Brown will look to break ground on the athletics facility by summer 2024 — while the life sciences building could be completed in three to four years.

Brown announces plans for integrated life sciences building, indoor athletic training facility

By Ryan Doherty | June 15 | University News

Brown will look to break ground on the athletics facility by summer 2024 — while the life sciences building could be completed in three to four years.

Jha, current White House COVID-19 response coordinator, will return to his role as Brown's dean of ...

Ashish Jha will resume as SPH Dean starting July 1

By Neil Mehta | June 11 | University News

Jha, current White House COVID-19 response coordinator, will return to his role as Brown's dean of ...

While state law requires 10% of the housing stock in most Rhode Island municipalities to be affordable, ...

‘You can’t put a price tag in that’: Little Compton addresses lack of affordable housing

By Julia Vaz | June 10 | Metro

While state law requires 10% of the housing stock in most Rhode Island municipalities to be affordable, ...

Corporation approves $1.69 billion budget in May meeting

By Charlie Clynes | June 10 | University News

The Corporation, the University’s highest governing body, approved a $1.69 billion budget for Fiscal Year 2024 in its May meetings, according to a Today @ Brown message from President Christina Paxson P’19 P’MD’20.

Ten events to celebrate Pride month in Rhode Island

By Rhea Rasquinha | June 4 | Metro

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With Pride month underway, local organizations are hosting various family and community events to celebrate Rhode Island’s LGBTQ+ community.

Opinions

Editors’ Note: Celebrating what we’ve gained and lost these four years

By 132nd Editorial Board | May 24

“Is it Greg or New Dorm?” — that was the headline of a Herald article from fall 2021. The concept was straightforward: Newer members of the campus community were calling the Vartan Gregorian Quadrangle “Greg” — an abomination to upperclassmen who knew the building as “New Dorm.” ...

Senior Column | Ren ’23: An idiot all along

By Johnny Ren | May 24

The first column I ever wrote for The Herald was titled “I did not like the first-year reading.” Perhaps you remember that book ― “The Idiot” by Elif Batuman. The pink paperback Brown mailed us the summer before our first year, with the picture of a gray rock on the cover. Our first homework ...

Senior Column | Collins '23.5: Deciding Factors

By Elon Collins | May 24

Where has the time gone? It’s as if I closed my eyes on my first night here at Brown and opened them on the morning of our graduation. When we said yes to Brown, we decided that this was the place to become young, independent scholars. We decided that we loved every blade of grass on the Main Green, ...

Senior Column | Lustig ’23: Food as community

By Lily Lustig | May 24

I wrote my Common App essay about food. There was no other topic so significant to me then, and though much has changed since, there’s still nothing I would rather write about as I reflect on these last four years.

Senior Column | Bednarz ’23: Making the most out of an elevator ride

By Will Bednarz | May 24

I’ve learned many lessons both inside and outside of the classroom during college. But one of the most profound lessons changed my outlook on college, and on life — and it happened on an otherwise mundane day in 2020.

University News

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Exploring community, enrollment in Asian language courses at Brown

By Ryan Doherty | May 29

To better understand the University’s classes teaching languages natively spoken in Asian countries, The Herald analyzed enrollment data retrieved from Courses@Brown and spoke with current students and faculty.

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Pre-professionalism at Brown: Where’d all the archeology majors go?

By Neil Mehta and Sofia Barnett | May 24

For over 50 years, the University’s Open Curriculum has allowed students to pursue a variety of academic interests before narrowing in on a field they are ultimately most passionate about.

Commerce Sec. Gina Raimondo among six honorary degree candidates for Commencement 2023

By Rhea Rasquinha | May 24

Six distinguished leaders and scholars are slated to receive honorary doctorates during Commencement this year: Douglas W. Diamond ’75, Elaine G. Luria, Bernicestine Elizabeth McLeod Bailey ’68 P’99 P’03, Kevin Mundt ’76 P’11, Ruth Oppenheim and Gina Raimondo.

Senior Orators: Kailiang Fu ’23, Margherita Micaletti-Hinojal ’23

By Neil Mehta | May 24

Kailiang “Kail” Fu ’23 and Margherita Micaletti-Hinojal ’23 will serve as senior orators at 2023 Commencement. Micaletti-Hinojal’s speech will discuss Brown’s reputation as the so-called “happy Ivy,” and Fu’s speech will focus on embracing failure.

Hotel Brunonia: The odd off-campus living arrangements of COVID-19

By Ryan Doherty | May 24

Annie Cimack ’23 called her sophomore year living arrangements “a gilded cage.” Yes, she had a view of the Rhode Island Capitol, a king-sized bed and a private bathroom. But, she noted, she was separated from most of her peers as a resident of the Omni Hotel.

Arts & Culture

10 recommendations for bookworms this Pride

By Indigo Mudbhary | June 11

In a time when LGBTQ+ books are being banned ...

Eight movies to watch in celebration of Asian American and Pacific Islander Heritage Month

By Indigo Mudbhary | May 29

Though Asian Americans are the fastest-growing racial or ethnic group in the U.S., pop culture representation has often been slow to catch up. But this is changing in the world of popular media: Movies, while not able to capture the full diversity and breadth of experience of Asian Americans, offer ...

Metro

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Rhode Island launches first Youth Point in Time Count in five years

By Jacob Smollen | May 5

Rhode Island is conducting its first point-in-time count of youth and young adults experiencing homelessness since 2018, according to a press release from the Rhode Island Coalition to End Homelessness and the Rhode Island Continuum of Care’s Youth Action Board.