On September 27 - 28, 2014, Brown welcomed thousands of alumni from around the world back to College Hill to join the campus community for the 250th Anniversary Fall Celebration. The semiquincentenary festivities featured participation of alumni, faculty, staff, students and friends, and included forums, lab and campus tours, art and gallery exhibitions, student performances, football, fireworks lighting up the night sky, a wonderful concert on the College Green and more! Discover more about the weekend through these videos and images.
Weekend Highlights
The Fall Celebration brought thousands of alumni, students, faculty, staff and friends to campus to explore, discover, engage, enjoy and imagine. Watch the video to see the highlights.
Brown's 250th Fall Celebration
Forums
Alumni, faculty and students were featured in a range of forums, many of which aligned with Building on Distinction: A New Plan for Brown and were as varied as discussions relating to the human brain, the role of media in the 21st century, the future of design and the importance of graduate student research.
Forums
"Double-Edged Sword: A Protein with the Power to Heal or Hurt" with Dean Jack A. Elias, MD.
"The Human Brain: Research and Its Impact on our Everyday Lives" with Ricardo Dolmetsch ’90, Galen Henderson MD’93, and Melanie Leitner, PhD ’93. Facilitator: Diane Lipscombe ADE’00 hon., P’14
"Making 'It': Delving Into the Creative Process" with Sheila Bridges ’86, Oren Jacoby ’77, P’17, and, James Naughton ’67. Facilitator: Arnold Weinstein P’92
"Land, Sea and Sky: How Science, Policy and Politics Influence the State of Planet Earth" with Nalini Nadkarni '76, ScD'14 hon.; Joel Scheraga '76 AM'79, PhD'81; and Bina Venkataraman '02. Facilitator: Prof. Dov Sax.
"Role of Media in Shaping – and Reflecting – Culture and Society" with Mara Liasson ’77, and Mark Maremont ’80, P’11. Facilitator: Richard M. Locke P’17
"Enduring Legacies of Slavery: Human Trafficking in the 21st Century" with Katherine Chon ’02, Malika Saada Saar ’92, and Preston Tisdale ’73, P’10, P’10 MD’15, P’12. Facilitator: Anthony Bogues
"From T-Square to Techstyle Haus: A Presentation and Panel Discussion on Design at Brown" with Gareth Rose ’16, Isabelle Lubin ’16, Steve Glenn ’87, Dietrich Neumann, Derek Stein, Susan Yelavich ’72. Facilitator: Barbara Laskey Weinreich ’80
"The Brown Reader Contributors' Reading" with M. Charles Bakst ’66, Sean Kelly ’84, Marie Myung-Ok Lee ’86, Mara Liasson ’77, and Jonathan Mooney ’00. Facilitator: Wendy Strothman ’72, LHD’08 hon., P’07
Alumni Recognition Ceremony & Luncheon
Preston Tisdale’73, P’10, P’10 MD’15, P’12, President Elect of the Brown Alumni Association, addresses the crowd.
Augustus White III ’57, DMS’97 hon., P’98, with Emily Maranjian ‘86, Coco Fernandez and Phoebe Fernandez.
Brown Bear Award recipient Ralph Rosenberg ’86, P’17, poses with President Paxson and his family.
BAA President Nancy Chick Hyde ’80, P’17, ’17 enjoys a moment with her parents and daughter.
Augustus White III ’57, DMS’97 hon., P’98 celebrates receiving the Joseph M. Fernandez ’85 Award with his family.
Peter Mackie ’59 and Diane Scola ’59 enjoy receiving the Brown Annual Fund Class Participation Award for the Class of 1959.
David Granville-Smith ’89 waves to the crowd after receiving the H. Anthony Ittleson ’60 Award.
Brown Bear Award Award recipient Galen Henderson ’93 MD enjoys the moment with Nancy Chick Hyde ’80, P’17, ’17 and President Paxson.
Slavery Memorial Dedication
The Slavery Memorial sculpture by Martin Puryear, made of granite and ductile cast iron, has been installed on the Front Green, in proximity of Manning Hall.
President Paxson addresses the crowd of alumni, students, staff, faculty and community members gathered for the dedication.
Artist Martin Puryear offers remarks regarding the importance of the memorial, the process of creating and constructing the final work.
Following the dedication, a crowd remains for a reception and moments of reflection with the sculpture.
Jo-Ann Conklin, Director of the Bell Gallery, and member of Brown’s Public Art Committee, addresses the audience.
Open House Programs
Research Matters! Celebrating New Ideas and Discoveries. A Graduate School Symposium
Center for Students of Color (formerly the Third World Center) Renaming Celebration
Tailgating, Football & Fireworks
Fall Celebration fireworks show, which took place at the end of the Harvard Brown Football Game.
