“Emma is a born leader. In the time that I've known her, she has been the captain of the Brown equestrian team, one of the founders of the Social Innovation Initiative that fosters social entrepreneurship at Brown, and head of an international NGO in Rwanda.” – Alan Harlam, director of social entrepreneurship at Brown’s Swearer Center for Public Service

“Adam spends every waking moment striving to do everything in his life better, from academics, to athletics, to leadership, to service to others.” – Lt. Col. Matthew R. McKinley, U.S. Army, professor of military science, Providence College

Currently director of the University of Michigan’s Weiser Center for Europe and Eurasia and its Weiser Center for Emerging Democracies, Michael Kennedy will begin his new duties at the Watson Institute for International Studies in July.

A contingent of Brunonians will fan out around the world this coming year, performing original research and teaching English in countries from Ghana to the Kyrgyz Republic.

“I have never taught a student so ideally prepared to appreciate the opportunities a Fulbright would offer as Cassie Owens.” – Dore J. Levy, professor of comparative literature and East Asian studies, in recommending Owens to the Fulbright committee

The Fund for the Education of the Children of Providence, inspired in part by the report of the University’s Steering Committee on Slavery and Justice, will provide Providence Public Schools with 12,000 new graphing calculators to enhance mathematics instruction.

Those comic books we used to grab at the neighborhood drugstore? They’re a subject for serious scholars these days, and Brown’s Rodriguez is in the vanguard.

A Brown-coordinated effort to help low-income urban residents save on energy costs and reduce their carbon footprint has received national media recognition.