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Sandra Smith named Dean of School of Professional Studies
By Ian Ritter | May 30Smith, who has served as interim dean since January, will assume the position July 1.
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US State Department seeks to ‘aggressively revoke’ visas of Chinese students
By Sophia Wotman | May 29Brown enrolled 140 students from China in fall 2024.
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Corporation approves $1.9 billion budget, statement of University values and voice
By Cate Latimer | May 28The new budget will decrease the budget deficit from $46 million to a projected $29 million.
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Federal pause on student visa interviews may disrupt plans for first-year international students
By Hadley Carr | May 27Trump administration pauses student visa interviews while considering social media vetting.
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President Christina Paxson’s term extended by two years, set to end in 2028
By Herald Staff | May 27The extension was approved unanimously by the Corporation earlier this month.
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Humanities students most likely to be taking medication for mental illness or disorder, Herald poll found
By Sarah Cheng | May 26A Herald poll found that seniors, non-straight students and those studying the arts and humanities were mostly likely to be taking medication for a mental health illness or disorder. Among all polled undergraduates, roughly one in five respondents answered that they are either currently taking medication ...
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Brown announces legal assistance, emergency fund for international community members
By Elena Jiang | May 26The initiatives aim to support international students, faculty and staff amid changing federal immigration policies.
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Former SPH Dean, physics professor to be awarded highest faculty honor at Commencement
By Samah Hamid | May 24Terrie Wetle, inaugural dean of the School of Public Health, and John Michael Kosterlitz, professor of physics and Nobel laureate, will be awarded the Susan Colver Rosenberger Medal of Honor at Sunday’s Commencement ceremony.
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Bloat@Brown creator, Brown Spectator board cleared of student conduct violation charges
By Elena Jiang | May 19For Shieh, the ruling follows a monthlong battle on acceptable technology use and trademark policy.
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Swastika found carved into residence hall restroom door
By Ethan Schenker and Aniyah Nelson | May 15On Wednesday evening, the Department of Public Safety was notified of a swastika found carved into a restroom door in a residence hall on the Pembroke campus, according to a Thursday afternoon community-wide email from Executive Vice President for Planning and Policy Russell Carey ’91. The incident ...
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Newly unsealed documents shed light on deportation of Brown professor
By Cate Latimer | May 8On Monday, lawyers from Muslim Advocates and Marzouk Law submitted an amended lawsuit challenging the March deportation of Assistant Professor of Medicine Rasha Alawieh. She was deported to Lebanon despite holding a valid H-1B visa and a federal judge’s order not to deport Alawieh without prior notice. ...
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Graduate Student Council elects new executive board, announces awards recipients
By Ian Ritter | May 8The election was the first to follow new election rules adopted in March.
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Faculty vote against weeklong Thanksgiving break
By Samah Hamid | May 8Faculty voted against the implementation of a weeklong fall break at Tuesday’s faculty meeting, with 53% of faculty members denying a motion that would have extended Thanksgiving recess from its traditional three-day recess to a full week.
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History, Slavic studies professor Ethan Pollock named next dean of the College
By Aniyah Nelson | May 6Pollock will begin his tenure on July 1, succeeding Professor of Engineering and Physics Rashid Zia ’01.
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GOP congressman questions Brown’s low endowment tax, disciplinary proceedings for Bloat@Brown creator
By Elena Jiang | May 3Follow The Herald’s latest coverage on how the Trump administration is impacting Brown here.
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Chabad of College Hill awarded American Jewish Committee award for campus advocacy
By Zarina Hamilton | May 1Daniel Solomon ’26 accepted the AJC’s campus advocacy award on behalf of Chabad of College Hill.
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Phi Beta Kappa elects 174 seniors, 63 juniors
By Hadley Carr | April 30This spring, 174 seniors and 63 juniors were elected into the University’s chapter of Phi Beta Kappa, according to Stephen Merriam Foley ’74, associate professor emeritus of English and comparative literature and chapter president.
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House Judiciary Committee prepared to subpoena Brown amid congressional probe into alleged price-fixing
By Ciara Meyer | April 30Follow The Herald’s latest coverage on how the Trump administration is impacting Brown here.
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Paxson solicits donations, political support for research funding in email to Brown alums, affiliates
By Cate Latimer | April 30The letter asks alums and community members to contact congressional representatives and donate to a new Brown Resilience Fund.
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Immigration records for Brown students, recent grads reinstated
By Sophia Wotman | April 28The students impacted by the visa revocations earlier this month had their status reactivated on Saturday.
