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Student Stories
Exceptional students from across the spectrum of the Brown educational experience are embracing unique opportunities to advance knowledge and make an impact through research, community engagement, entrepreneurship and more.
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Student Stories
Exceptional students from across the spectrum of the Brown educational experience are embracing unique opportunities to advance knowledge and make an impact through research, community engagement, entrepreneurship and more.
Arts and Humanities
Chanelle Dupuis: Finding sweet success in smell studies at Brown
November 24, 2025
The doctoral candidate is leveraging Brown's culture of open inquiry to advance research on the sense of smell through French language and literature, neuroscience and history.
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Student Life
Andrew Herring: Squashing limitations after second chance at life
October 31, 2025
After a life-saving liver transplant at 17, the Brown University senior and standout squash player has embraced a life driven by resilience, community and gratitude.
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Social Sciences
Paige Censale: A nontraditional student and community advocate, driven to uplift the unseen
October 2, 2025
The Brown University junior balances a dedication to public affairs and documentary filmmaking with a personal calling as a caregiver and advocate for families confronting dementia.
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Health and Medicine
Zainab Iftikhar: Helping humans use artificial intelligence to better support mental health
May 14, 2025
The Brown Ph.D. student collaborates with psychologists and computer scientists across campus to find ways AI can support, but not replace, human-centered mental health counseling.
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Student Life
Ayoola Fadahunsi: Anchored by community at Brown, she leads with love, justice and joy
April 30, 2025
Informed by her Nigerian-American identity and guided by her spiritual compass, the Brown University senior is advancing migration-policy research, humanitarian law and public service.
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Student Life
Eva Erickson: Blending science, sports and the ultimate test of survival
March 20, 2025
Whether she’s captaining the men’s club hockey team or participating as the first openly autistic cast member on “Survivor,” the Brown graduate student in fluid and thermal science finds success in authenticity.
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Student Life
Kanayo Duru: The Brunonian behind the baton has a heart that beats for music and medicine
March 4, 2025
The Brown University senior and head conductor of the Brown Band embraces a wide range of musical, academic and volunteer pursuits as he marches toward a career in medicine.
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Arts and Humanities
Elijah Golden: Embracing storytelling from the Grand Ole Opry stage to Brown’s classrooms
December 17, 2024
Brown University senior Elijah Golden pursues a varied academic and extracurricular life at Brown while also performing and touring with his family’s three-generation country music band.
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Health and Medicine
Dominique Pablito: Advancing science while inspiring fellow Indigenous students in STEM
November 26, 2024
As she investigates cancer treatments and pursues her own path toward becoming a physician-scientist, the Brown University doctoral student is supporting fellow Indigenous students interested in science and medicine.
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Student Life
Mia Tretta: Drawing on her experience as a school shooting survivor to advance gun safety
October 22, 2024
Wounded in a school shooting in California in 2019, the Brown sophomore has dedicated herself to preventing gun violence nationwide, harnessing her education at Brown to forge a career in advocacy.
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Environment
Corinne LePage: Embracing a love of horticulture to support domestic violence survivors
September 18, 2024
Through determination, courage and a supportive community, LePage is flourishing as a nontraditional student at Brown and using her own experiences to help others on campus and beyond.
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Student Life
Daniel Solomon: Visualizing a more inclusive, accessible future through public art
April 30, 2024
Through the installation of educational public art in urban neighborhoods, the Brown sophomore hopes to inspire mutual understanding of the blind and visually impaired community.
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Student Life
Kaliko Kalāhiki: Bringing Indigenous communities together at Brown and beyond
March 20, 2024
From a small farm in Hawaii to College Hill to the corridors of the White House, Brown senior Kaliko Kalāhiki is making inroads as an advocate for Indigenous sovereignty, queer visibility and sustainable land use.
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Science and Technology
Eric Ewing: Helping multi-robot research lift off at Brown and beyond
February 15, 2024
Advancing a commitment to accessible robotics education, the Ph.D. student is researching how to simultaneously control multiple drones and teaching others how to build and operate them.
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Health and Medicine
Hannah Doyle: Studying brains in the lab and showing brawn in the ring
December 13, 2023
The Brown neuroscience Ph.D. student and competitive boxer researches how the brain processes combinations — like the ones she practices at the gym — to better understand cognitive disorders.
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Social Sciences
Logan Danker: Making advocacy and public service more accessible
November 17, 2023
By empowering a more diverse generation of future elected officials and community leaders, the Brown University senior hopes to drive inclusive policy outcomes.
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Arts and Humanities
Devanney Haruta: Investigating the life and death of musical instruments
October 23, 2023
As a graduate student in Brown’s music department, Haruta hopes to spark inspiration and reflection through her interactive piece, "Piano (de)composition."
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Student Life
Alice Im: Called to advance public health and well-being through community engagement
September 20, 2023
Opportunities through Brown’s Swearer Center and the Brown-Tougaloo Partnership ignited the Brown senior’s passion for engaged community research and a focus on advancing public health. \
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Student Life
Ron Phillips: Pursuing parallel passions in pathology and performance
May 16, 2023
The Brown medical student and prolific musical theater actor will seek his future in pathology, a field that complements his vast array of pursuits.
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Student Life
Aliza Kopans: Working to promote digital wellness for generations to come
April 13, 2023
From organizing grassroots campaigns to advocating for policy change, the Brown sophomore is on a mission to make screen time safer, healthier and more empowering for young people.
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