9+ hour, 43+ min ago   (239+ words) When a middle-aged actor gains too much pandemic weight to pull off his survival gig as a George Clooney impersonator, he finds himself trying to justify to his nine-year-old daughter—and to himself—why he’s still chasing his dream. That’s…...

9+ hour, 43+ min ago   (444+ words) Last year, Jessica Vega couldn’t see a way out of drinking. She found herself on the street, homeless. “I lost my job; I lost everything,” she said. Vega had turned to alcohol more than two decades ago when she learned…...

9+ hour, 59+ min ago   (420+ words) Brown Alumni Magazine Fresh Ink for Fall 2026 Reviewed by Edward Hardy The Wanderers: A Story of Exile, Survival, and Unexpected Love in the Shadow of World War II When Daniela Gerson, a journalism professor, met her future wife Talia Inlender,…...

3+ day, 11+ hour ago   (323+ words) This spring three 1991 classmates started their days with a 6:30 a.m. workout and a strength-index check at the gym. Their power lunches took place not in a corporate boardroom, but under sail in the Pacific Ocean; the menu was strictly low-calorie and…...

4+ day, 11+ hour ago   (336+ words) brownalumnimagazine.com A Democratic Revival in the Heartland? Americans are upset about the state of U.S. politics. Can Democratic candidate Rob Sand ’05.5 ride this anger to the governor’s mansion in red-state Iowa? Rob Sand ’05.5 was profoundly disappointed when Republican President George…...

3+ mon, 4+ week ago   (618+ words) Brown Alumni Magazine From the Archives: Partridge Hall dedicated as Third World Center BAM’s February 1987 article on the development of the Third World Center (now Brown Center for Students of Color). On October 25, during Parent’s Weekend, Partridge Hall was dedicated…...

4+ mon, 3+ week ago   (391+ words) Brown Alumni Magazine Barry Jacobs ’80 offers takeaways from his new AARP Caregiver Answer Book. In his AARP column, psychologist and family therapist Barry Jacobs ’80 shares wisdom based on experiences from age 14, when his father was diagnosed with brain cancer. Now,…...

4+ mon, 3+ week ago   (371+ words) The game of cornhole—built around trying to throw a bag (once stuffed with corn kernels, now with plastic pellets) through a hole in a board from a distance—may seem merely the stuff of county fairs. But it was…...

4+ mon, 3+ week ago   (355+ words) I was at home decorating my Christmas tree when I received the alert. I initially thought the gunfire was in the surrounding vicinity and the campus was locked down in an abundance of caution. The hours that followed were a…...

4+ mon, 3+ week ago   (400+ words) When Leslie Schover ’74 was a girl, she remembers, her father returned from a business trip with a lump of green glass—sand melted by an atomic test. “You can’t keep this because it’s radioactive,” he told her. Schover’s dad helped…...