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See how you would have fared in the 2024 housing selection process
By Caleb Ellenberg | April 4Click here to explore the interactive webpage.
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What you need to know about the White House’s plan to freeze $510 million at Brown
By Roma Shah | April 4Brown said that they have no information to substantiate reports of the freeze.
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Brown Corporation members praise University’s protection of Jewish life amid $510 million federal funding threat
By Claire Song and Cate Latimer | April 3Follow The Herald’s latest coverage on how the Trump administration is impacting Brown here.
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Live updates: Trump administration set to freeze $510 million of Brown’s federal funding
By Herald Staff | April 3The Trump administration plans to announce a freeze on $510 million worth of federal funding, a White House official told The Herald. This makes Brown the fifth Ivy League school to face cuts. The $510 million exceeds the $400 million in funding cut at Columbia in early March.
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Graduate commencement speakers elected at GSC Meeting
By Ian Ritter | April 2Akashleena Mallick GS and Melaine Ferdinand-King GS will speak at master’s and doctoral commencement, respectively.
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Faculty, graduate students navigate nonessential travel funding freeze
By Ethan Schenker | April 2Faculty and graduate students reflect on the impact of the March 13 ban on nonessential travel.
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Brown hires external firms to lobby Congress, Trump administration
By Roma Shah | April 2For the first time since at least 2002, Brown has enlisted two firms, one of which is staffed by operatives who have almost exclusively worked in the Republican Party, to lobby Congress and the Trump administration on its behalf.
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Brown Corporation member defends campus protestors in a piece in The Atlantic
By Cate Latimer | April 2Follow The Herald’s latest coverage on how the Trump administration is impacting Brown here.
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Faculty express concerns about draft of institutional values
By Samah Hamid | April 2At Tuesday’s faculty meeting, faculty members raised concerns about the draft of Brown’s institutional values, which was released on March 18. Multiple speakers criticized the timing of the draft process, as well as the draft’s distinction between the community and institution and policy surrounding ...
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Faculty vote to change titles of lecturers to teaching professors
By Samah Hamid | April 2At Tuesday’s faculty meeting, faculty members voted to change the titles of “lecturer,” “senior lecturer” and “distinguished senior lecturer” to “assistant teaching professor,” “associate teaching professor” and “teaching professor,” respectively.
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Patricia Poitevien ’94 MD’98 appointed next vice president for campus life
By Hadley Carr | April 1Patricia Poitevien ’94 MD ’98 will be Brown’s next vice president for campus life effective June 1, President Christina Paxson P’19 P’MD’20 announced in a campus-wide message on Tuesday morning. Poitevien will replace Interim Vice President for Campus Life Russell Carey ’91, who was appointed ...
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These classes at Brown take learning outside the classroom
By Ivy Huang | March 31The Herald spoke with students and professors in classes where students have the opportunity to learn in a work-based setting.
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Award-winning sociologist details racial oppression, violence within US prison system during book talk
By Aniyah Nelson | March 31Friedman’s book explores the nature of carceral violence and its impact on marginalized communities.
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Brown administrators clarify immigration enforcement policies, address research funding cuts
By Cate Latimer | March 31Follow The Herald’s latest coverage on how the Trump administration is impacting Brown here.
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How Brown students balance full-time school with part-time work
By Amber Marcus-Blank | March 30Students’ off-campus work offers community engagement opportunities, pre-professional experience and financial stability.
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Hana Butler Gutiérrez ’24 named Gates Cambridge Scholar
By Hadley Carr | March 30Butler Gutiérrez will study in Cambridge’s micro and nanotechnology enterprise program.
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Five years ago, COVID-19 was declared a pandemic. Here’s how it changed the lives of 10 students at Brown.
By Megan Chan and Elena Jiang | March 30The Herald spoke to 10 students about how the pandemic impacted their lives before they found their way to Brown.
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Brown admits 5.65% of applicants to class of 2029
By Teddy Fisher and Ciara Meyer | March 27On Thursday evening, the University rounded out its admitted class of 2029 with 2,418 accepted applicants, marking an overall acceptance rate of 5.65%. This year, Brown saw a noticeable decrease in the number of applicants with 42,765 applying this cycle, 37,710 during regular decision and 5,055 during ...
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CS Department looks to expand fifth-year master’s amid University-wide push to grow grad programs
By Ian Ritter | March 21Students say fifth-year programs have provided continuity with their undergraduate studies.
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Muslim students find community in faith, food during Ramadan
By Tiffany Xiao | March 21This Ramadan, Brown’s Muslim community comes together through community iftars and prayers.
