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Faculty, administrators vote to continue extended first-year orientation program for additional year

By Alex Nadirashvili | December 20

Faculty passed a motion to extend the pilot period on the University’s revised first-year orientation schedule for a third year. Announced in 2020, the updated program shifted first-year move-in day and Academic Advising Day to the Thursday and Friday before Labor Day weekend respectively, increasing ...

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Brown accepts 14.6% of early decision applicants for class of 2026

By Will Kubzansky | December 16

The University accepted 896 students to the class of 2026 from a pool of 6,146 early decision applicants, according to Dean of Admission Logan Powell. The early acceptance rate, number of applicants and number of accepted students were all records in the history of the University’s early decision ...

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Brown to require COVID-19 vaccine booster shots

By Peter Swope | December 14

All students, faculty and staff will be required to receive a COVID-19 vaccine booster shot, Executive Vice President for Planning and Policy Russell Carey ’91 MA’06 announced in a Dec. 14 campus-wide email.

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Office of Military-Affiliated Students student lounge vandalized over Veteran’s Day weekend

By Estelle Zhu | December 6

On the morning of Nov. 14, Kimberly Millette, program director for the Office of Military-Affiliated Students, entered the University OMAS lounge to find urine on the inside and outside of the microwave, on the fridge and on the floor. The Department of Public Safety is currently working to identify ...

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Brown announces Campus Safety Working Group charge, membership

By Peter Swope | December 6

The new Campus Safety Working Group will direct a planning process to improve Brown’s approach to community safety, according to the charge of the group released Dec. 1 in a Today@Brown letter ...

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The Bruno Brief: Are Brown students taking up too many hospital beds?

By The Bruno Brief | December 6

Hospitals around the United States have been ravaged by the pandemic, and the Rhode Island hospitals near Brown University's campus are no exception. We spoke to Senior Staff Writer Neil Mehta ’25 about the additional strain that Brown student intoxication hospitalizations have put on these hospitals ...

In their transition from rural hometowns to life in Providence, students noted adjustments to academics and the social environment.

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The Herald's Fall 2021 Poll

By Jack Walker, Livia Gimenes, Jed Fox, Gaya Gupta and Caelyn Pender | December 6

Welcome to The Herald’s fall 2021 poll, conducted in person for the first time since the start of the COVID-19 pandemic. Here, you’ll find dozens of graphs that will allow you to explore the student body and the myriad identities, experiences and opinions present on campus.

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BSU hosts Black Excellence Showcase

By Kaitlyn Torres | December 6

The Black Student Union hosted its annual Black Excellence Showcase Saturday. According to a BSU Instagram post, the event, formally known as the BSU Pageant, was held to celebrate Black excellence at Brown.

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Rural students reflect on their journey to Brown

By Jack Walker | December 6

From kindergarten to eighth grade, Grace Skavdahl ’23 spent each school day in the same building: a bright pink, one-room schoolhouse 11 miles east of the nearest town. In the days she spent traveling back and forth between the schoolhouse and her family’s cattle ranch, Skavdahl passed by friends ...

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Brown to host first campus-based COVID-19 booster clinic

By Gabriella Vulakh | December 3

The University plans to offer a campus-based COVID-19 vaccination booster clinic the week of Dec. 13, Executive Vice President for Planning and Policy Russell Carey ’91 MA’06 announced in a community-wide announcement Friday.

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Performing arts groups reflect on return to in-person performances

By Maisie Newbury | December 3

As COVID-19 restrictions are lifted, student performing arts groups and those involved with the Theatre Arts and Performance Studies department are returning to the stage. On October 1 and 2, theater group Shakespeare on the Green held their first 24 Hour Plays in person since the start of the pandemic. ...

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Brown University Shuttle to increase required training hours for drivers

By Emily Faulhaber | December 3

New University Shuttle drivers will be required to complete 66 hours of cumulative classroom and road session training prior to starting their positions, an increase from the 54 hours currently required for the intensive training program for BUS drivers. The change, which will be finalized within ...

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ACURM votes against renaming Watson CIT

By Caelyn Pender | December 3

The University’s Advisory Committee on University Resources Management unanimously voted against recommending the removal of Thomas J. Watson Sr.’s name from the Thomas J. Watson Sr. Center for Information Technology, according to a July 30 ACURM ...

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Intoxicated students add to R.I. Hospital volume

By Neil Mehta | December 3

When Madigan King ’25 saw peers carrying an intoxicated student into a dorm lounge, they immediately wondered whether Brown EMS had already been called to the location. “We were scared that (the student) needed medical care that we couldn’t provide,” King said. BEMS showed up ...

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F@B hosts actress Madelyn Cline

By Rya Vallabhaneni | December 3

Actress Madelyn Cline visited Brown for a talk with Fashion@Brown Thursday evening. Cline, known most widely for her role as Sarah Cameron in Netflix’s “Outer Banks,” was met by a full house of eager, engaged and enthusiastic fans.

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School of Public Health hires former Florida Surgeon General Scott Rivkees

By Emily Cigarroa | December 1

The School of Public Health recently hired former Florida Surgeon General Scott Rivkees as a professor of the practice in the Department of Health Services, Policy and Practice, according to a Nov. 22 University press ...

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UCS holds special elections for UFB vice chair position

By Shilpa Sajja | December 1

The Undergraduate Council of Students held internal elections for the recently vacated Undergraduate Finance Board vice chair position at its last general body meeting of the fall semester Wednesday evening.

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Demolition remains ongoing on Brook Street dorm site

By Ben Glickman | December 1

Six weeks after work began on the site of two planned residence halls on Brook Street, demolition of existing properties on the sites is now underway.

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Providence students speak on student activism in local schools

By Jack Tajmajer | December 1

When Providence students Eugenie Rose Belony and Demi Egunjobi met with Gov. Dan McKee earlier this year to advocate for the removal of school resource officers from district buildings, they both left feeling ignored ...

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GSC discusses utilization of CAPS resources, state of student committees at last general body meeting of the semester

By Estelle Zhu | December 1

Jamall Pollock, who serves as the graduate student-focused Counseling and Psychological Services provider, encouraged graduate students to utilize University counseling resources at the final Graduate Student Council general body meeting of the semester Wednesday evening.