CS undergraduate TAs announce plans to form union

By Sam Levine | December 5

A group of undergraduate computer science teaching assistants have announced their intentions to form a union, according to a press release from an organizing committee shared with The Herald Monday morning. 

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'It’s hard to say why that is': A look into Brown’s queer reputation and population

By Liliana Greyf | December 5

Brown’s reputation is undeniably queer, Lainey Bechta ’25 said. “Part of what drew me to Brown is that it’s a historically more-queer Ivy,” she said. “But now that I think about it, I don’t know where I heard that.” Bechta’s understanding of the perception of Brown as a particularly ...

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Brown hosts Midyear Completion Celebration for graduating 0.5ers

By Alex Nadirashvili | December 5

Nearly 100 undergraduate students filed down the aisles of the Salomon Center’s DECI Auditorium to the instrumental tune of Katy Perry’s “Firework” Saturday night, preparing to walk across the auditorium’s stage as formal recognition for completing their degree requirements.

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‘Communication is power’: Linguistic scholars talk resistance, language preservation

By Neil Mehta | December 1

Four linguistic scholars discussed race, ethnicity, language and resistance at a roundtable discussion sponsored by the Center for the Study of Race and Ethnicity in America and the Cogut Institute for the Humanities Thursday evening.  The event, titled “Liberatory Letters: Language ...

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Physics department hosts improvisation workshop with inaugural artist-in-residence

By Max Robinson | November 30

In an improvisation workshop Wednesday, jazz saxophonist and mathematician Marcus Miller engaged University students in a live saxophone performance and discussed the connections between physics, math and music.