April–May 2025

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Humanities & Culture

Influence.

Current students and Gen-Z alums who document their work, expertise, and day-to-day lives for a global audience.
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Medicine & Health

The Gender Q

Gen Z is forcing a reckoning over traditional ideas of male and female.
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Education

Is Careerism Ruining College?

How much should Gen Z students be emphasizing career prep? And what might be lost?

Under the Elms

Illustration by Lena Yokoyama of individuals walking and holding various objects.
University News

Diversity on the Decline

Reactions to demographic changes after 2023’s ban on race-conscious admissions
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Student Life

Saddle Up

For $250 a semester, students can spend every Saturday on horseback
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The Arts

Innovation Lab

A Brown|RISD master’s program mixes design and engineering
An image of Jo Ouyang, Yasmine Abdelaziz, Anna Ryu, and Michael Ziegler, with a sign in the background that states "to the workers all they produce."
University News

Strength in Numbers

Student workers are forming labor unions at an unprecedented pace.
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Student Life

Redefining ‘Retro’

’60s-era sunshine pop has returned to Brown and students are loving it

Obituaries

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In Memoriam

A Physicist and a Humanist

Nobel Prize–winning physicist Leon Cooper saw science as a thing of beauty
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In Memoriam

Love on the Rocks

Geologist Jan Tullis was a uniquely adored mentor to generations of students
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In Memoriam

Postmodern Lit Pioneer

Robert Coover deconstructed the classics and predicted the digital age

Current Obsession

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Student Life

Mass Calendar Invites

Five minutes with Zachary Amiton ’25, ’25 ScM

From the President

Christina Paxson in front of a classroom.
University News

Discovery Through Dialogue

A letter from the President

Beyond the Gates

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The Arts

Bitten by the Bug

Amy Teboul ’23 started her career as a film producer at Brown.
Cara Mund is speaking to a crowd.
Politics & Law

From Pageantry to Politics

Former Miss America Cara Mund ’16 on running as a pro-choice Republican
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Medicine & Health

Better Birth

Med student Bintou Diarra’s doula collective helps Providence mothers thrive
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The Arts

Fresh Ink for April–May 2025

Books by Javier Sandoval ’17, Suzannah Weiss ’13, Ria Mirchandani ’15, and Shivantika Jain Kothari
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Politics & Law

Reforming Probation

A young alum takes aim at Rhode Island’s prison pipeline
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Service & Advocacy

Basic Training

Zanagee Artis ’22 empowers the next generation of climate activists
Close-up image of Aaron Gokaslan with a concrete brick wall behind him.
Science & Tech

AI’s Robin Hood

Aaron Gokaslan ’18, ’19 ScM, gives the secrets of AI to the people
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The Arts

In Translation

Paige Aniyah Morris ’16 translates Korean literature into English
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Science & Tech

Science Fair Dropout

Bioengineer Cel Welch creates devices that streamline cancer detection.

Courses of Study

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Humanities & Culture

Why—and How—Should We Care?

Pre-med senior Myles Ringel does a deep dive into empathy.

The Big Search

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Science & Tech

Bite-Sizing Climate Action

A Brown-based podcast fights climate-change overwhelm, one “let’s break this down” episode at a time.

The Big Issue

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Politics & Law

Don’t Read This

How Brown professors and alums are fighting a wave of book bans.

From the Editor

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First Person

In Our Own Words

Letter from the four student guest editors of the Gen Z special issue.