Alumni, students, faculty and staff joined us to celebrate our community's achievements at our weekend kickoff reception.

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Alumni, students, families, faculty and staff dance the night away at Campus Dance under paper lanterns lighting the skies on the College Green and Simmons Quad. 

Ticketing

As part of Brown’s commitment to community safety and security, a new ticketing system for the 2026 Commencement and Reunion Weekend was implemented that included controlled access to campus buildings and outdoor spaces around the College Green.

All members of the community, including students, faculty, staff, alumni, guests and vendors, were required to show the appropriate access bands or badges to access the College Green area and other campus locations throughout the weekend.

A moderated panel discussion of interdisciplinary perspectives on the current maternal and reproductive health crisis in the U.S. The conversation covered strategies for building a future that values and supports maternal and reproductive health.

Led by the co-directors of the Advancing Impact on Maternal and Reproductive Health (AIM) Lab at the School of Public Health, Liz Tobin-Tyler, J.D., M.A., professor of health services, policy and practice and Dara Kass, M.D., adjunct professor of health services, policy and practice.

Panelists:

• Nancy Northup ’81, President and CEO, Center for Reproductive Rights
• Emma Roth ’12, Senior Counsel, Reproductive Futures
• Neel Shah ’04, ’09 M.D., Chief Medical Officer, Maven Clinic and Founder, March for Moms
• Kate Shaw ’01, Professor of Law, University of Pennsylvania Law School
• Kimá Joy Taylor ’91, ’95 M.D., Co-Founder of Doing Right By Birth and Founder of Anka Consulting

Sponsored by the School of Public Health and the Friends of the Pembroke Center.

Biostatistics alumni, students, faculty and staff celebrated 2026 graduates from the Statistics Concentration, as well as the department's masters and doctoral programs. Awards were distributed and light refreshments were served.

Friends of the Pembroke Center hosted a panel discussion examining legislative, political and cultural pressures shaping the future of research on gender and sexuality. Experts from public health and the biological sciences will consider strategies for advocacy and protecting vital research in uncertain times.

Panelists:

• Gray Babbs, Ph.D. candidate, Health Services, Policy, and Practice, School of Public Health
• Katie Biello, Provost’s Professor of Epidemiology and Behavioral and Social Sciences, School of Public Health
• Anne Fausto-Sterling, Nancy Duke Lewis Professor Emerita of Biology
• Shufang Sun, associate professor of behavioral and social sciences and psychiatry and human behavior, School of Public Health

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Sponsored by the Friends of the Pembroke Center and the School of Public Health

The HES and NextGen Scholar communities celebrated the 5t^h Anniversary of our program and honored the Health Equity & NextGen Scholars Class of 2026 at their official Stole Ceremony. This special gathering was a moment to recognize our scholars' incredible dedication and to reflect on five years of advancing equity in public health. 

This celebratory event is a formal recognition of our graduates' hard work and dedication to the field of public health.

Video

Watch a recording of the ceremony.