It’s been a year. For 13 months, Brown students were isolated, masked, and tested both literally and figuratively. Each one of them performedexceptionally, making it through COVID with determination and resilience, but we can’t fit 2,505 stories into this 10-page feature. So we’re focusing on just seven of the countless exemplary students who earned bachelor’s and advanced degrees this year. Despite having a final year at brown so challenging that it’s literally one for the history books, they’ve created, achieved, and helped others. Thanks to the pandemic, those able to exit may 2 through the Van Wickle gates in person had no families or alums applauding their achievement.These pages will have to serve as our applause--and we ask you to imagine, as you read, the hundreds of other students whose stories remain untold, and send them all a silent cheer.