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The Women of Brown

A May conference on campus celebrated 125 years of women at Brown.
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Creating Respect

Vice President for Campus life and Student Services Eric Estes takes on gender-neutral pronouns.
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Beyond Data Alone

Brown's Data Science Initiative is expanding how we educate students across disciplines.
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The Brown Promise

All financial aid packages Brown offers students will be loan free. Can alumni help fund it?  
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Education and Service

The Swearer Center's work is more relevant than ever.
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Bricks & Mortar

A quick look at the new buildings and renovations that have transfomed the campus over the last decade.
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Middle Class Relief

Thanks to aggressive fund-raising, beginning this fall University-packaged financial aid will no longer include loans.
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Unleashing Minds

The “eureka moment”: the flash of blinding clarity that cracks the code of a vexing problem with new insight
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What Do You Think?

Readers comment on animal rights, diversity at Brown, and athletic achievements.
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Graffiti Archaeology

Senior administrator Russell Carey ’91 was touring Wilson Hall, currently under renovation, when he spotted this graffiti in the eaves.
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Tuition is up again—but so is accessibility.

The Brown Corporation approved a 4 percent undergraduate tuition increase, but the budget for 2019 also included increased funding for financial aid and for diversity and inclusion initiatives.
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Still Listening

"Change is risky. But Brown is known for its innovative, risk-taking approach, and we want the magazine to reflect that.”
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It’s All About the Reader

Bidding farewell to BAM editor Norman Boucher
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Going My Way

Editor Norman Boucher says goodbye to the BAM
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$100M for Brain Science

Alum makes Brown Institute one of best-endowed in U.S.
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Brown students during the black student walkout in 1968

A Diversity Milestone

The 2018 Black Alumni Reunion
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Three friends in 1988

Reunion Skeptic No More

Brown culture transcends class year. On coming home
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Brown's Dean of the College

Learning How to Learn

New Dean of the College Rashid Zia ’01 shares his insights
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Delighted To Meet You

Editor Pippa Jack joins the BAM
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Working Smarter

Operational excellence may not always grab headlines. But when it builds community... we’re all rewarded.
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War and Service

Brown is one of the few Ivies to offer a dedicated liaison for veterans on campus.
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“You Belong”

Making Brown more inclusive for low-and middle-income students
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Wheel House

A historic home gets roller skates to make way for new construction
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The Case for Diversity

It confers unmatched educational benefits.
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Seeking Stories

Got a good tale for the BAM to tell?
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International Expansion

World Bank leader joins the growing Watson Institute
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Pot Policy

Sure, big corporations are poised to create Big Weed—but so far, they can’t.
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Supporting Schools

The Annenberg Institute's work to create equity and improvement across K-12 public education
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Jack Be Nimble

Bidding a fond farewell to our rockstar student writer, Jackson Brook '19.
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Brown's Path to Net-Zero

Past steps and current approaches allow Brown to shoulder responsibility for the future
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The Essence of Brown

The BAM is honored with six CASE Awards.
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Healthier Lives

Brown’s MD/PhD program is the integration between medical and doctoral education.
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Out There

John Krasinski ’01 on ditching your comfort zone
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Through the Gates, Together

Father-daughter grads
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Jackson, director of Brown’s Plant Environmental Center, with his hand-tended Commencement geraniums

Fred’s Reds

From the greenhouse to the Green
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Open to Discovery

Reflecting on 50 years of the Open Curriculum.
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Thank You

The BAM is grateful for your support.
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Every Bright Mind

Jill Pipher, Brown’s vice president for research, on how Brown is opening new frontiers.
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What’s Fit to Print?

Is the BAM's letters page a forum, a space that belongs to all alumni? Or is it a platform that must be guarded?
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Fixed It.

