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Department of Education resolves Title VI complaint filed in January, raises concerns over Brown’s response to antisemitism

By Anisha Kumar and Ryan Doherty | July 11

On Monday, the Office for Civil Rights at the U.S. Department of Education resolved a Title VI Shared Ancestry complaint filed against the University in January that alleged an inadequate response to antisemitism on campus. The OCR’s investigation raised broader concerns on how the University responded ...

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Muslim Legal Fund of America files Title VI complaint against U. with Department of Education

By Anisha Kumar | July 11

The Muslim Legal Fund of America, a civil rights nonprofit, filed a Title VI complaint against the University with the U.S. Department of Education in June.

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Lifespan to be renamed Brown University Health in investment agreement

By Ryan Doherty | June 20

Brown agreed to invest $150 million in Rhode Island’s largest hospital system over seven years.

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Brown-Tougaloo partnership celebrates 60th anniversary

By Sophia Wotman | June 14

Administrators, faculty and alumni from Brown and Tougaloo College, a historically black college in Jackson, Mississippi, gathered on June 6 at the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts in Washington, D.C. to celebrate the 60th anniversary of the Brown-Tougaloo Partnership Program.

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Vice President for Campus Life Eric Estes dies at 55

By Katie Jain and Sam Levine | June 4

Estes oversaw more than 20 departments, offices and centers that work to build and support the campus community.

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Brown Corporation meets with 10 students about divestment

By Anisha Kumar | May 30

The Corporation, Brown University’s highest governing body, met with 10 students to discuss a proposal for divestment from companies affiliated with Israel and approved the establishment of a School of International and Public Affairs, President Christina Paxson announced.

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From GLO to TWLO: Four pivotal years for Brown student unions

By Ethan Schenker | May 24

In 2019, before the now-graduating class of seniors began their journey at Brown, it appeared that Stand Up for Graduate Student Employees — now the Graduate Labor Organization — was in danger of ending theirs.

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‘Jury of peers’ will review cases of faculty members facing severe sanctions

By Cate Latimer | May 24

A committee of University faculty will now evaluate the severe sanctioning of any faculty member, including suspension from regular service, following a vote at a Tuesday faculty meeting.

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GLO, Brown settle grievance over response to sexual assault

By Katie Jain | May 24

The Graduate Labor Organization and the University reached a settlement on May 13 regarding a grievance GLO filed Feb. 6, which called on the Graduate School to provide Tabassum Tamanna GS with an extension of paid leave through the spring semester.

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Greek life makes comeback on College Hill

By Sanai Rashid | May 23

Katherine Kim ’24, the former president of Brown’s Kappa Delta chapter, often receives texts from girls interested in rushing a sorority asking for advice on what to wear during recruitment. But Kim, who rushed KD entirely on Zoom in 2021, frequently finds that she doesn’t have much fashion advice ...

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In coalition: How activist networks have shaped a year of campus organizing

By Avani Ghosh and Ciara Meyer | May 23

As students across campus occupied libraries to prepare for their fall finals last December, Isabella Garo ’24 and 40 other members of the Brown Divest Coalition were occupying University Hall.

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How Brown’s inner circle helps well connected applicants get admitted

By Owen Dahlkamp | May 23

For a select few, an extra recommendation from a member of the University’s inner circle — a current or former Corporation member, high-ranking administrator or donor — can earn them favorable treatment during the application review process.

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Brown Divest Coalition students present divestment proposal to five Corporation members

By Anisha Kumar and Julia Vaz | May 23

This morning, five Brown Divest Coalition representatives presented their proposal for divestment before five members of the Corporation. Corporation members will vote on the proposal in October following an agreement between organizers of a main green encampment and University administrators.

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How COVID-19 affected the class of 2024’s experience at Brown

By Jaanu Ramesh | May 23

It was July 7, 2020, and the COVID-19 pandemic was still creeping across the world when Brown’s class of 2024 received the news that their first semester at Brown would be virtual.

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From GroupMe to Sidechat: The class of 2024’s time online

By Jack Tajmajer and Tom Li | May 23

Coming to Brown during lockdown was “honestly a nightmare” for Meghan Spangenberg ’24.

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Brown confers nine honorary degrees at Commencement to artists, academics, University ‘champions’

By Will Kubzansky | May 23

The University will award nine honorary doctorates at Commencement to a Nobel Prize winner, renowned artists and University donors among others, according to a University press release.President Christina Paxson P’19 P’MD’20 will confer the degrees, which are awarded by the Corporation, the University’s ...

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Commencement speakers to discuss ambition in friendships, overcoming obstacles

By Ryan Doherty | May 23

Marielle Buxbaum ’24: Being ambitious about friendshipMarielle Buxbaum ’24 did not write her Commencement speech locked away in the library. Instead, she was with friends watching “Riverdale.”On a tight deadline to submit a speech for consideration, Buxbaum hoped that watching the show would ...

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Students to meet with Corporation members, present divestment proposal tomorrow

By Kathy Wang and Julia Vaz | May 22

On Thursday, five students will present a divestment proposal to a select group of Corporation members as the first step in the agreement between protesters and administrators that ended the encampment on the University’s Main Green.

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41 arrested Brown University students issued six-month not-guilty filing

By Anisha Kumar | May 16

In a final hearing Tuesday afternoon, the city court closed the case against the 41 students arrested in a December University Hall sit-in by providing them a six-month not guilty filing. Provided the students are not rearrested within the six-month period, the case will be dismissed and the students ...

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Community Coordinator union to continue bargaining through summer

By Grace Hu | May 13

As of May 3, the Labor Organization of Community Coordinators has completed six bargaining sessions with the University. Since its formal recognition in the fall, LOCC has proposed sixteen contract articles. The University has proposed one new article which outlines the roles and tenets of the Community ...