We are pleased to release the first of our annual reports, describing the work done by the Brown Institute over the previous year. This is essentially an adaptation of a
2015-16 Brown Magic Grant Applications Open!
Wa are now accepting applications for 2015-16 Brown Institute Magic Grants. The full process is documented on this page, but here’s our timeline for the season. Proposal submission deadline: March 8,
Brown Institute Fellow makes new Bedfellows
Nikolas Iubel, Brown Institute Fellow for 2013-2014 and graduate of the Dual Degree program between Journalism and Computer Science at Columbia University, is currently an intern with The New York Times’ interactive
@Brown: World Press Photo Multimedia Awards
From December 12-19 (Monday-Friday) and again from January 19-February 6 (again, Monday-Friday), the Brown Institute at Columbia will host the 2014 World Press Photo Multimedia Award Winners. The institute has
Institute members get crash course in Design Thinking
Stanford Assistant Professor of Computer Science, Michael Bernstein, led Magic Grant teams in a Design Thinking-style “Crash Course” at the Brown Institute’s second All Hands meeting of 2014, December 2
World Press Photo Multimedia 2014
From December 12-19 The Brown Institute will host the World Press Photo Multimedia awards from 2014. In all, 6 films and 3 interactives will be on display in the Institute
Brown Bags kick off at Stanford
On November 7, the Stanford arm of the Institute hosted the second in a series of “Brown Bag” lunches launched earlier this fall. The Institute welcomed David Cohn, head the
Documentary about crowdsourced constitution in Iceland
Iceland, that small and mighty island nation in the middle of the Atlantic, decided to crowdsource its constitution in 2010, making it a pioneer in policy-making. Join us for the
Brown Institute Concert Series
Friday November 14, the Columbia arm of the Brown Institute held the first of its concerts mingling data, code, journalism and music. The series is curated by Charlotte Mundy, a soprano