States are banning books.

Scientific research and freedom of the press are under fire.

The federal government is even banning certain words.

Yet our April/May 2025 student-edited special issue addresses hot topics head-on.

At the BAM, we can still do that, thanks to Brown’s educational mission of open inquiry and its institutional value of free discourse.

But for how much longer?

If you’re attending Commencement and Reunion this year, please join BAM Board Chair Eric Schurenberg ’75 (founder, Alliance for Trust in Media; former editor-in-chief at Time, CBS, and Fast Company) in a conversation with BAM editors and our student editorial team:

Yukti Agarwal ’24.5, Rachel Kamphaus ’25,  Dana Richie ’25, and Meg Talikoff ’25 

New Voices, New Era, Old Platform
How Brown Alumni Magazine’s Student Editors Cope in a Post-Truth Age

A Commencement forum exploring Gen Z’s view of truth, trust, and journalism in today’s disrupted information landscape.

85 Waterman   |   Room 130   |   9–10 a.m.   |   Saturday, May 24