New graduates and their families gather alongside generations of alumni to honor tradition, reflect on their journeys and move into the world with usefulness and reputation.
At the 248th Commencement ceremony today, Brown University President Christina Paxson conferred honorary doctorates on eight candidates who have achieved great distinction in their fields.
Sabrina Imbler, one of two graduating seniors chosen as orators for the 248th Commencement, delivered an address titled “How Do We Want to Become?" on the College Green on Sunday, May 29.
Jamelle Watson-Daniels, one of two graduating seniors chosen as orators for the 248th Commencement, delivered an address titled “Storytelling” on the College Green on Sunday, May 29.
Kevin Gover, director of the Smithsonian Institution’s National Museum of the American Indian, delivered Brown's 2016 Baccalaureate address and will receive an honorary degree at Commencement.
At its 248th Commencement on Sunday, May 29, Brown University will confer a total of 2,630 degrees in all categories — undergraduate, graduate, medical and honorary.
During its annual Commencement week meeting, the University’s governing body also formally accepted BrownTogether gifts and approved the awarding of more than 2,550 degrees at Sunday’s ceremonies.
Skin, eye and hair pigmentation requires a delicate balance of acidity within the cellular compartments where melanin is made – that balance is partly regulated, scientists now know, by a protein called TPC2.
