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'The only people who were aggressive were the people who were here to protect us': In Providence, community members reflect on protests

By Henry Dawson | June 7

When the police arrived on Westminster Street between late on the evening of June 1 and early in the morning of June 2, Assistant Professor of Economics Teddy Mekonnen was standing alongside his neighbor. Mekonnen, who is Black, lives above Gabriela-Milene Wilson's shop. Wilson, who is of Cape Verdean ...

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After 13 months of bargaining, graduate students, Brown reach tentative agreement

By Kamran King | June 6

Stand Up for Graduate Student Employees, the University and the American Federation of Teachers — SUGSE’s union affiliate — reached a tentative three-year agreement for a union contract, Provost Richard Locke P’18 and Dean of the Graduate School Andrew Campbell announced in a community-wide ...

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Paxson addresses criticism of decision to demote 11 varsity sports

By Li Goldstein | June 6

President Christina Paxson P’19 addressed circulating concerns regarding the recent demotion of 11 varsity teams to club status in a community-wide email Saturday, offering greater detail about how the decision was made and the motivation behind it. The email follows an outpouring of criticism ...

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Paxson testifies on reopening college campuses safely before U.S. Senate Committee

By Kayla Guo | June 6

In testimony before the United States Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee Thursday morning, President Christina Paxson P’19 outlined essential aspects of any plan to safely reopen college campuses in the fall in light of the ongoing coronavirus pandemic. During the full committee ...

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As Brown students await fall 2020 decision, class pre-registration postponed

By Livia Gimenes | June 4

The University announced on Wednesday that pre-registration for Fall 2020 for both undergraduates and graduate students has been postponed to early August, allowing students to register after President Christina Paxson P'19 has made a decision about how the next academic year will move forward. The ...

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COVID-19 reshapes students’ summer plans

By Aubrey Li | June 4

Earlier this year, Ryan Silverman ’23 had planned to spend his summer conducting research supported by his Undergraduate and Teaching Research Award. But due to restrictions posed by COVID-19, his research project in a bioelectronic lab quickly became infeasible. Instead, following the cancellation ...

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Demoted varsity athletes petition Brown for reinstatement

By Li Goldstein | June 4

In response to the University’s recent announcement that 11 varsity teams would be demoted to the club level as part of a new Excellence in Brown Athletics initiative, student athletes have mobilized to organize their teammates, peers, parents and alumni networks to petition for more answers — and ...

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'This country is leaving me pretty lost for words': Students from Brown participate in, support George Floyd protests

By Clara Gutman Argemí | June 3

As protests against anti-Black police brutality have swelled across the country after George Floyd was killed by a white police officer on May 25, many University students from St. Paul, Minnesota to Atlanta, Georgia are among the tens of thousands taking action. The demonstrations, beyond calling ...

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Seniors bid farewell to an empty College Hill

By Will Kubzansky | May 30

During the Spring Weekend that never was, Jordana Siegel ’20 found herself drawn to the Main Green. With a group of friends, Siegel walked the Green and played the music of Spring Weekend artists past. Siegel is one of many seniors who opted to stay in Providence — either by choice or necessity ...

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Dispersed across globe, Brown community finds connection through ‘Dank Stash of Memes’

By Henry Dawson | May 29

Richard Bungiro PhD’99, senior lecturer in molecular microbiology and immunology, structures his course BIOL 0530: “Principles of Immunology” around pop culture themes. He challenges students to untangle the hypothetical immunological functions of a Terminator or a dragon. He has an antibody tattooed ...

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'We're just really hurting right now': Student athletes express disappointment, anger with sudden varsity sports cuts

By Li Goldstein | May 28

At around 12 p.m. EST Thursday, Jacob Good ’22, a member of the squash team, received an email from the Athletics Department inviting him and all student-athletes to an unanticipated Zoom call later that afternoon. An hour later, Good and his fellow teammates were no longer members of a varsity team. ...

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Inside the decisions that moved Brown online

By Alex Reice | May 28

President Christina Paxson P’19 jolted awake one early morning in March with a grim realization. She would send an email to her students days later, instructing most of them to pack up their lives and leave College Hill. “I'm usually somebody who has no trouble sleeping as long as I want to, and ...

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Brown releases fourth annual DIAP progress report

By Samantha Molina | May 26

The Office of Institutional Equity and Diversity released its fourth annual progress report for “Pathways to Diversity and Inclusion: An Action Plan for Brown University” May 19. Through data gathered from the 2018-2019 academic year, the 2020 DIAP report highlighted a steady rise in the recruitment ...

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Commencement 2020: a shared ceremony, lived through a screen

By Clara Gutman Argemí | May 25

Scattered across three continents, Jonathan He '20 and his friend group tuned in to watch Sunday's Virtual Degree Conferral ceremony together. They were expecting the event, which began at 1 p.m. EST, to last hours. It ran for just over 20 minutes. His friend Dorian Charpentier '20, who believed that ...

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As COVID-19 highlights societal fault lines, student activists press on

By Kayla Guo | May 25

As an organizer for Sunrise Providence, Emma Bouton ’20 planned to participate in a mass strike on Earth Day to protest the lack of political action taken to combat climate change. But before that could happen, the coronavirus pushed the United States indoors and the movement’s organizing online. So ...

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Brown's financial deficit for Fiscal Year 2021 could range from $100 million to $200 million

By Livia Gimenes | May 23

The deficit for Fiscal Year 2021 will be “significantly larger” than previous years and could range from $100 million to $200 million, President Christina Paxson P'19 announced at Wednesday’s faculty meeting. In order to cover the various costs of the COVID-19 crisis, the University will “spread ...

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Brown students lead food redistribution efforts amidst pandemic

By Jack Walker | May 23

In recent months, Brown students have been leading a nationwide food redistribution effort to help farms whose usual supply chains have been disrupted. With the COVID-19 pandemic restricting businesses, decreased demand from restaurants and stores has made selling produce difficult for commercial farms, ...

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No spring break, shorter terms: Brown outlines potential three semester plan

By Livia Gimenes | May 23

Updated 3:16 p.m. May 23, 2020 At a special faculty meeting Wednesday, Provost Richard Locke P’18 detailed a potential tri-semester model for the 2020-2021 academic year, but also explained that the University is preparing for the possibility of a fully remote fall semester. To accommodate the ...

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Tagged for the Americas, Australia, countries in between, students’ study abroad travel bags must stay home another semester

By Emilija Sagaityte | May 15

As the impact of COVID-19 continues into the summer, the University has canceled its sponsored Fall 2020 study abroad programs for undergraduate students. The difficult decision impacts 142 University students who intended to spend next semester scattered across the globe, according to OIP Director ...

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New Title IX regulations will change how Brown responds to sexual misconduct cases

By Spencer Schultz | May 13

On May 6, the U.S. Department of Education released long-awaited regulations that will change how schools can address complaints of sexual misconduct on college campuses under Title IX. Title IX, a federal law passed in 1972, “prohibits discrimination on the basis of sex in any education program ...