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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 ...

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. ...

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 ...

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 ...

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, ...

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The Bruno Brief: Live music is back

By The Bruno Brief | October 4

Live music returns to campus in this week’s episode of The Bruno Brief. Student group Sounds@Brown hosted its first in-person event Sept. 30, featuring four student performers. We spoke to performer Gus Benson ’24 about the return to live music and what it felt like to play for his peers.

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The Bruno Brief: Is BrownUMemes journalism? We ask the man behind the curtain

By The Bruno Brief | September 27

We sat down with Chas Steinbrugge, the student behind the BrownUMemes Instagram account, which has attracted a spike in attention in recent weeks from students and parents alike for its humorous content and critiques of the University. Here’s what he had to say.

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The Bruno Brief: Climate activists take on JPMorgan Chase

By The Bruno Brief | September 19

In the first episode of season two of The Bruno Brief, we go to a protest of Chase Bank organized by climate justice activists on Thayer Street. We talk to Senior Staff Writer Jasper Yeh, who was on the scene and spoke with protestors about their stance against the bank’s investments in fossil fuels. Subscribe ...

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The COVID Pod with Dr. Ashish Jha: Approaching a More 'Normal' Fall 2021

By Cate Ryan , Emilija Sagaityte and Rahma Ibrahim | April 10

On the last episode of The COVID Pod, recorded on the morning of April 9, 2021, Dean of the School of Public Health Ashish Jha is back to comment on Brown’s plans toward a more traditional semester in fall of 2021. The COVID Pod team discusses advice for the incoming class of 2025, efforts to promote ...

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The Bruno Brief: a glimpse behind the scenes of Brown admissions

By Olivia Burdette | April 4

In this week’s episode of The Bruno Brief, we peel back the curtain on Brown admissions during the COVID-19 pandemic. We talk to Senior Staff Writer Will Kubzansky, who spoke with two University admissions committees about how life has changed during a year of unprecedented applicant numbers and a ...

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The Bruno Brief: Brown community grieves Atlanta shooting victims

By Corey Gelb-Bicknell | March 28

In this week’s episode of The Bruno Brief, we talk to students and faculty about their reactions to the deadly shooting in Atlanta, Georgia March 16, which killed eight people, including six Asian women. We speak to Senior Staff Writer Victoria Yin, who heard from community members about how they ...

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The COVID Pod with Dr. Ashish Jha: Getting Vaccinated (with a side of free donuts)

By Cate Ryan , Emilija Sagaityte , Colleen Cronin and Rahma Ibrahim | March 27

On March 26, 2021, the COVID Pod team welcomes Dr. Ashish Jha again to discuss expanded vaccine eligibility coming soon to Rhode Island, how to address ongoing vaccine hesitancy and what the summer and next few years will look like after more people are vaccinated. Dr. Jha also provides his perspective ...