An hour after moving onto campus this August, I attended a brunch for incoming Jewish first-year students. As I ate, I met like-minded and equally nervous peers while simultaneously being sold on the copious programming taking place over the rest of orientation. This in-group feeling was wildly comfortable ...
Last summer, in a meeting with a transfer advisor at Brown, I asked how long he thought it would take me to socially integrate at the school. I had just finished my freshman year at Columbia, and I was anxious at the prospect of starting over completely. “Oh, never,” he said. “When you’re a ...
For a while, gay people were all I knew. I have two gay dads and have lived in Miami Beach, Florida my whole life. Queer representation was a crucial part of my upbringing. My parents have countless gay and lesbian friends who are some of my greatest role models. But not all children have the opportunity ...
Last Tuesday morning, a member of this editorial page board was studying in the quiet of the John D. Rockefeller Library’s basement. Through the west-facing glass wall, what should have been an ordinary morning gave way to an extraordinary sight: masked federal agents detaining a man with his son ...
Growing up, every Monday, the playground was abuzz with my classmates and I dissecting the latest release of “Jessie” or “Victorious.” After waiting seven tantalizing days between episodes, we were desperate to discuss Bertram’s antics or the latest events at Hollywood Arts.
When I was accepted to Brown, I promised myself I would never again take a math or science class. After years of trudging through high school STEM courses, the Open Curriculum felt like a breath of fresh air. As I browsed Brown’s course offerings earlier this summer, I added dozens of classes to my ...
In an applied math lecture a few days ago, I noticed a peer scrolling through LinkedIn on his laptop. A friend landed an internship at Deloitte; another at McKinsey; someone started a new consulting club. Beside professional headshots were messages thanking recruiters, families and of course God for ...
On any given weekend night, Thayer Street transforms into a gathering space for Rhode Islanders. Motorcycles roar past tricked-out cars, and music spills out onto the sidewalk outside a new food spot. Families line up for late-night falafel from East Side Pockets, kids chase each other between tables ...
From the New York Times to local news stations to The Herald, much discussion in the last few years has centered around noise in Providence. Hearing motorcyclists revving their engines and lifted vehicles blasting music has become a hallmark of the Brown experience. But should it be?
We write to you as researchers and students affiliated with the Brown Reproductive Justice Collaborative and as people whose work is grounded in the principle of bodily autonomy. Although the University’s voluntary resolution agreement with the U.S. government will allow many of us to return to some ...
It was my first week of college, and my roommate and I had skipped the overcrowded lines of the Brown Runs Costco Trip for something which seemed a little more achievable: taking the bus two stops down to the Walmart in North Providence. Yet, as we embarked on our journey, we watched in horror as our ...
“There’s some passion in the building, which is a good thing,” Tim Walz shouted over thunderous heckling as he took the podium during an event at the Minnesota State Capitol in April. Today, it feels as though politicians have wholly forgotten the purpose of politics: to bargain, negotiate and ...
At this year’s opening convocation, President Christina Paxson P’19 P’MD’20 stated that Brown’s Open Curriculum is “an approach to education that’s designed to encourage intellectual exploration, which means taking risks.” With thousands of available courses, the ability to take classes ...
Every day, we ask AI what to eat for dinner, how to structure an essay and even how to navigate breakups. It is no surprise, then, that more and more people are turning to ChatGPT for something far more serious: medical advice. In fact, a 2024 KFF survey found that about one in six U.S. adults now use ...
Brown has always been known as the quirky, fun, Happy Ivy with its Open Curriculum, ability to pass/fail any class and independent concentrations. Students can be seen frolicking on the green and embracing the University’s carefree and relaxed vibe, discussing their class on anything from tai chi ...
What do we celebrate when we celebrate startups — progress, or just spectacle? The right answer should be progress, but recent trends in startup culture suggest otherwise. Lately, startups have turned to social media as a tool to spur growth. This makes sense: Social media is the platform of our generation ...
When I first started this column as an undergrad, I was writing about hookup culture between seminar readings. Now, I’m back as a med student and trading in dorm gossip for cadaver lab. But honestly, they’re not so different — both involve plenty of anatomy and a few highly questionable decisions. ...
Artificial intelligence is poised to revolutionize the way we work, learn and live our daily lives at a scale not seen since the Industrial Revolution. In the past year, Brown has taken numerous steps to advance the University’s preparation for this new era. Last December, the University announced ...
You’re a few minutes into meeting someone new on campus. Names and hometowns have been exchanged, and you’re thinking of making the jump to ask for their contact information. But then a phone appears in your face, paired with the tantalizing question: “What’s your Instagram?” This instant ...
Two weeks ago, as I sat on a rickety folding chair under the Main Green’s blue September sky, President Christina Paxson P’19 P’MD’20 gave me and the rest of the incoming first-year class a piece of advice: Risk failure. It was amid this guidance that she herself, through the small, brave act ...
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