A better deal for Brown vets
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Brown’s Endowment

The president on how the endowment is doing and what it has made possible.
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President Christina Paxson

Opening Career Doors

Celebrating five years of outstanding career development and research.
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Christina Paxson

Supporting One Another

The response of the Brown community to COVID-19
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Providence’s Public Schools

Engagement efforts ensure high-quality education for Providence students.
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In This Together

From the Editor: Staying true to Brown’s ethos
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Changes

Persistence in the face of a pandemic.
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Emilia Ruzicka with Blueno

Say It Ain’t So, Blueno!

Five minutes with Emilia Ruzicka ’21
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President Christina Paxson

Growing the Arts at Brown

Welcoming Avery Willis Hoffman.
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Open Curriculum illustration by Hanna Barczyk

Joy of Learning

Celebrating 50 years of the Open Curriculum
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Teaching, Reimagined

Rising to the challenge of a pandemic
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Brighter Days

Hungering for contact, celebration, and a feeling of lightness.
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Welcoming M. Grace Calhoun

Advancing Brown’s vision for athletics and recreation
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Passages

The vaccine, commencement, and the passing of Vartan Gregorian.
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Seeking an Alzheimer’s Cure

Brown establishes a new Center for Alzheimer's Disease Research.
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Blueno’s Successor

Students have mixed feelings about the new sculpture on campus
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A Sense of Place

Reconnecting with campus and community
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Expanding College Access

Ensuring Brown continues to cultivate the next generation of leaders
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Stocking the Rock

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Living Well

Brown’s newest dorm focuses on wellness
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President Christina Paxson

Careers of Usefulness

Bringing a holistic approach to career services
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Our Courageous Military

Brown grows its student-veteran population
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A Reunion with Yourself

Reunion is about remembering who you are under whatever layers of artifice or exhaustion the years may have brought.
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Cultivating Creative Expression

A new performing arts center to open in the heart of campus
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Mobsters and Lobsters

Journalism professor on a career uncovering Rhode Island’s wrongs
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Image of Karen McAninch ’74 and Guadalete Ramos sitting at a table on the main green

Fair Food

Brown and its dining workers find a win-win
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Image of a Brown researcher holding test tubes with a computer in the background.

Growing Research

Advancing knowledge and understanding in the service of society
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Tackling Climate Change

The new director of the Institute at Brown for Environment and Society shares her insights on climate science and solutions.
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Brown and Providence

Continuing to cultivate the relationship between the university and our local community.
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Gems and Joy
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To Test or Not to Test

A letter from the President
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Suds Success

Students secure free laundry on campus
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Image of Van Wickle Gates at Brown University looking towards Providence.

Affirmative Reaction

A letter from the Editor
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Brown's Van Wickle Gates under repair in 1995

From the Archives: The Van Wickle Gates, Gone!
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Truth & Power

Ruth Simmons on leaving poverty and letting go of fear
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Learning from Our Differences

A letter from the President
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Tragedy, Far Away and Close to Home

Campus activism becomes deeply personal after a Brown student is shot in Vermont
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Brown Collegiate Scholars

A letter from the President
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Illustration by James Heimer of a graduation cap as a scale with money being weighed.

Town and Gown

Brown boosts voluntary payments to the city of Providence
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Reborn

Celebrating a renovated Churchill House at Black Alumni Reunion
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Free Speech in Troubled Times

A letter from the President
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“Built to Hold Disagreement”

Balancing student safety and freedom of speech
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Affirmative Action for Rich Kids

An economist’s research shows how Ivy-plus schools favor wealthy applicants.
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Admissions Update

A letter from the President
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Earthquake!

A letter from the Editor
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Illustration by Tim Cook of two students balancing on a pencil held up by a finger.

Admissions Reset

Standardized testing and spotting talent
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Divestment: Students for & Against

Two groups of activists made their case this spring
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Demystifying the Endowment

A letter from the President
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Image of two dogs standing on a cliff.

Gone to the Dogs

A letter from the Editor
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Archival image of students walking by the mirror glass of the 1984 BioMed Center

University Announces Divestiture Policy

From the Archives
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Archival image of the divestment corporation meeting in 1986.

Corporation decides against total, immediate divestment

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