Biden cites the Watson Institute’s Costs of War project findings

By Anna Kim | September 27

After the United States pulled out of the U.S. combat mission in Afghanistan Aug. 30, in his remarks on the end of the war, President Joe Biden cited the Watson Institute for International and Public Affairs’ Costs of War project and its findings that “more than $2 trillion (was) spent in Afghanistan” ...

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Digital Publications Initiative receives Mellon Foundation grant

By Sabrina Chwalek | November 6

The University will expand its Digital Publications Initiative with the help of a six-year, $775,000 grant from the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation. The grant, awarded last month, will fund new long-form humanities scholarship that challenges the limitations of printed media. It builds upon the first five ...

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Schmidt '21: Pre-med students should take social sciences classes

By Rachael Schmidt | September 27

Pre-med students coming into Brown often have their class list already mapped out for the next four years. This is understandable, since medical school requirements are so numerous and hefty. In many ways pre-med students lack flexibility in their course load because they are forced to take a number ...

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Meszaros GS: Breaking down the art, STEM divide

By E.L. Meszaros | February 25

Universities function as conduits for insular communities — your cohort, the other people in your concentration, your housemates and others. The further you commit to one course of study and the deeper you dive into a particular field, the more insulated these communities can become. While heavy specialization ...

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Johnson '20: Don’t overlook the humanities

By Chanel Johnson | December 4

In 2016, Ugur Cetintemel, a professor of computer science and the department’s chair, described in a Herald article that one in five current undergraduates will have taken a computer science course before graduation. Students at Brown are becoming more interested in computer science courses because ...