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Brown launches new Operational Plan for Investing in Research

This morning, the University released the details of its Operational Plan for Investing in Research, which aims to increase University research output over the next five to seven years through investments in “space, faculty, staff and students,” according to a letter from President Christina ...

Doulas@Brown hosts conversation on reproductive justice

Latham Thomas, founder of maternity lifestyle brand Mama Glow, and Sarah Williams, visiting assistant professor of anthropology and gender studies, discussed their journeys with reproductive justice in a conversation hosted by Doulas@Brown in the Multipurpose Room of the Health & Wellness Center ...

Students reflect on triple concentrations, combined degree program

University students can take their undergraduate education beyond the scope of single or double-concentrations with the Combined Degree Program or a triple concentration.

From burro to Bruno: Tales from the live mascots of Brown

This winter marks the bear’s 119th year as a mainstay of Brown that has inspired songs, student names for art pieces and the four towering bear statues positioned throughout campus. The tradition of bringing live bears as mascots to represent the University at sporting events lasted from Helen’s ...

Brown promised to cut its emissions 75% by 2025. How close is it to getting there?

The University pledged in 2019 to reach net-zero carbon emissions by 2040 and cut its emissions by 75% by 2025, simultaneously unveiling multiple projects to reach these goals.  While the University maintains that it is on track to reach its 2025 target with a new solar farm scheduled ...

Students report damaged, missing items stored with Campus Storage

Several students received incomplete or damaged deliveries of the items they stored with Campus Storage over the summer, according to students.  Five students told The Herald that, when their belongings were delivered at the start of the academic year, they were missing boxes, received ...

A look at abortion, reproductive activism past and present

In the 1960s, the women of Pembroke College were subject to strict rules. They adhered to curfews and conformed to dress codes under the parietal rules enforced at the time. But in 1965, one doctor in University health services made waves by doing what was unthinkable at the time — prescribing ...

Students launch queer pickup soccer club

When Caroline Sassan ’24 found out that the University was not offering its typical intramural soccer programming this fall, she began to look for alternate ways to still get on the field. Looking for “a pickup-type situation,” she came across an informal, queer soccer group led and participated ...

Class-action Title IX lawsuit can partially move ahead, judge says

A class-action lawsuit filed in August 2021 claiming that the University fails to protect students from sexual violence can move ahead partially, a judge ruled on Tuesday.  In March, the University filed a motion to dismiss the suit, The Herald previously reported. In May, the plaintiffs ...

POLITICO White House bureau chief traces ‘big lie’ at book event

The road to Jan. 6, 2021 began at an August 2016 rally in Columbus, Ohio for former President Donald Trump, according to Jonathan Lemire, POLITICO’s White House bureau chief and the host of “Way Too Early” on MSNBC.

Brown’s Sunrise chapter sees new dawn

After its dissolution in fall 2020, the Brown chapter of Sunrise Movement, a climate advocacy group, relaunched on campus last week. The chapter has already been active: Sunrise members have promoted a petition asking candidates to replace Provost Richard Locke P’18 to commit to the University’s ...

The Sundials: How ANOCH’s headliners came to be

A unique blend of drums, keys, guitar, trumpet, bass and cello echoed throughout the hallways of T.F. Green Hall Friday night. Within one of the hall’s practice rooms, energy soared high as The Sundials rehearsed their set — they practiced certain verses over and over again, making sure to hit ...

Health Equity Scholars program launches second cohort

The second cohort of a scholarship and leadership initiative for students from historically underrepresented backgrounds in the Master of Public Health program was announced Sept. 9, according to a Sept. 26 Today@Brown announcement. The Health Equity Scholars program is a two-year scholarship ...

Corporation accepts $91 million in gifts in October meeting, elects new member

The Corporation, the University’s highest governing body, formally accepted over $91 million in gifts and pledges at its October meeting, according to a Monday Today@Brown announcement from President Christina Paxson P’19. These contributions, made since the Corporation’s last meeting ...

UFB, UCS partner to remove fundraising requirement for club sports on campus

The Undergraduate Finance Board voted Sept. 16 to pass a budget that fully covers club sports costs, eliminating the prior requirement that club sports members fundraise a percentage of their budgets determined by the Athletics Department, according to UFB Chair Amienne Spencer-Blume ’23.

A history of grad student labor unions

Last spring, as most students prepared for the end of the academic year, Thomas Varley went on strike. Along with the rest of the Indiana Graduate Workers Coalition at Indiana University Bloomington, Varley — a union representative for students in the Department of Psychological and Brain Sciences ...

Tristan Glenn begins as assistant vice president for inclusion, campus culture and engagement

Tristan Glenn was named as the inaugural assistant vice president for inclusion, campus culture and engagement in the Office of Institutional Equity and Diversity, according to an Oct. 11 Today@Brown announcement ...

Catharine MacKinnon critiques legal definition of consent at PPE lecture

Legal scholar and author Catharine MacKinnon critiqued the legal construct of consent in a lecture entitled “Sexual Assault and Inequality: A Critique of Consent” hosted by the Center for Philosophy, Politics and Economics Friday evening. In her lecture, MacKinnon ...

The Physicians Committee for Responsible Medicine protests use of live pigs in residency training

This Thursday, around 15 people stood outside Page-Robinson Hall, holding signs that read “Modernize Medical Training” and “Brown: Stop Killing Animals.” The Physicians Committee for Responsible Medicine, a nonprofit health organization with more than 17,000 doctor members, organized the ...