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Four residential structures currently stand on the proposed development site.

University plans to construct new economics building on Brook Street, nearby residents express disapproval

By Roma Shah and Jeremiah Farr | April 9 | University News

Four residential structures currently stand on the proposed development site.

Photo of the Brown Department of Public Safety and Emergency Management: a pale brick building.

The lawsuit was filed by the ACLU of R.I. on behalf of two separate journalists.

ACLU, University spar in court over public access to DPS arrest records

By Michelle Bi | April 9 | Metro

The lawsuit was filed by the ACLU of R.I. on behalf of two separate journalists.

Zendaya and Robert Pattinson co-star in the controversial romantic comedy.

‘The Drama’ is starting drama, and rightfully so

By Kendra Eastep | April 9 | Review

Zendaya and Robert Pattinson co-star in the controversial romantic comedy.

Chair of History of Art and Architecture Itohan Osayimwese to assume vice presidency of Society of Architectural Historians

By Elizabeth Rosenbaum | April 8 | Science & Research

Photo of a woman in a grey checkered blazer and white shirt, wearing silver hoop earrings and a pair of clear glasses.

Osayimwese will serve two years as vice president before assuming the presidency in 2028.

Meet Gravy: The turkey that keeps trying to cross the road

By Maxwell Silver | April 8 | Metro

Illustration of a turkey walking on a grass field on a sunny day.

The Middletown turkey has been recaptured by the state’s Department of Environmental Management.

Opinions

Gupta ’29, Kalu ’27, Theodoropoulos ’27: In our hour of need, Providence kept us safe. We must include the city in our vision of security.

By Kenneth Kalu, Alexa Theodoropoulos and Raya Gupta | April 9

Before Dec. 13, Coffee Exchange was just another busy cafe near Brown’s campus. But when an active shooter sent the University into a 13-hour lockdown, what used to be the place where students grabbed their lattes turned into a site of refuge. Thirty students sheltered there for hours, welcomed by ...

Lindemann ’29: In the age of AI, write a poem

By Beatriz Lindemann | April 8

In a time when artificial intelligence has grown more and more prevalent, there is absolutely no use for it in my first-year seminar. In LITR 0710: “Writers on Writing Seminar,” my class reads a collection of poems, essays or a novel every week, discusses the works and then has the privilege of ...

Editorial: The recent UCS referendum epitomizes the council’s pitfalls

By Editorial Page Board | April 8

On March 20, the Undergraduate Council of Students sent an email to all undergraduates asking them to vote in a referendum on proposed changes to the UCS constitution. The email stated that the referendum’s amendments included “the removal of gendered language, the adoption of required language ...

Letter: Response to ‘At Brown, renowned authors discuss the consequences of banning books’

By Jeremy Mumford | April 7

I appreciated the March 31 Herald article about the Office of Diversity and Inclusion-hosted conversation featuring Edwidge Danticat MFA‘93 and Lauren Groff, two authors I admire and whose conversation on “Banned Books and Troublesome Texts” I was sorry to have missed. When Danticat’s lovely ...

Murray ’29: Hop on the bus — the importance of the field trip

By Clara Murray | April 7

On top of my four classes, recently I feel as though I am enrolled in an invisible fifth class, BRWN 0010: “Scrolling Through Courses@Brown.” The only assignment in this class is to pick the most exciting, perhaps concentration-fulfilling fall courses available. To complete this assignment, I consider ...

University News

Interim chief Hugh Clements named DPS chief of police, VP for public safety and emergency management

By Emily Feil | April 8

Former police chief Rodney Chatman officially separated from the University as part of a settlement proposal approved Tuesday.

Faculty vote to change language on ‘course bunching,’ establish graduate microcertificates

By Seyla Fernandez | April 8

The motion to reinstate the University president as the presiding officer at faculty meetings was not on the agenda.

Meet the 2026 UCS candidates

By Eric Dogini | April 8

Though the presidency is uncontested, four candidates are vying for the vice position.

Meet the alums in the running to be on the Brown Corporation

By Jeremiah Farr | April 8

Three alums who graduated in the last three years are in contention to be a New Alumni Trustee.

BPU hosts conversation with Oren Cass on the Trump administration’s economic policies

By Noa Saviano | April 8

Cass is the founder and chief economist of the American Compass, a conservative economic think tank.

Arts & Culture

Photo of Tommy Shelby (Cillian Murphy) from Peaky Blinders in a long navy trench coat and cap.

‘Peaky Blinders: The Immortal Man’ offers fitting ending for Tommy Shelby

By Alyssia Ouhocine | April 9

The film returns viewers to the universe of the hit British television series “Peaky Blinders.”

25th annual Ivy Film Festival features Nina Jacobson ’87 P’23, Jeff Cronenweth

By Manav Musunuru | April 9

The festival will also feature screenings of 19 student films.

Metro

A photo of rallyers standing in the grass along a main road holding signs calling for rent stabilization.

Providence residents rally in support of rent stabilization ordinance

By Pavani Durbhakula | April 7

Last week’s vote fell one vote short of the supermajority needed to override Mayor Brett Smiley’s veto.

How Providence eighth graders receive their high school placements

By Nate Barkow | April 6

All but two PPSD high schools select students using a lottery system.

Amid federal push to tighten ID requirements, state legislators introduce act codifying voter protections

By Annika Melwani | April 5

The proposal comes as the U.S. Senate weighs the Safeguard American Voter Eligibility Act.

RISD introduces expanded mental health resources amid high rates of CAPS use

By Izabella Piatkowski | April 3

In 2025, 55% of RISD students reported feeling high stress, and 36% reported being diagnosed with depression.

Sports

Photo of Alex Benevento ’28 hitting a ball with a blue baseball bat.

Science & Research

A drawing of blue gloved hands putting a bandage on skin with a bubble keeping bacteria out of the wound.

Brown researchers develop bandages that detect infection, release antibiotics

By Amrita Rajpal | April 9

The bandages could help reduce the overuse of antibiotics that contributes to antimicrobial resistance.

Photo of a man with a beard and mustache wearing an army green button down shirt with the top three buttons unbuttoned standing in front of a yellow brick wall.

Brown physicist receives DOE grant to solve fundamental question of the universe

By Angel Lopez | April 9

Loukas Gouskos seeks to use AI to study interactions between Higgs boson particles.