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Brown notified approximately 130 students of potential conduct violations for encampment-related activities

By Owen Dahlkamp, Ryan Doherty and Avani Ghosh | April 25

The Office of Student Conduct and Community Standards has notified approximately 130 students of potential conduct violations for encampment-related activities as of Thursday, University Spokesperson Brian Clark wrote in an email to The Herald. Some of the students who received the OSCCS email claim ...

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Why do men fare better than women in the college admission process?

By Kate Butts | April 25

For first-years admitted in the fall of 2023, Brown’s acceptance rate for male applicants was 6.9%, and the acceptance rate for female applicants was 4.2%, according to the University’s Common Data Set.

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Retiring CLPS Professor Kathryn Spoehr reflects on 50 years at Brown

By Cate Latimer | April 25

In 1969, women were required to wear skirts on Brown’s campus and the class president helped co-author the Open Curriculum. That year, Kathryn Spoehr ’69 received her degree in mathematical psychology.

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US Rep. Ayanna Pressley talks upbringing, activism at Brown Dems event

By Megan Chan | April 24

U.S. representative Ayanna Pressley (D-MA 7th District) discussed her upbringing, activism and response to the war in Israel and Palestine at a Brown Dems event on Wednesday.

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Students reflect on experiences pursuing independent concentrations

By Kate Rowberry | April 24

Have you ever thought about concentrating in Disability and Design? What about Storytelling in the Museum?

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Paxson reaffirms “appropriate codes of conduct” as Brown’s response to encampment

By Anisha Kumar and Katie Jain | April 24

On Wednesday evening, President Christina Paxson P’19 P’MD’20 reaffirmed that the University’s response to the ongoing encampment would “rely on appropriate codes of conduct to address violations of policy” in a community-wide email.

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Encampment participants under student conduct violation review, BDC host ‘emergency rally’

By Owen Dahlkamp, Anisha Kumar, Ryan Doherty and Avani Ghosh | April 24

At 1:55 p.m., multiple students whose ID information was recorded by the Department of Public Safety officers during the encampment were notified that the Office of Student Conduct and Community Standards was processing a student conduct violation, according to an email shared with The Herald.

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BUCC to vote today on student charges, divestment proposal recommendations

By Anisha Kumar | April 24

The Brown University Community Council is set to vote on two motions concerning student calls for divestment at a special meeting Thursday afternoon.

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Two Brown professors win Guggenheim Fellowship

By James Ma | April 24

Matthew Guterl, a professor of Africana studies and American studies, and Laird Hunt, a professor of literary arts, were among the 188 individuals selected from around 3,000 applicants for a 2024 Guggenheim Fellowship.

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Around eighty students begin indefinite encampment on Main Green in support of divestment

By Owen Dahlkamp and Ryan Doherty | April 24

Approximately 80 students began an indefinite encampment on the Main Green at around 6:20 a.m. Wednesday in a call for the University to divest from companies linked to the Israeli government. The encampment follows similar developments across the U.S. in the past week, most notably at Columbia, Yale ...

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UCS calls on Paxson to drop charges against 41 arrested students

By Julianna Chang | April 23

The Undergraduate Council of Students released a statement Tuesday evening calling on President Paxson P’19 P’MD’20 to drop the criminal charges against the 41 Brown students who were arrested in a Dec. 11 sit-in or “to consider an alternative resolution pathway outside the criminal justice ...

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Angela Davis speaks on social movements at BCSC’s ‘Heritage Series’

By Talia LeVine | April 23

Hundreds of community members packed into Salomon DECI auditorium Tuesday night to hear political activist Angela Davis discuss social movements, history and Palestine at an event hosted by the Brown Center for Students of Color. The talk, titled “No one is free until we are all free: discussion on ...

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Provost Doyle reaffirms protest policy amid pro-Palestinian encampments at peer institutions

By Owen Dahlkamp and Ryan Doherty | April 23

Provost Francis Doyle sent an email to community members about University policy surrounding encampments on Tuesday afternoon. The email comes amid a series of national protests calling for a ceasefire in the war between Israel and Hamas and on universities to divest from weapons manufacturers and companies ...

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PhD candidates, GLO express frustration at unexpected partial denials of COVID funding extension

By Ethan Schenker and Grace Hu | April 22

Following an uptick in sixth-year PhD students reporting that their requests for a yearlong COVID-related funding extension had been partially denied by the University, Graduate Labor Organization leaders are accusing the University of violating “the spirit” of a clause in a 2023 side letter to ...

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House Speaker Shekarchi speaks at Taubman Center Politics and Policy Lunch

By Amber Marcus-Blank | April 22

R.I. House Speaker Joseph Shekarchi (D-Warwick) spoke at a Politics and Policy Lunch hosted by the Taubman Center for American Politics and Policy in Stephen Robert ’62 Hall on Monday.

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ADOCH 2024 sees over 1000 prospective students, multiple student protests

By Megan Chan | April 21

A swath of admitted students paraded Brown’s campus during A Day on College Hill last Friday. The annual event was hosted twice — April 12 and April 19 — and saw a turnout of over 1,000 students, according to a University press release.

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Around 100 rally to support pro-Palestine demonstrators from Columbia during ADOCH

By Tom Li and Avani Ghosh | April 19

On Friday, around 100 students rallied in support of the 113 pro-Palestinian demonstrators arrested at Columbia University on Thursday.

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BSI installation pays tribute to 130 hostages in Gaza, assembled ahead of ADOCH

By Tom Li and Avani Ghosh | April 19

Brown Students for Israel organized an installation on the Quiet Green to pay tribute to the approximately 130 hostages believed to be held in Gaza during the ongoing Israel-Hamas war.

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BCA addresses Spring Weekend funding, artist selection process

By Anisha Kumar and Julianna Chang | April 18

Earlier this month, the Brown Concert Agency received widespread criticism for its lineup selection and poster design for this year’s Spring Weekend, which is set to occur on Sunday.

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Brown in talks to invest in Fortress Investment Group, Bloomberg reports

By Ryan Doherty | April 18

Brown is allegedly in “advanced talks” to invest in Fortress Investment Group with Abu Dhabi sovereign wealth fund Mubadala Investment Co. and BTG Pactual, a Brazilian financial company, Bloomberg previously reported.