Pelosi, Shaggy, Berkley to receive honorary degrees

By Julia Vaz | May 27

During Commencement and Reunion Weekend from May 27 to 29, President Christina Paxson P’19 will confer honorary degrees on nine distinguished leaders: Dr. Nicole Alexander-Scott MPH’11, Dr. Seth Berkley ’78 MD’81, Guido Imbens MA’89 PhD’91, Stanley Nelson, Nancy Pelosi, Shaggy, Alice ...

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‘The new normal’: how remote learning shaped student accessibility, spurred academic innovation

By Alex Nadirashvili | May 27

As the threat of COVID-19 loomed over campus in March 2020 and University community members waited in anticipation for the inevitable email that would mandate ...

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Athletes, coaches, administrators reflect on turbulent two years in Brown Athletics

By Nicholas Miller | May 27

A memorable last couple of years in Brown athletics has seen more than 40 seasons canceled, 11 teams demoted, five reinstated, a pair of lawsuits, one new athletic director and half a baseball team moving to Florida. 

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‘We cannot live up to our full potential’: Gymnasts express frustrations over practice facilities

By Haley Sandlow | February 25

Almost every Saturday at 6:40 a.m., the women’s gymnastics team boards two vans and drives 20 minutes away from campus to the Ocean State School of Gymnastics Center in Lincoln, RI, to gain access to what most of the gymnasts had previously as level 10, Junior Olympic gymnasts: soft landings. ...

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RI community service, education organizations celebrate Black History Month

By Rhea Rasquinha | February 25

As Black History Month comes to a close, community service and education organizations throughout Providence and Rhode Island have held several events to celebrate and continue advocacy efforts for the Black community. The Herald spoke to five organizations about how they commemorated the month. ...