Features/Campus

NUMBER OF TWEETS FROM THE 50 LARGEST U.S. CITIES THAT RESEARCHERS MINED FOR GEOTAGS. ASSISTANT PROFESSOR OF SOCIOLOGY JENNIFER CANDIPAN AND TEAM CONCLUDED CITY DWELLERS STAY RACIALLY SEGREGATED, NOT JUST AT HOME, BUT ALSO AS THEY
EAT, DRINK, SHOP, SOCIALIZE, AND TRAVEL. 


Ever True

“Old Brick” at 250

From housing Revolutionary War soldiers to being occupied by student protestors: A brief history of University Hall. Read More

M. GRACE CALHOUN ’92 IS BROWN'S NEW VP OF ATHLETICS AND RECREATION. ATHLETICS DIRECTOR JACK HAYES LEFT BROWN AFTER 9 YEARS. 

STUDENT BODY PRESIDENT JASON CARROLL ’21 IS AMONG A WAVE OF BLACK STUDENTS ELECTED TO LEADERSHIP AT TOP TIER UNIVERSITIES THIS FALL.

BROWN FASHION WEEK 2021 ZOOMED WITH SARAH JESSICA PARKER, GWYNETH PARKER, GWYNETH PALTROW, STEVE MADDEN, KENNETH COLE, STELLA MCCARTHY, AND MORE. 

U.S. MEDIA PRESENTED COVID-19 MORE NEGATIVELY THAN SCIENTIFIC JOURNALS OR INTERNATIONAL NEWS, MOLLY COOK ’22 AND TEAM FOUND. 

The Arts
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Furnace and Fugue

A digital project brings a book on alchemy to life
Politics & Law
photo of Professor Seth Rockman on campus

Capitalism on the Couch

A history course analyzes the social, political, and cultural underpinnings of our economic system.
Student Life
Image of Noble Brigham ’24

COVID Convocation

First-year students arrived in bleak midwinter, trading family overload for solo quarantine.
Humanities & Culture
Illustration by Raymond Biesinger

Everything Old Is New Again

Technology and new questions bring long-studied archaeological sites to life.
Education

The Power Within

TWTP’s annual welcome meets Afrofuturism, over Zoom
Image of Briannah Cook
The Arts

Textiles, Textiles, Textiles

Five minutes with Beth Pollard ’21
Image of Beth Pollard ’21 at her loom

“Now that the dust is settling on the aftermath of one of the most embarrassing and shameful chapters in Brown athletic history, the focus shifts to the Excellence in Brown Athletics Initiative....”
—Peter Mackie ’59
Lexington, Mass.
peter.mackie17@gmail.com
In response to State of Play (N–D’20):
“Thank you for your article on Professor Rockman’s course, “History of Capitalism,” and the deeper analysis of the origins of the economic thinking we often take for granted. It reminded me of...”
—Erbin (Ted) Crowell ’93.5
Shelburne Falls, Mass.
erbin@nfca.coop
In response to Capitalism on the Couch (J–M’21):
“Jack Brook’s wide-ranging article “Lit.” in the January-March ’21 issue interested me very much, partly for a personal reason. My brother served in the Korean War as a Marine artillery officer. Upon...”
—Irene Westing ’58
Peabody, Mass.
In response to Lit. (J–M’21):