Friday night, the College Green looks serene just before 40,000 people arrive for Campus Dance.
A scene that passing decades have barely changed: University Hall, framed by paper lanterns and a bandstand, awaits Campus Dance revelers.
Steve Messinger ’85 teaches his daughter Renee how to swing and dip.
Director of Student Activities Phil O’Hara ’55 and his wife, Pat, show students how it’s done.
Jocelyn Aframe ’00 and her husband, Jacob Grigolia Rosenbaum, share a close moment on the dance floor.
Down on Lincoln Field, student and alumni bands perform to a crowd of thousands.
The young and young at heart dance to the very, very loud music on Lincoln Field.
Phillippa Pits ’09 and Grant Kellerman ’10 look like they’re about to try something tricky on the dance floor.
Lafe Solomon ’70 sends his wife, Catherine Crocket, swinging.
They could have danced all night: Bob Lettieri ’60 and his wife, June.
Lana Zak ’00 and Seth Andrew ’00 were back for their 10th reunion. His cap stood out in the crowd.
Sara Emmenecker ’04. AM ’11 and her husband, Stephen Hendrickson ’04, have a blast at Campus Dance.
The class of ’08 didn’t need a five-year reunion to bring them back in force.
Qusai Hammouri, Yousra Fazili ’99, and Nicholas Janoie ’99 at Campus Dance.
Seniors Nikkisha Smith, Anna Darby, and Fedna Jacquet are aglow with the weekend’s excitement.
Dancers join the band on stage down on Lincoln Field.
Lincoln Field was packed at Campus Dance. And very loud!
At midnight, the class of 2010 packs the steps of Sayles Hall for the ritual Senior Sing.
A little Latinate humor from the class of ’X.
At the president’s annual reception for the senior class, seniors photograph one another as they pose with President Simmons.
Seniors get their moment of fame with the president.
Seniors Lee Richter, Emilie Lygren, Ben Lowell, Barbara Peterson and Samuel Byker catch up at a reception for students who participated in BOLT (Brown Outdoor Leadership Training).
At the Multicultural Alumni Committee (MAC) reception Friday evening, left to right, Loyola Rankin ’11 and Winnie Jumbo ’10 perform a Navajo basket dance, with the help of her brother in the rear.
Senior Winnie Jumbo displays her Navajo basket.
Left to right, Darwood Van der Hoop and Jamie Spears Van der Hoop ’04 join the Swearer bear outside Maddock Alumni Center.
Myra Liwanag ’91 applauds a performance by Michelle and Rosemary Le, both ’13, and their younger sister Carolyn.
The Le sisters do a fan dance at the MAC reception.
Jennifer Edwards Weston ’07, who is Standing Rock Sioux, and Elizabeth Hoovers ’10, who is Mohawk and Mikmaq, show off their tribal finery.
Jamalia Woods ’11 performs a spoken word piece at the MAC reception.
Marisa Chock ’10, right, speaks to an Assistant Dean of Student Life.
Debra Abeshaus of the Office of Women in Medicine and Science, center, talks with medical alumnae Brenda Goldsmith Fiss ’95 MD and Sara Fazio ’91, ’95 MD at a reception for women in medicine.
At a Barus and Holley reception for engineering alumni, students surround a sculpture built by Brown’s chapter of Engineers Without Borders. Every three seconds the hourglass drops a marble signifying a child who has died of starvation.
Corporation member Artemis Joukowski ’55; Cogut Center postdoctoral fellow Shiva Balaghi; and Watson Institute Director Michael Kennedy attend a reception for international students at Rochambeau House.
Emeritus engineering professor Barrett Hazeltine greets alumni at a reception for engineering alumni.
Rochambeau House hosts a reception for international students.
Students, faculty, and alumni at a Barus and Holley reception for engineers.
Sophomores Jodi-Ann Dattadeen and Niwaeli Kimambo at the Midnight Machado House dance party.
The engineering alumni reception in Barus and Holley.
Dancing to the music of Grupo Sazon at the Midnight Machado House dance party.
Left to right, seniors Sumbul Siddiqui, Sonia Balaram, and Sheela Krishnan at the Third World Center reception.
They met in Keeney Hall and now are roommates in Brooklyn Heights, New York: left to right, Kristobal Sanchez ’09, Drew Patterson ’08, Jennifer Chudy ’07, and Louis Truillo ’09.