At 1:55 p.m., multiple students whose ID information was recorded by the Department of Public Safety officers during the encampment were notified that the Office of Student Conduct and Community Standards was processing a student conduct violation, according to an email shared with The Herald.

Encampment participants under student conduct violation review, BDC host ‘emergency rally’

By Owen Dahlkamp , Anisha Kumar , Ryan Doherty and Avani Ghosh | April 24 | University News

Approximately 80 students began an indefinite encampment on the Main Green at around 6:20 a.m. Wednesday ...

Around eighty students begin indefinite encampment on Main Green in support of divestment

By Owen Dahlkamp and Ryan Doherty | April 24 | University News

Approximately 80 students began an indefinite encampment on the Main Green at around 6:20 a.m. Wednesday ...

The Undergraduate Council of Students released a statement Tuesday evening calling on President Paxson ...

UCS calls on Paxson to drop charges against 41 arrested students

By Julianna Chang | April 23 | University News

The Undergraduate Council of Students released a statement Tuesday evening calling on President Paxson ...

Angela Davis speaks on social movements at BCSC’s ‘Heritage Series’

By Talia LeVine | April 23 | University News

Hundreds of community members packed into Salomon DECI auditorium Tuesday night to hear political activist Angela Davis discuss social movements, history and Palestine at an event hosted by the Brown Center for Students of Color. The talk, titled “No one is free until we are all free: discussion on ...

Provost Doyle reaffirms protest policy amid pro-Palestinian encampments at peer institutions

By Owen Dahlkamp and Ryan Doherty | April 23 | University News

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Provost Francis Doyle sent an email to community members about University policy surrounding encampments on Tuesday afternoon. The email comes amid a series of national protests calling for a ceasefire in the war between Israel and Hamas and on universities to divest from weapons manufacturers and companies ...

Opinions

Sandhu ’25: ‘I’m just a girl,’ ‘You’re just a man’ — What’s happened to accountability?

By Meher Sandhu | April 23

“I’m also just a girl, standing in front of a boy, asking him to love her.”

Letter: Response to the recent Spring Weekend editorial

By Danny Greenberg | April 22

To the Editor:

Artis ’22: Brown’s reported Fortress investment is grossly misaligned with its sustainability goals

By Zanagee Artis | April 22

In a recently published article by Bloomberg, Brown University’s Investment Office is reportedly in advanced talks to “invest in Fortress Investment Group alongside Mubadala Investment Co. as part of the Abu Dhabi sovereign wealth fund’s acquisition of a majority stake in the alternative asset ...

Piekarz '24: It’s Time to Reform the Brown Concert Agency

By Ben Piekarz | April 19

Spring Weekend is supposed to be a time of celebration for all students, a grand finale to Brown’s academic year. Historically, the Brown Concert Agency, tasked with organizing the Main Green Festival in late April, has courted artists such as Bob Dylan, Bruce Springsteen, U2, Kendrick Lamar and Young ...

Editorial: It’s time for Brown to reform its faculty advising

By Editorial Page Board | April 19

As pre-registration comes to an end, many of us are reminded of the inadequacy of Brown’s faculty advising system. Whether you were met with a deafening silence from your advisor or a last-minute registration pin number, it is during this time of year when Brown’s lack of support becomes more apparent. ...

University News

PhD candidates, GLO express frustration at unexpected partial denials of COVID funding extension

By Ethan Schenker and Grace Hu | April 22

Following an uptick in sixth-year PhD students reporting that their requests for a yearlong COVID-related funding extension had been partially denied by the University, Graduate Labor Organization leaders are accusing the University of violating “the spirit” of a clause in a 2023 side letter to ...

House Speaker Shekarchi speaks at Taubman Center Politics and Policy Lunch

By Amber Marcus-Blank | April 22

R.I. House Speaker Joseph Shekarchi (D-Warwick) spoke at a Politics and Policy Lunch hosted by the Taubman Center for American Politics and Policy in Stephen Robert ’62 Hall on Monday.

ADOCH 2024 sees over 1000 prospective students, multiple student protests

By Megan Chan | April 21

A swath of admitted students paraded Brown’s campus during A Day on College Hill last Friday. The annual event was hosted twice — April 12 and April 19 — and saw a turnout of over 1,000 students, according to a University press release.

Around 100 rally to support pro-Palestine demonstrators from Columbia during ADOCH

By Tom Li and Avani Ghosh | April 19

On Friday, around 100 students rallied in support of the 113 pro-Palestinian demonstrators arrested at Columbia University on Thursday.

