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

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

Providence residents rally in support of rent stabilization ordinance

By Pavani Durbhakula | April 7 | Metro

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

This photo shoes the Real Housewives of Rhode Island in shimmering dresses and sit around a table full of extravagant cakes and a coast is in the background with a lighthouse.

The show premiered on April 2 and the next episode is set to come out this Sunday.

Rich with drama, sex and Ozempic, ‘The Real Housewives of Rhode Island’ premiere shows promise

By Talia LeVine | April 7 | Review

The show premiered on April 2 and the next episode is set to come out this Sunday.

The Bears slid to No. 6 in the Ivy League.

Softball falls 12-4 in final series game against Princeton, giving the Tigers a three-game sweep

By Rahul Sameer | April 6 | Sports

The Bears slid to No. 6 in the Ivy League.

Daebak’s 10th annual spring show ‘Hello World’ captivates audiences with high-energy performances

By Timothy Ro | April 6 | Events

A photo showing girls performing a dance on stage in an auditorium in front of a crowd watching them.

The performances featured music from some of the world’s biggest K-pop groups.

Record-breaking 401Gives fundraising campaign raises over $5 million for local nonprofits

By Pavani Durbhakula | April 2 | Metro

A photo of downtown Providence in the evening.

Donations will benefit over 700 Rhode Island nonprofits.

Opinions

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 ...

Kaak ’29: Course titles at Brown should be self-explanatory

By Avery Kaak | April 6

With pre-registration around the corner, I’ve turned to Courses@Brown to plan my schedule for the fall. While many courses have clear, precise and direct names, there are plenty of others with odd titles. While these unclearly titled courses are a minority, they matter. Brown challenges students to ...

Moffitt, Steffes: To improve shared governance, faculty must work with the administrators with whom we’re sharing governance

By Susan Moffitt and Tracy Steffes | April 6

Brown’s faculty has long shared authority and responsibility for University rules, policies and practices with the administration through a history of shared governance. At this moment of peril and budget constraints in higher education, it is more critical than ever that we review and rejuvenate ...

Davis MA’97 PhD’11, Joyrich PhD’90, Roberts, Steinberg: Brown needs to relearn how shared faculty governance works

By Michael Steinberg, Denise Davis, Lynne Joyrich and Timmons Roberts | April 3

In a March 30 op-ed, several of our colleagues argued against the recently passed motion to have an elected faculty member chair faculty meetings. The authors are among a group of faculty who seek to repeal the vote. Unfortunately, their letter is one in a series of misconstruals of the March 3 decision, ...

University News

A man stands on the Main Green holding his hands out, addressing rally attendees.

Graduate fellows push for unionization at Friday rally

By James Libresco | April 6

At the event, the union organizers delivered a formal letter to an administrative assistant inside University Hall.

Four men stand outside the John Carter Brown Library, protesting in a black-and-white Herald photo from the 1980s.

First-year seminar on Black student protests traces campus organizing from Civil Rights Movement to present day

By Miriam Davison | April 6

The final project for this year’s course is a group research paper.

Brown wins ‘March Yakness’ Campus Cup on Yik Yak, reaches Elite Eight in national tournament

By Nate Barkow | April 6

Students shared how the school spirit around “March Yakness” united the Brown community.

Dean of Engineering Tejal Desai ’94 elected as 2025 AAAS fellow

By Seyla Fernandez | April 3

Desai was recognized by a council of peers for her work in micro- and nanoscale therapeutic technologies.

New student group leads rally against global anti-transgender legislation

By Zarina Hamilton | April 2

TRANSformation launched on Tuesday in honor of the International Transgender Day of Visibility.

Arts & Culture

Five young women covered in blood wearing leotards sit together looking around.

Though unoriginal and unremarkable, ‘Pretty Lethal’ is pretty fun

By Rebecca Goodman | April 6

The movie follows five teenage ballerinas fighting for their lives at a remote Hungarian inn.

A figure speaking behind a podium in a dimly lit room.

Claire Luchette ’13 shares glimpse of new novel at ‘Writers on Writing’ talk

By Jeremiah Farr | April 6

Luchette also spoke on their first novel, “Agatha of Little Neon.”

Metro

A photo showing the outside of Providence Career and Technical Academy to the right of Central High School during a sunny day.

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.

Revolution Wind begins to deliver power to New England grid

By Dhruv Jain | April 2

The 704-megawatt offshore wind farm comes amid rising oil and gas costs tied to the ongoing war in Iran.

Sports

A photo showing a water polo game in the pool where a player is shooting a ball at a goal that is being blocked by a Brown University goalie, with other teammates surrounding them.

Science & Research

An illustration of a person sitting in front of a computer providing communication aids.

With new technology, paralyzed patients can communicate by thinking about typing

By Elizabeth Rosenbaum | April 3

The Brown-affiliated study uses attempted finger movements to enable more efficient real-time communication.

An illustration of a spine’s vertebrae receiving electrical signals.

Electrical stimulation could help restore sensory feedback in spinal cord injury patients, Brown researchers find

By Nishita Malhan | April 3

The study offers a more permanent solution to restoring sensation through implants.