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| Brown University alumni | |
|---|---|
| Name | Brown University alumni |
| Location | Providence, Rhode Island |
| Notable | See article |
Brown University alumni are graduates and former students of Brown University who have pursued careers across United States, United Kingdom, Canada, Israel, India and other countries, contributing to fields such as physics, literature, film, finance and public policy. Alumni include recipients of the Nobel Prize, Pulitzer Prize, MacArthur Fellowship and Academy Award, as well as leaders associated with institutions like Harvard University, Yale University, Columbia University and United Nations. The alumni network intersects with organizations such as Rhode Island School of Design, Brown-RISD collaborations, and professional societies including the American Association for the Advancement of Science and Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences.
Brown alumni span undergraduate, graduate, and certificate programs and serve in roles at institutions such as Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Stanford University, Princeton University, Johns Hopkins University and California Institute of Technology. Graduates have been active in movements tied to Civil Rights Movement, Women's suffrage, LGBT rights movement and policy debates around Climate change. The alumni community maintains connections through offices in cities like New York City, London, Beijing and San Francisco, and participates in networks including the Ivy League, Rhode Island business community and international consortia such as Schmidt Futures.
Alumni notable in multiple arenas include figures linked to Nobel Prize in Physics, Pulitzer Prize for Fiction, Academy Award for Best Picture, Tony Award, Grammy Award, Emmy Award and MacArthur Fellows Program. Distinguished names have served on the boards of Google, Apple Inc., Goldman Sachs, JPMorgan Chase, Amazon (company) and cultural institutions such as the Museum of Modern Art, Metropolitan Museum of Art and New York Public Library. Alumni have held offices in United States Senate, United States House of Representatives, White House, United Nations General Assembly and state governments including Rhode Island General Assembly.
Brown alumni in academia include faculty and researchers at Harvard Medical School, Yale School of Medicine, University of Oxford, University of Cambridge, Columbia University Mailman School of Public Health and National Institutes of Health. Scientists among alumni have contributed to projects at CERN, NASA, Jet Propulsion Laboratory and laboratories such as Bell Labs and Los Alamos National Laboratory, and have been honored with Nobel Prize in Chemistry, Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine and Fields Medal connections. Noteworthy alumni have produced work cited in journals like Nature, Science (journal), Cell (journal), The Lancet and Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.
Alumni in creative fields include novelists, poets, playwrights, filmmakers and journalists associated with publications such as The New Yorker, The New York Times, The Washington Post, The Atlantic and Rolling Stone. Alumni have created films screened at Sundance Film Festival, Cannes Film Festival and received awards at the Academy Awards, BAFTA Awards and Tony Awards. Others have produced work for National Public Radio, HBO, Netflix and BBC and served as editors at The Paris Review, Granta and Time (magazine).
Graduates have founded and led companies in Silicon Valley, Wall Street and global markets, launching ventures that partnered with firms like Microsoft, Facebook, IBM and Oracle Corporation. Alumni entrepreneurs have participated in accelerator programs such as Y Combinator, Techstars and investment initiatives at Sequoia Capital, Andreessen Horowitz and Kleiner Perkins. Alumni have also held executive roles at General Electric, Ford Motor Company, Boeing and fintech firms including Stripe (company), Square, Inc. and Coinbase.
Brown alumni have served as elected officials in bodies like United States Senate, United States House of Representatives, state legislatures and municipal governments including Providence, Rhode Island and New York City. Alumni have worked in cabinets and agencies such as the United States Department of State, United States Department of Defense, Federal Reserve System and Securities and Exchange Commission, and in international roles at United Nations and World Bank. Legal alumni have clerked for courts including the United States Supreme Court, served as judges on United States Court of Appeals, and practiced at firms like Cravath, Swaine & Moore, Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom and Baker McKenzie.
The alumni association organizes reunions, regional chapters and affinity groups in cities such as Boston, Washington, D.C., Los Angeles and Chicago and collaborates with student organizations like Brown Daily Herald and arts groups tied to Trinity Repertory Company. Traditions connecting alumni to campus include events at Van Wickle Gates, commencement ceremonies, reunions on College Hill and partnerships with Brown Arts Initiative and Swearer Center for Public Service. The network supports mentorship programs, career services with connections to Harvard Business School, Columbia Law School and fellowship programs such as Fulbright Program and Rhodes Scholarship.
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