I hope you are embracing your graduation as a moment of tremendous accomplishment and celebration.

In the course of any day on campus — attending a lecture, conducting an experiment, studying in the library or participating in extracurricular activities — every member of this community benefits from the gifts of literally thousands of generous donors to Brown.

In the coming days, graduate student teaching and research assistants at Brown will vote on whether or not to unionize. This is an incredibly important decision.

The University sets a very high bar for the research it publicizes.

I want to thank the alums who shared their concerns about the executive order on immigration and refugee policy in a Letter to the Editor in The Herald.

During this moment of great political uncertainty in our country, we must be vigilant and deliberate in upholding our core values as a university.

In recent days we have received three petitions urging Brown to offer sanctuary to protect undocumented members of the Brown community from deportation.

Students learn by doing, and doing inevitably involves mistakes. The test of character of is the learning that follows the mistake.

Though it is important to recollect Brown’s roots, it is equally important to recognize the fact that blindness to injustice need not be permanent.

I respect the passion students have devoted to this issue. But as the ACCRIP decision suggests, there are multiple viewpoints on the merits of divestiture.