As the year is drawing to a close, we asked our community — students, faculty and staff members, alumni, friends and neighbors — to share a few of their favorite things about Brown. These thoughts were gathered together to create a community poem, read by University President Christina H. Paxson, that celebrates the best of this special place we call home. We wish the Brown community a safe, happy holiday season and a bright new year! Thank you to all who shared their creativity and talents, including: Yukti Agarwal ’24 @yuktiaagarwal Jasmine Agostino, Ph.D. student Steve Bella ’26 @steve._.bella Lizzy Bernold ’24 @lizzybbernold Carlin Corrigan Sonya Dominguez ’02 M.D. Catherine Leopold Kaya Lolar @kaya.lolar Soljane Martinez Claudia Offord @burnt_potato163 Emma Stroupe ’25 @emma.stroupe Kamilah Tisdale ’07 @kamjamgram Catherine Zabriskie Jonathan Zhou ’26 Kamilah Tisdale