on race.
Ever True
Image of spring weekend in 1986

Ah, Spring Weekend! 

Pre-COVID, it was all about crowds
Image of Brown 1905 Women's Anatomy Class

Skeleton Crew

Members of a Women’s College (later Pembroke) anatomy class pose with skulls and bones in 1905.
Ever True
Image of three men from Brown class of 1888

The Well-Accessorized Student
The Arts
Lisa Loeb and other alums on Zoom

Together Apart

A Brown alum Zoom musical captures pandemic connections
Sports & Recreation
Image of Bessie Rudd in Sayles Gym

Sporting Good

Celebrating a athletic pioneer
University News
Image of student unpacking books at the Rockefeller Library at Brown

Stocking the Rock

Religion & Spirituality
Image of Isaac Goldman Sonnenfelt speaking to a crowd at Brown

Beyond the Divide

A Hillel program gets Zionist and anti-Zionist students talking.
Ever True
Image of the "Rhode Island Mudflaps" bandmates on a porch with instruments

The Sweet Sound of Reunion
Sports & Recreation
Image of Erin McMeniman throwing a javelin at the NCAA East Preliminary competition

No Long Shot

Brown Bear sets new record in the javelin
Education
Manfred Steiner ’22 PhD works at the board

It’s Never Too Late

Manfred Steiner ’22 PhD pursues a childhood passion.
Ever True
Image of Leslie Seeman and Barb Goldman standing behind the counter in the 1970's Brown University coffeeshop "Big Mother"

Big Mother Coffeehouse

’70s Heaven
Student Life
Image of two Brown alumni sitting on the steps on Brown campus with their two sons

Naked beer slides & bad calamari

A gustatory history of freshman roommates who became lifelong best friends.
Education
Image of students and professor in a gondola on a river in Germany

A Class Trip Do-Over

COVID may have delayed them, but Germany was still calling.
Ever True
Image of the Van Wickle gates covered in snow in the early 20th century looking down College Hill

Amid snow they are an ornament.
Student Life
An image of students in the V-12 Navy College Training Program climbing over a structure on campus in the 1940s

Basic Training
Business & Entrepreneurship
Image of the book shelves of the Whitefield Library in Whitefield, Me.

One Grange Hall, Two Alums,
and 9,000 Books

The birth of a place for books and community, in rural Maine.
First Person
Black and white close-up image of Betsy Block

That Girl

Unknowingly, a young alum threw a lifeline to a trauma survivor. A 40-year friendship ensued.
Ever True
Image of Lillian Affleck looking out a window with a smile on her face.

Love Has Made a Difference

At 100 years old, “going on 75,” Lillian Affleck ’44 has put in at least six decades of service to others.
Student Life
Illustration by Klaas Verplancke of two fish driving a sinking car underwater.

Bear Tales: The Black Horse Rides

Roommates tackle a spectacular senior project
First Person
Black and white image of Arnold Weinstein sitting in a chair with books in the background in March 1974.

Human Studies

Professor emeritus Arnold Weinstein reflects on the “vicarious, experiential, and enlarging” field of comparative literature.
Sports & Recreation
Lax team celebrates in 1973

The Team To Beat

From the Archives
Ever True
photo of Robert and Alexandra Ordine

28 Years, 2 PhDs, 1 Embrace

Through the generations, a father and daughter share a passion for science
Student Life
An archival image of students dancing on a snow-covered University green.

Snowball

From the Archives
Sports & Recreation
Black and white image of Christa Champion shooting the basketball in a Brown game in 1984.

Invisible Champions

Women’s basketball won Brown’s first Ivy title. But the accolades did a disappearing act.
Ever True
Screenshot of a zoom grid

Zooming with the Fellas

Covid launched a “virtual Black barbershop” for ’80s alums.
Student Life
Archival image of the Jabberwocks boarding a plane in 1963.

Oh Frabjous Flight!

The Jabberwocks turn 75
Humanities & Culture
Image of George Morgan, Jeff Bercuvitz, and Barbara Morgan on a porch in 1983.

Connection, Justice & Reconciliation

What “never again” really means.
Business & Entrepreneurship
Prof. Hazeltine, Joe Martino ’74, Jamie Kiernan ’74

Barrett Hazeltine and ENGN 9

The little-known story of how two seniors facing a scary job market came up with the class destined to become a Brown classic
Ever True
Archival image of 3 members of the Brown Band in 1940

Brown Band 100th

From the Archives
Ever True
Monochromatic image of two people dressed in silver and grey with a grey background.

The Ever True Krewe

In New Orleans, Mardi Gras is teeming with Brown alums.
History
Archival image of Charles Evans Hughes and his wife Antoinette

The Brown Alum who Almost Became President

From the Archives
Science & Tech
Archival image of Leon Cooper sitting at table with microphones in front of him.

From the Archives: Super Scientist

Nobel Prize–winning physicist Leon Nathan Cooper
Student Life
Archival image of women in a dorm room in Pembroke

Staring at Papers, Not Phones.
Ever True
Close-up image of Nate Poole and family in front of Bronze Bruno on Brown University Campus

Circle of Support

When young parents Nate Poole ’04 and Tamara Lam-Plattes ’04 found their lives upended by a serious injury, Brown friends rallied round.
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