# @brownu on Instagram

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- **Original URL:** https://www.instagram.com/p/DYsSpdKCY98
- **Gondola URL:** https://gondola.cc/posts/65816893-brownu-instagram
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- **Posted:** 2026-05-23T18:57:41.000+00:00
- **Account Owner:** Brown University (@brownu) — https://gondola.cc/brownu

## Caption

As a crescent moon rose to join a canopy of glowing paper lanterns above Brown University’s College Green, thousands of alumni, soon-to-be graduates, families and friends gathered on Friday night for one of Brown’s most beloved Commencement and Reunion Weekend traditions: Campus Dance.

This year’s Campus Dance lineup included MAMBO, Brown’s premier salsa and merengue orchestra; the Stowaways, a student-led ensemble that performs energetic and faithful renditions of harmony-drenched, high-energy oldies; and Class of 2016 alumnus DAP The Contract, a hip-hop and Afro-fusion producer and rapper from Lagos, Nigeria.

Class of 1986 graduates Mary-Jo Haronian and Scott Joy had extra reason to be excited for Brown University’s Reunion 2026 — it was also their wedding.
More than 40 years ago, Haronian and Joy met on their very first day on Brown’s campus as next-door neighbors in the Champlin residence hall. They were friends through their first year but then lost touch — until Brown brought them back together decades later.

The couple knew they wanted their wedding to have a connection to Brown and figured, what better time than during their 40th reunion? They ended up tying the knot on Friday afternoon, just as alumni were beginning to return to campus by the thousands for the three-day Commencement and Reunion Weekend. #BrownReunion #BrownU #Brown2026

📸 Image credit: Nick Dentamaro

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