How RISD students are using a centuries-old beech tree to make furniture
(03/24/23 1:04am)
As Brown was growing through the centuries, so was a beech tree on Power Street.
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Motherhood, canon, climate change: Professor Elizabeth Rush gives glimpse into upcoming book
(03/14/23 1:00am)
The story of how English Assistant Professor of the Practice Elizabeth Rush became one of the first and only people ever to study the Thwaites Glacier in Antarctica has many beginnings.
Brown extends test-optional policy for 2023-24 admissions cycle
(03/10/23 2:01pm)
For the fourth year in a row, the University will employ a test-optional policy for applicants, extending the policy for students applying to the class of 2028, according to a Friday announcement from ...
TALO organizers, supporters rally in advance of union vote
(03/02/23 3:05am)
Waving posters, chanting slogans and wearing Teaching Assistant Labor Organization T-shirts, over 70 students and community members gathered on the Main Green Wednesday afternoon to show their support ...
Gymnastics wins Ivy Classic, earns second-highest score in program history
(02/28/23 4:05am)
With loud team cheers, a “packed Pizz” and enough energy to take on its three Ivy League opponents, the gymnastics team finished first at the Ivy Classic on Sunday, earning a team score of 195.200 ...
Gymnastics sticks midseason victory against Springfield
(02/15/23 3:01am)
The gymnastics team triumphed over Springfield College Sunday, capping off a stretch of home meet victories dating back to late January. The Bears tallied a final score of 194.325, setting season highs ...
Weekend cold spell causes pipe bursts, facilities issues across campus
(02/10/23 3:04am)
Over the weekend, Vivian Li ’25 moved into her neighbor’s room in Caswell Hall to quarantine after testing positive for COVID-19. But the heating in the room had broken during the week, Li said, making ...
Students with COVID struggle to navigate shopping period
(02/10/23 3:02am)
Ella Spungen ’23.5 is what you might call a “big shopper.” At the start of the spring semester, she planned to attend the first meetings of at least 10 classes. But when she tested positive for ...
Powell, education professors explain potential impacts of affirmative action ruling
(02/09/23 3:04am)
The end of affirmative action, which may come this summer, likely won’t impact the type of students who go to college, said Lindsay Page, associate professor of education policy, at a Wednesday panel ...
Megan Ranney to leave School of Public Health for Yale
(01/31/23 4:31pm)
Megan Ranney MPH ’10, deputy dean of Brown’s School of Public Health, will step down on July 1, according to a Jan. 31 press release from Brown. Ranney will become dean of the Yale School of Public ...
U. flu vaccine, COVID booster clinics see continued student demand
(01/30/23 5:17am)
The University will continue to offer bivalent booster clinics and provide free masks and tests to undergraduate, graduate and medical students as Brown enters its seventh full semester responding to ...
Recreational marijuana sales open Thursday in Rhode Island
(12/02/22 4:05am)
On Thursday morning, 96-year-old Joe Maraia became the first person to legally purchase marijuana for recreational use in Rhode Island at the Thomas C. Slater Compassion Center. The World War II Veteran ...
Rock hosts children’s book drive for RI nonprofit
(12/01/22 3:01am)
If you take a look inside the John D. Rockefeller, Jr. Library this December, the lobby will look the same as ever, with tables, chairs, sofas and the entrance to administrative offices. But if you turn ...
What is naloxone, and where can you find it?
(11/30/22 3:02am)
In 2020, 68,630 people in the United States died of an opioid overdose. Opioid overdoses are “the leading cause of accidental death in Rhode Island,” according to the Rhode Island Department of Health, ...
Students, experts discuss climate change on campus, regional, global scale
(11/18/22 3:03am)
With seven days of temperatures over 70 degrees Fahrenheit in Providence so far, this November has broken multiple high-temperature records, making it the warmest in Providence since the start of continuous ...
Midterm elections 2022: Students discuss engagement in politics, look ahead to outcomes of election
(11/08/22 2:05am)
Today’s midterm elections include tight House and Senate races across the country. Polls predict that Republicans will take control of the House, as over a year of high inflation weighs on voters’ ...
‘This space is special’: Midnight Soccer emphasizes community, accessibility
(10/13/22 1:05am)
More than 50 Rhode Island School of Design and Brown students squeezed into a yellow school bus Thursday night, doubling and tripling up in seats. They wore sweats and athletic shorts and carried training ...
Brown to hold bivalent COVID-19 booster clinics on campus
(10/06/22 2:01am)
The University is preparing to host six clinics with bivalent COVID-19 boosters and flu vaccines on campus over the course of this month, according to Vanessa Britto MSc’96, associate vice president ...
What you need to know about monkeypox
(10/05/22 3:03am)
The U.S. Department of Health and Human services declared monkeypox, a potentially serious viral illness that belongs to the orthopoxvirus family and spreads through skin-to-skin contact, a public health ...
Brown researchers collaborate with software developers to release pain-monitoring app
(09/28/22 4:09am)
When you come back from an injury or surgery, you have a few options: resting the area, avoiding movements that cause pain or taking certain medications to ease discomfort. But what happens when you’re ...
