brainchild

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It’s the brainchild of Alan Alda, who helped start what is now called the Alan Alda Center for Communicating Science at Long Island’s Stony Brook University more than 15 years ago.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 4, 2026

It is the brainchild of a company called Campus Guardian Angel, which has pilot programs using the technology in Georgia and Florida, with growing interest in Texas.

From Barron's • May 15, 2026

The brand new, 65-person cocktail bar is the brainchild of celebrated bartender Jeff Bell, known for his work at the pioneering Please Don’t Tell, or PDT, in New York’s East Village.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 14, 2026

The Comic Relief charity, set up in 1985, was the brainchild of filmmaker Richard Curtis and comedian Sir Lenny Henry.

From BBC • Mar. 19, 2026

The Christian Union is the brainchild of forty-year-old Matt Bennett, who earned bachelor’s and master’s degrees at Cornell and later directed the Campus Crusade for Christ at Princeton.

From "Class Matters" by The New York Times