A photograph of an orchestra on stage. The photo centers three main performers.

Last Friday, acclaimed clarinetist and composer Kinan Azmeh joined the Brown Jazz Band for a poignant eight-song performance at the 38th Eric Adam Brudner ’84 Memorial Concert in the Lindemann Performing Arts Center. The concert was directed by Timo Vollbrecht — an associate teaching professor of ...

Kinan Azmeh, Brown Jazz Band showcase power of human connection at riveting performance

By Milo Shenn | April 5 | Review

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

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

By Nate Barkow | April 6 | University News

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

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

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

By Miriam Davison | April 6 | University News

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

Arlo Parks’s sound blossoms in new album

By Talia LeVine | April 5 | Review

The “Ambiguous Desire” album cover, a photograph of Parks looking backwards from the driver's seat of a car.

Released Friday, “Ambiguous Desire” fuses queerness, freedom and sensuality.

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

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, ...

Letter: Response to ‘Faculty vote to replace Paxson as faculty meeting chair’

By Tom Goodwillie | April 2

To The Editor:

Bittker ’27, Marcus ’26: Don’t dismiss The Brown Spectator’s arguments — engage with them

By Gray Bittker and Ben Marcus | April 2

In her March 18 column, Herald Staff Columnist Arya Vishwakarma ’29 refused to respond to two recently published Brown Spectator articles about anti-U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement protests in Providence. Instead, Vishwakarma chose to attack The Spectator’s editorial standards, baselessly ...

Blumstein: Replacing Paxson as the presiding officer of the faculty meetings is a mistake

By Sheila Blumstein | April 2

On March 3, the faculty voted to remove Paxson from her post as presiding officer at University faculty meetings. The chair of the Faculty Executive Committee will now run faculty meetings rather than the University president. This change ends a longstanding tradition at Brown — one that I have witnessed ...

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.

A portrait of Tejal Desai sitting on a bench.

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.

A photo of a trans rights protestor rallying in front of a crowd at the John D. Rockefeller Library.

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.

Wendy Schiller named next deputy provost, assuming role on July 1

By Jeremiah Farr | April 2

Schiller succeeds Janet Blume, who has served as deputy provost since 2022.

A look inside the housing lottery process

By Rahul Sameer | April 2

The Herald's Data Desk tracked what dorms were most popular in the 2025 housing lottery.

Arts & Culture

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.”

Thee Sacred Souls, Magdalena Bay, BunnaB, Isabella Lovestory to perform at Spring Weekend 2026

By Ann Gray Golpira and Talia LeVine | April 3

The Brown Concert Agency announced the 2026 lineup at midnight on Friday.

Metro

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Sports

A photo of a women’s lacrosse player in the rain.

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.

Kinan Azmeh, Brown Jazz Band showcase power of human connection at riveting performance

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

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

Arlo Parks’s sound blossoms in new album

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

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

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

Letter: Response to ‘Faculty vote to replace Paxson as faculty meeting chair’

Bittker ’27, Marcus ’26: Don’t dismiss The Brown Spectator’s arguments — engage with them

Blumstein: Replacing Paxson as the presiding officer of the faculty meetings is a mistake

Graduate fellows push for unionization at Friday rally

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

New student group leads rally against global anti-transgender legislation

Wendy Schiller named next deputy provost, assuming role on July 1

A look inside the housing lottery process

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

Thee Sacred Souls, Magdalena Bay, BunnaB, Isabella Lovestory to perform at Spring Weekend 2026

Amid federal push to tighten ID requirements, state legislators introduce act codifying voter protections

RISD introduces expanded mental health resources amid high rates of CAPS use

Revolution Wind begins to deliver power to New England grid

Proposed legislation would ban possession of some semiautomatic guns in R.I.

Fast start fuels women’s lacrosse to crush Vermont 16-5

Softball triumphs in two of three games against Yale to secure season’s first Ivy series win

Baseball dominates Princeton in weekend series sweep to secure best Ivy start in over a decade

Men’s tennis falls short in key moments, loses to Yale 6-1 in Ivy League opener

For first time since 2019, men’s wrestling competes in NCAA championships

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

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