Brown sees spike in disciplinary actions in fall semester

By Jack Walker November 24, 2020

As students face additional conduct regulations per state and University COVID-19 guidelines, total disciplinary actions taken against undergraduate students have risen sharply this fall compared to past semesters.

Brown’s fall semester comes to gradual close

By Corey Gelb-Bicknell and Cate Ryan November 23, 2020

As classes wrap up before Thanksgiving break, many students are packing their bags to head home for the winter. Some have already departed. Others are hunkering down in their dorms and apartments for the reading period and beyond — opting to avoid a change in environment, and possible exposure, as COVID-19 cases rise.

Students plan for the spring semester amidst uncertainties about on-campus housing and COVID-19

By Livia Gimenes November 23, 2020

The waitlist ranks students hoping to live on campus next semester according to class year and whether they have taken leave. Juniors currently studying remotely have priority, followed by remote sophomores, and then seniors, juniors and sophomores currently on leave.

Online education at Brown, past and future

By Livia Gimenes November 23, 2020

As of January 2020, the University was only planning to offer three online courses for the spring semester: a creative nonfiction class, an English course called “Renegades, Reprobates and Castaways” and a course on the archeology of death in ancient Egypt.

Demoted men’s and women’s squash teams file lawsuit against Brown, seek reinstatement of varsity status

By Caroline Nash November 23, 2020

Twelve members of the University’s men’s and women’s squash teams filed a lawsuit against the University in federal court Aug. 17, after the teams were among 11 that were demoted from varsity to club status in May as part of the Excellence in Brown Athletics Initiative.