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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.

The Ratty, a large brick building, on a sunny day.

Employees will also be recognized at the women’s lacrosse game this Saturday.

Employees who worked following Dec. 13 eligible for compensatory time, one-time payments

By Ian Ritter | April 10 | University News

Employees will also be recognized at the women’s lacrosse game this Saturday.

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.

‘The Drama’ is starting drama, and rightfully so

By Kendra Eastep | April 9 | Review

Drawing of a bride and groom smiling during their wedding.

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

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

Leggat-Barr ’28: The right has co-opted patriotism. Democrats need to reclaim it.

By Tommy Leggat-Barr | April 10

Since the onset of the Trump administration, the relationship between universities like Brown and the federal government has been adversarial. Characterized by funding fights, illegal campus encroachments and canceled programs, the past year has given many students on campuses across the country and ...

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 ...

University News

A photo of two Native American women in traditional dress dancing at the Pizzitola Sports Center.

Annual Spring Thaw Powwow canceled due to post-shooting event constraints

By Rachel Wicker | April 10

The Powwow is organized each spring by the BCSC and Natives at Brown.

A photo of John Friedman and Jeanne Shaheen speaking at the Watson Center for International and Public Affairs.

U.S. Sen. Jeanne Shaheen criticizes war in Iran, party-line politics during Watson fireside chat

By Marat Basaria | April 10

The senator from New Hampshire also encouraged military funding for Taiwan.

An illustration of several one dollar bills that have bears on them and read “Brown University.”

After 14 years, Bear Bucks program set to end June 30

By Tyler Timmers | April 10

The cancellation of the program comes as other payment methods have become popularized on campus.

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.

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.

Baseball crushes Merrimack in mercy-rule shutout win

By Harry Guo | April 9

The Bears blanked the Warriors 10-0 in eight innings on Wednesday.

Women’s lacrosse triumphs over Columbia 13-12 in final seconds of Saturday matchup

By Cody Cheng | April 8

Brown secured a goal with six seconds left to seal victory.

Men’s lacrosse falters in final quarter, falls to No. 7 Harvard 12-10

By Abigail Donovan | April 8

The Bears, ranked only above Dartmouth, have not won an Ivy League game this season.

Women’s water polo falters to No. 11 Harvard in regular-season finale

By Chiupong Huang | April 7

The Bears will face Bucknell on April 10 in the Collegiate Water Polo Association Tournament’s first round.

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

By Rahul Sameer | April 6

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

Science & Research

Brown research may help medical professionals more accurately identify two forms of dementia

By Diya Khetan | April 10

The researchers examined Alzheimer’s disease and frontotemporal lobar degeneration, a form of dementia often misdiagnosed.

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.