After its dissolution in fall 2020, the Brown chapter of Sunrise Movement, a climate advocacy group, relaunched on campus last week. The chapter has already been active: Sunrise members have promoted a petition asking candidates to replace Provost Richard Locke P’18 to commit to the University’s ...
A unique blend of drums, keys, guitar, trumpet, bass and cello echoed throughout the hallways of T.F. Green Hall Friday night. Within one of the hall’s practice rooms, energy soared high as The Sundials rehearsed their set — they practiced certain verses over and over again, making sure to hit ...
With just three weeks to go until the midterm elections, Democrat Seth Magaziner ’06 and Republican Allan Fung — candidates for Rhode Island’s 2nd Congressional District — clashed in a televised debate Tuesday evening. The debate marked one of the last high-profile opportunities for the candidates ...
Trader Joe’s is set to open later this month in Fox Point, offering East Side residents another option for groceries, along with flowers, plants and seasonal bouquets for bargain prices. The long-awaited grocery store will share a neighborhood with a number of mom-and-pop florists on Wickenden ...
The second cohort of a scholarship and leadership initiative for students from historically underrepresented backgrounds in the Master of Public Health program was announced Sept. 9, according to a Sept. 26 Today@Brown announcement. The Health Equity Scholars program is a two-year scholarship ...
The Corporation, the University’s highest governing body, formally accepted over $91 million in gifts and pledges at its October meeting, according to a Monday Today@Brown announcement from President Christina Paxson P’19. These contributions, made since the Corporation’s last meeting ...
The Undergraduate Finance Board voted Sept. 16 to pass a budget that fully covers club sports costs, eliminating the prior requirement that club sports members fundraise a percentage of their budgets determined by the Athletics Department, according to UFB Chair Amienne Spencer-Blume ’23.
Last spring, as most students prepared for the end of the academic year, Thomas Varley went on strike. Along with the rest of the Indiana Graduate Workers Coalition at Indiana University Bloomington, Varley — a union representative for students in the Department of Psychological and Brain Sciences ...
Tristan Glenn was named as the inaugural assistant vice president for inclusion, campus culture and engagement in the Office of Institutional Equity and Diversity, according to an Oct. 11 Today@Brown announcement ...
It seems hard to imagine Providence without the river that runs through its core — or to imagine that same river without WaterFire. Created by Barnaby Evans ’75 almost 30 years ago, WaterFire has brought crowds of people from all different backgrounds to Providence’s riverfront, ...
Legal scholar and author Catharine MacKinnon critiqued the legal construct of consent in a lecture entitled “Sexual Assault and Inequality: A Critique of Consent” hosted by the Center for Philosophy, Politics and Economics Friday evening. In her lecture, MacKinnon ...
Construction is currently underway for the South Quay Marine Terminal, a new hub for the shipping and assembly of wind turbines in East Providence, just south of India Point Park. The terminal will facilitate the development of wind turbine technology and the installation of wind farms across the ...
This Thursday, around 15 people stood outside Page-Robinson Hall, holding signs that read “Modernize Medical Training” and “Brown: Stop Killing Animals.” The Physicians Committee for Responsible Medicine, a nonprofit health organization with more than 17,000 doctor members, organized the ...
The University’s endowment saw a -4.6% return on investment for fiscal year 2022, according to a Thursday news release. The endowment ...
An athlete suspended in fall 2022 for an alleged sexual assault that took place in October 2021 has sued the University, claiming that it unfairly suspended him after conducting a biased Title IX investigation, according to court documents. Smith v. Brown University was filed in Rhode Island District ...
Each semester, a swarm of students runs nude through the John D. Rockefeller, Jr. and Sciences Libraries, delivering donuts to their peers in the most prominent example of nudity on Brown’s campus. The Naked Donut Run is a tradition that has existed for decades, with The Herald first taking note ...
In the second half of a club soccer game against Providence College earlier this semester, Kate Collier ’25 was shoved from behind and fell on top of her left leg. She felt her leg bend and pop, which “was kind of scary because usually for women, that means an ACL tear,” she said. Some of her ...
With midterm elections approaching rapidly, many Brown students have encountered barriers to voting as a college student. This election day will mark the second consecutive election year that the University has given a holiday for students, staff and faculty to help alleviate obstacles to ...
Taking after her grandmother, Leonarda Bermejo Aguilar comes from a family of Mexican bakers and dreamed of owning a bakery when she came to the United States. Her daughter, Andrea Aguilar, vividly remembers accompanying her mother to different locations across the country as she worked to set up ...
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 and drawstring bags. It was dark outside, and cars were scarce on the corner of North Main and ...
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