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The online shop — the Pockets Project — aims to address a source of inequality between men’s and women’s fashion.

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The PearX info session in September. Several notable venture capital firms — including PearVC and Y-Combinator — have recently increased their presence at Brown through student fellows and organized ...

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The new admissions center on Wednesday. This addition to campus replaces the old welcome center in the Stephen Robert ’62 Campus Center, which served just as a checkpoint to sign in for tours rather ...

Edelson ’29: Understanding geography will help us understand our friends

“And that’s … where again?” 

Canfield ’28: 130 years after Brown’s first Jewish students graduated, Jewish life on College Hill is thriving

As one of the first two Jews to graduate from Brown, Israel Strauss, class of 1894, was told by then-University President Elisha Andrews, class of 1870, to pursue different career paths because of his ...

Making room in fashion: Julie Sygiel ’09 designs dresses with larger pockets

“Hey, is this your phone?” a man asked Julie Sygiel ’09 while she was on vacation in Spain. The pockets of her dress were so shallow that her phone had fallen out onto the ground. 

Silicon Valley meets College Hill: Venture capital presence expands at Brown

Brown’s growing student entrepreneurship landscape has begun catching the attention of some of Silicon Valley’s most well-known investors. 

New admissions welcome center opens in Manning Hall

On Monday, a new admissions welcome center opened on the first floor of Manning Hall. The space — which previously housed the Haffenreffer Museum of Anthropology — will serve as a starting point for ...

Why is everyone saying ‘6 7’? The science behind ‘brain rot’

This is the seventh installment in a series of articles about the science of various aspects of college life.

Lawsuit closed after court finds PPSD’s special education services comply with federal law

On Wednesday, the Rhode Island Department of Education, the American Civil Liberties Union of Rhode Island and the Rhode Island Center for Justice announced the closure of a federal lawsuit alleging that ...

Editorial: A weeklong Thanksgiving break is something we’d be thankful for

Situated between the chaos of midterms and the impending stress of finals, Thanksgiving offers a coveted opportunity for Brunonians to visit loved ones and take time off from our campus commitments. But ...

Interim Dean of the Graduate School, Deputy Provost Janet Blume to retire in June

Interim Dean of the Graduate School and Deputy Provost Janet Blume will retire in June, Provost Francis Doyle announced in a Thursday Today@Brown message. 

Yeung ’29: Food for Thought: Frank & Laurie’s

Nestled less than a mile north of Brown’s campus, Frank & Laurie’s serves a delicious brunch on the corner of Camp Street and Doyle Avenue. The restaurant calls itself a “neighborhood affair,” ...

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the summer i fell out of love with the new york times [feature]

It took seeing one friend repeatedly reassure another that nothing was wrong and then, in their absence, proceed to describe everything that was, in fact, wrong for me to realize that I’m a very direct ...

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The new department requires that students in both majors enroll in six core CTC studios, taken each semester between sophomore and senior year, and a final degree project.

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Eiden Spilker ’24 gives Main Green elm tree a second life in new exhibit

When Eiden Spilker ’24 learned that a decades-old elm tree was being removed from Brown’s Main Green in May 2024, he went to see if he could recover any of its wood. But the tree was gone in a matter ...

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Former secretary of state Condoleezza Rice was the first female national security advisor and the first African American woman to hold the position of secretary of state, serving under the George W. Bush ...

sitting on the steps of hope [lifestyle]

I was sitting on the steps of Hope when a woman asked to pray for me. The late morning sun peeked through a web of elm and oak leaves, and the breeze carried the springtime revival in its wisps. Shades ...