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The Bruno Brief: Hookup culture at Brown

By The Bruno Brief | December 2

Concluding The Brief’s series on sexual politics, we’ll be looking at hookup culture on campus. This week, we speak with Elysee Barakett, senior staff writer and Bruno Brief producer, about her

The Bruno Brief: The history and development of queerness at Brown

By The Bruno Brief | November 18

Continuing on with our series on sexual politics, this week we take a look at the history and development of queerness on campus. We speak with Liliana Greyf, a staff writer, about her reporting and hear from queer alumni and students. Subscribe to the podcast on Spotify or Apple Podcasts ...

The Bruno Brief: Diving into advocacy around sexual assault on campus

By The Bruno Brief | November 14

Continuing with our series on sexual politics, this week we take a look at the scope of sexual assault advocacy on campus. We speak with Rhea Rasquinha, senior staff writer, about her reporting ...

The Bruno Brief: Pushing boundaries of sex and art

By The Bruno Brief | November 4

In the third episode of the Bruno Brief’s series on sexual politics, we explore the history of art, sex and politics in 1970s Providence. We speak with Finn Kirkpatrick, senior staff writer and Bruno Brief producer, about his

The Bruno Brief: Reproductive advocacy, past and present

By The Bruno Brief | October 28

In the second episode of the Bruno Brief’s series on sexual politics, we examine the landscape of reproductive rights on College Hill, past and present. We speak with Katy Pickens, Metro editor and Bruno Brief producer, about her recent ...

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The Bruno Brief: Brown bares it all

By The Bruno Brief | October 21

In the first episode of the Bruno Brief’s series on sexual politics, we dig into the history of nudity on Brown’s campus and what it looks like today. We speak with Jacob Smollen, senior staff writer and Bruno Brief producer, about his reporting on the topic that dives into Playboy Magazine’s ...

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The Bruno Brief: Season 4 trailer

By The Bruno Brief | October 17

Let’s talk about sex. Coming soon to your podcast feeds: It’s season four of the Bruno Brief. This season, we’re focusing on sexual politics at Brown. Stay tuned!

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The Bruno Brief: The current outlook on housing and Brown’s impact in Providence

By The Bruno Brief | April 28

In the last episode of The Bruno Brief’s special series on housing and gentrification on the East Side of Providence, we dig into current efforts to address Brown’s property impact through taxation. Drawing on the words of recent legislation and local experts, we explore Brown’s relationship ...

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The Bruno Brief: A look into the history of Lippitt Hill

By The Bruno Brief | April 22

Urban development in Providence has historically led to displacement of minority communities, The Herald previously reported. ...

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The Bruno Brief: Gentrification and housing on College Hill, explained

By The Bruno Brief | April 19

The landscape of College Hill has undergone tremendous change in the last century. Between urban renewal, the impact and expansion of the University, off-campus student housing and the burgeoning field of historic preservation, complex factors contributed to a dramatic transformation, The Herald ...

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The Bruno Brief: Two years after COVID-19 began, students reflect

By The Bruno Brief | March 25

On March 13, 2020, Brown students were sent home as the COVID-19 pandemic began spreading across the country. Roughly two years later, on March 14, 2022, the University announced that masks and testing would become optional. This week, we spoke with Senior Staff Writer Ashley Guo about her reporting ...

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Bruno Brief: Ukrainian scholars in exile at Brown

By The Bruno Brief | March 9

Millions of Ukrainians have been displaced as a result of the Russian invasion and bombing of Ukraine. They have flooded the borders of neighboring countries, seeking refuge from the violence. The University announced that it plans to provide an academic home for Ukrainian scholars displaced by the ...

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The Bruno Brief: Inside IAPA, three years on

By The Bruno Brief | March 2

In March 2019, the Watson Institute for International and Public Affairs announced its plan to phase out three of its concentrations and replace them with one new undergraduate concentration. In place of International Relations, Public Policy and Development Studies would come International and Public ...

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The Bruno Brief: What does an endemic pandemic look like at the University?

By The Bruno Brief | February 16

A surge in positive COVID-19 tests has sent hundreds of Brown students into isolation in the first month of a semester that was designed to include almost entirely in-person instruction. With 361 positive tests last week, how does it feel for students to be in isolation while the rest of campus continues ...

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The Bruno Brief: ResLife seeks to revitalize program by replacing RPLs with Community Coordinators

February 8

Beginning next semester, Residential Peer Leaders will become a thing of the past. Community Coordinators will be a new student-staff position with nearly double the pay of an RPL. How will the new Community Coordinator role be different, and how do current RPLs feel about this shift? We spoke to ...

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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 ...

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The Bruno Brief: A new campus publication for Black creators

By The Bruno Brief | November 22

The Black Star Journal, Brown’s newest publication, aims to connect Black voices and highlight the joys of being a Black student at Brown. We spoke to Senior Staff Writer Kaitlyn Torres ’24 about the Journal and the students behind it.

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The Bruno Brief: The class of '24 is exhausted

By The Bruno Brief | November 8

In 2020, the University created a trimester plan that asked the incoming class to take classes during the spring and summer semester. Now, after almost a year of school with no more than a few weeks off, we talk with members of the class of ’24 about their struggles with mental health and burnout ...

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The Bruno Brief: Why students are protesting dining hall conditions

By The Bruno Brief | October 25

Brown students poured onto the Main Green Oct. 21 to protest the working conditions of Brown Dining Services workers following Herald reporting bringing light to conditions ...

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The Bruno Brief: Should Brown end legacy admissions?

By The Bruno Brief | October 12

We took a long look at the campaign to end legacy admissions at Brown. The movement, led by the group Students for Educational Equity, is meant to increase enrollment of students from marginalized communities by ending consideration of legacy status in admissions. We heard from Kate Dario ’22.5, ...