BSI installation pays tribute to 130 hostages in Gaza, assembled ahead of ADOCH

By Tom Li and Avani Ghosh | April 19

Brown Students for Israel organized an installation on the Quiet Green to pay tribute to the approximately 130 hostages believed to be held in Gaza during the ongoing Israel-Hamas war.

Arts & Culture

Mira Goodman ’24 reflects on previous relationships in thesis exhibition

By Cavan Agatone | April 22

The first piece that Mira Goodman ’24 made for her honors thesis exhibition didn’t end up making the final cut.

girl in red declares hopeful, confident return to music on sophomore album “I’M DOING IT AGAIN BABY”

By Campbell Loi | April 22

Professionally known as girl in red, Norwegian singer-songwriter Marie Ulven first arrived on the indie-pop scene with “i wanna be your girlfriend,” a single she released on SoundCloud in 2016. When songs “we fell in love in october” and “girls” went viral on TikTok during the COVID-19 pandemic, ...

Metro

Sprucing up Rhode Island: RIDEM gives away over 2000 free trees

By Maya Kelly | April 23

This article is part of an Earth Month series exploring environmental issues, climate initiatives and community stakeholders throughout Providence and Rhode Island.

State senators discuss education accountability, reform at 2024 education summit

By Byron Darnton | April 23

Panelists ranging from Brown researchers to former public school students spoke Monday evening about state and school accountability at the R.I. Senate Education Summit, an event hosted by the Community College of Rhode Island and moderated by State Senators Sandra Cano (D-Pawtucket) and Hanna Gallo ...

Brown slated to begin construction on seven-story laboratory this summer

By Mira White | April 19

The University is set to continue its expansion into Providence’s Jewelry District with the creation of a seven-story lab building on Chestnut Street. The Providence Downtown Design Review Committee greenlit the building designs in December and construction is slated to commence this summer.

Goncalves introduces ordinance requiring council approval for bike lane removals

By Ciara Meyer | April 18

After the City announced plans to remove the South Water Street bike lane in early April, City Councilor John Goncalves ’13 MA ’15 (Ward-1) introduced an ordinance that would require the City Council to authorize the removal of any bike lanes within the city. At a City Council meeting this Thursday, ...

Sports

Women’s rugby “rides high” after third place finish in Ivy 7s tournament

By Lydell Dyer | April 24

As the rest of campus congregated on the Main Green on a sunny Saturday afternoon, the women’s rugby team (16-8, 3-3 Ivy) traveled to Cambridge, Massachusetts to compete in the annual Ivy 7s tournament. Surpassing last year’s 1-2 showing, the team went 3-1, taking home bronze after beating Princeton ...

Meet BMo and Shiver, Brown’s Frisbee Powerhouses

By Cooper Herman | April 23

It’s not unusual for Brown's varsity sports teams to draw attention from the wider student body from time to time. But one of Brown’s most successful programs is not a varsity team, and it’s one whose tremendous accomplishments tend to go unsung: club ultimate frisbee.

Mia Mascone ’24 breaks single-season points record as Bears fall to Penn

By Gus Bailey | April 23

Senior Mia Mascone ’24 shattered Brown’s long-standing record for points in a single season Saturday with 88 points and tied her per-game career-high with 11 points. Despite such achievements, No. 23 Bears’ (9-5, 2-4 Ivy) 19-13 fell to No. 3 Penn (11-3, 4-2).

Softball takes series in 2-1 comeback against Columbia

By Dennis Carey | April 22

The softball team (15-20, 7-8 Ivy) took on Columbia (14-20, 8-7 Ivy) this past weekend in a three-game series in Providence. After dropping the first game to the Lions, the Bears reversed the result, winning the next two and taking home their seventh win out of the last 10 games.

First-place Columbia beats baseball in spring weekend sweep

By Linus Lawrence | April 22

With their chance at a playoff run slipping away, the baseball team (8-24, 3-12 Ivy) got swept at home over the weekend by the first-place Columbia Lions (19-14, 12-3 Ivy) by finals of 15-4, 19-7 and 6-1. The Bears, stuck in an eight-game losing streak, currently sit at the bottom of the Ivy League ...

Science & Research

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Tuesday event launches Center for Health System Sustainability at School of Public Health

By Francesca Grossberg | April 23

The Center for Health System Sustainability at Brown’s School of Public Health celebrated its onset through an April 23 launch event at which speakers ...

Brown-affiliated study offers model to understand ancient space objects

By Elise Haulund | April 22

Since the solar system formed over 4.5 billion years ago, planets and other objects have been subject to constant change due to heating from the Sun. ...

Podcasts

Amber: Critical exam strategies: Avoiding key mistakes in IELTS, GMAT, SAT and GRE

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