July/August 2009

Commencement Album

Commencement & Reunions

Check out our coverage of the grand weekend's events.

50th Reunion Reflections

The class of 1959 reflects on the varied lives its members have lived over the past five decades.

History's Hinge

Baccalaureate speaker Fareed Zakaria offers a global vision of hope.

The Magnificent Seven

A look at who received honorary degrees at Commencement.

Success Stories

Profiles of seven members of the class of 2009 who ran into potentially overwhelming obstacles during their years on campus—and beat the odds.

He Brought Economics Home

A farewell to Irving R. Levine '44

Spring Weekend

Recrossing The God Divide

Counting Blessings

Thanks, Brown

The Buzz Online

Returning Home

Goodbye, Columbus

The View from on High

A recent graduate’s quixotic quest to climb the highest peak in every state.

Game Day

A Last Look

Before September triggers a whole new sports year, we review the best of 2008–09.

It’s All About Love

Hip-hop music began as an expression of the hopes and fears of the inner-city poor. Then greed and violence corrupted it. It’s a story that Tricia Rose, one of the first scholars to study hip-hop, believes has much to teach us about our culture and how we treat one another.

The Blue Room Game

How a group of students went from learning to play poker in the basement of Faunce House to winning millions as tournament pros.

Crew

The varsity team celebrates a half-length win at the Henley Royal Regatta in England.

Shop Talk

Brown parent Jack Nicholson on campus to headline the Ivy Film Festival.

Two Wheeling

Last December, Carly Sieff '09 got it into her head that her fellow students needed to ride their bikes more.

Not Just Moonshine

Historian Edmund S. Morgan returns to Brown.

An Alternative Energy Drink

Entrepreneurship students kick-start their careers with a fair-trade tea.

Racing

Engineering students unveil the formula car they designed, built, and raced.

Since Last Time

$1.4B & Counting

The Boldly Brown campaign has transformed the University’s fund-raising.

Reunion Album

Speech Lesson

A view of William H. Robertson addressing his fellow seniors in 1912.

Fresh Ink

Oy, Madagaskar

Rebecca Joy Fletcher ’90 revives forgotten Yiddish songs.

On Stage

London-based Dhani Harrison '01 will sing, play guitar and keyboards at the Lollapalooza festival in August.

Growing Up, American-Style

Inspired by an IHOP menu, two graduates take off for China.

Virtual Music

Surgeon Calvin Lee ’93, ’97 MD debuts at Carnegie Hall with the YouTube Symphony Orchestra.

True North

A lyrical memoir about what it takes to survive in Homer, Alaska.

On Exhibit

Diane Arbus's "Family in Brooklyn" part of the show "The Art of Caring: A Look at Life Through Photography," on display at the New Orleans Museum of Art, which the the brainchild of art collector Zachary Morfogen '50.

Brown: The Movie

Director Sam Mendes assembled a reunion’s worth of alums for Away We Go.

Pin Pals

Before class ball caps, alumni wore reunion badges.