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Cannuscio ’92 P’26: Vaccines save lives — far beyond your own

Well before you jam into trains and cars and planes for the holidays, please get your flu shot, and your COVID-19 shot, too.

Harvard professor unpacks unexpected democratic resilience in Latin America at lecture event

In an era when “it’s simply easier to be an autocrat” than it was three decades ago, Steven Levitsky P’26, a professor of Latin American studies and government at Harvard, views the survival of ...

Women’s volleyball sweeps Columbia, swept by Cornell to end regular season

Over the last weekend of the regular season, the women’s volleyball team (14-9, 9-5 Ivy) swept Columbia (2-22, 0-14) during Senior Night on Friday before losing to Cornell (15-9, 10-4) on Saturday. ...

Local elementary school still ‘in the dark’ two months after principal’s sudden leave of absence

Maria Petrosinelli, the principal of Lillian Feinstein Elementary School at Sackett Street, has been on leave since Sept. 14. But the Providence Public School District still has not shared a reason for ...

Inside the seminars shaping Brown’s first-year class

Since 2002, first-year students at Brown have had the opportunity to take first-year seminars — small courses, capped at about 20 undergraduates, that are designed to build community and introduce new ...

With $1 million federal grant, Sojourner House looks to provide homes for victims of domestic violence

Supported by $1 million in federal funds, Sojourner House, a Rhode Island-based organization that supports victims of domestic and sexual violence, has purchased and renovated a multi-family building ...

Jill Davidson ’89 hopes to leverage experience in environment, education on City Council

In next month’s general election for the Providence City Council’s Ward 2 seat, Democratic nominee Jill Davidson ’89 will face Republican candidate and current Brown student Axel Brito ’26. On ...

‘Falsettos’ is one of the best student-theater performances of the year

Over the weekend, Brown Musical Forum staged a rendition of William Finn and James Lapine’s 1992 musical “Falsettos” in the Fishman Studio at the Granoff Center for the Creative Arts. With witty ...

Noel ’25.5, Smith ’27, Duff ’27: Program houses should be self-governing safe spaces

On Nov. 11, The Herald reported that residential theme and program house leaders will no longer be allowed to select their residents, with the current system being replaced by a lottery starting next ...

Gupta ’25 MD’29: The worst break-ups are the ones that never happened

There’s a particular kind of heartbreak that can feel almost embarrassing to admit out loud.

Editorial: Brown must oppose the Providence Student Impact Fee

Providence was recently ranked the least affordable city for renters in America. To address the cost-of-living crisis, the Providence City Council plans to embark on an ambitious housing and affordability ...

Republican Sen. Rand Paul criticizes Trump at BPU event

While most Republicans in Congress have consistently supported President Trump, one has repeatedly voted against critical portions of the president’s agenda. U.S. Sen. Rand Paul, a self-described libertarian ...

Student-athletes leverage social media, NIL policies to score brand deals

When Rosie Volpintesta ’27 was in high school, she made her first brand deal with an apparel company. Now, in her third year on the women’s track and field team, she receives at least 10 emails every ...

AI therapy chatbots regularly commit ethical violations, Brown study finds

Over the past few years, stories about teenagers taking their own lives after seeking mental health support from artificial intelligence have gained national attention. Amid high demand for mental health ...

Geese’s ‘Getting Killed’ is glorious

On their latest album, “Getting Killed,” rock band Geese whirls listeners through 11 songs of clattering chaos. Released on Sept. 26, the band’s fourth studio album inspires in listeners a restless ...

en route [feature]

In another life, I never moved away from Illinois. I spend summers laying out picnic blankets in the fenceless backyard that we share with eight of our neighbors. We drink iced tea out of plastic cups ...

banana children [narrative]

Baba talks like he will never stop again.

the mind’s eye [A&C]

Consider, for a second, the value of forcible constraint: the weight of the absent “e” in Georges Perec’s lipogram A Void, or the mysterious vividness of the paper cutouts Henri Matisse made when ...

on identity and the unfamiliar [lifestyle]

It’s funny to think how much the passage of time can change our relationships to ideas, hobbies and beliefs. This is something I’ve been grappling with lately: How much of our present selves are defined ...

college hill icks [post-pourri]