Laura Thompson ’09 has spent the past decade working on radical innovations aimed at solving the world’s toughest problems. Laura was an early product lead at Google X, where she drove product strategy for science fiction-sounding technologies including self driving cars, smart contact lenses, and delivery drones. While at X, she spread the team’s learning in […]

From Apple to Airbnb, we see the impact of design in some of the best products and services that we use every day. What about services for our most vulnerable populations? What does it look like to bring design to the work of improving services for governments and the public sector? Join Ben Guhin, Head […]

A defining feature of the American Dream is upward income mobility — the ideal that children have equal opportunities to succeed in life, regardless of the circumstances of their birth. Join The Policy Lab and John Friedman, Professor of Economics, International Affairs, and Public Policy at Brown University and Founding Co-Director of Opportunity Insights at […]

Eli A. Wolff directs the Power of Sport Lab, a platform to fuel and magnify creativity, diversity, connection and leadership through sport. The Power of Sport Lab works to help others realize the power of sport and its impact to connect and drive society forward. Eli is also an instructor with the Sport Management program […]

Join Jordan Evans ('14) and a host of current undergrads for the 2019 Buoy Brown Newsletter Launch event! Jordan will share his entrepreneurial journey and you'll hear from an amazing panel of undergrads who have been featured in the Buoy newsletter. Buoy was birthed out of Jordan Evans '14 experience FAILING a Principles of Economics class at Brown […]

As managing director of the Slater Technology Fund, Thorne focuses on the earliest stage of company creation, often working with university-based teams commercializing research. He serves as board member for Voltserver, Datarista, Advanced Image Enhancement, and Tizra Software, and as a board observer at Squadlocker, Drive Time Metrics, eNow, Aquanis, Location, Inc., and RxVantage. He […]

Join us for a panel and discussion with four Brown undergrads working in venture capital! Learn what university-focused VC funds are, how to raise money from them, and how you can also get involved as an undergrad investment partner. Panelists (pictured left to righ)t: Mariel Rosic '20 of Dorm Room Fund John Diorio '20 of […]