As part of an ongoing review of a proposal calling on the University to cut financial and social ties with the fossil fuel industry, the Advisory Committee on University Resource Management met on Thursday to discuss the influence of corporate funding on academic freedom.
On Feb. 15, the Association for Asian Studies announced Brown鈥檚 Choices Program curriculum 鈥淭he Vietnam War: Origins, History and Legacies鈥� as the 2024 winner of its Franklin R. Buchanan Prize for Curricular Materials.
During its monthly meeting on Wednesday, the Graduate Student Council voted to add two new positions 鈥� Chair of Education and Chair of Diversity, Equity and Inclusion 鈥� to its Executive Board.
If you skip TAPS 1280W: 鈥淣ative American Indigenous Theatre Performance,鈥� your instructor will definitely notice.
The Mellon Foundation granted Assistant Professor of Classics Sasha-Mae Eccleston 鈥�06 and Princeton Associate Professor Dan-el Padilla Peralta $1 million to establish a fellowship program to diversify and reimagine the Classics through a racial lens.
Earlier this year, the University announced that it would transition to need-blind admissions for international students starting with the class of 2029, becoming the eighth university in the United States to adopt the policy. The University has practiced need-blind admissions for domestic applicants ...
Historian Dominic Erdozain discussed the politics, culture and laws surrounding guns in the United States at a Wednesday talk for his book 鈥淥ne Nation Under Guns.鈥�
At Tuesday鈥檚 faculty meeting, President Paxson P鈥�19 P鈥橫D鈥�20 reaffirmed the University鈥檚 plans to pursue charges against the 41 Brown students who were arrested in a Dec. 11 sit-in. The students demanded Paxson to call for a ceasefire in the ongoing Israel-Palestine war and support divestment ...
The Labor Organization of Community Coordinators began their first contract bargaining session with the University on Feb.16.
Brown aims to seek approval from faculty and the Corporation in May to convert the Watson Institute for International and Public Affairs into a school for international and public affairs, Provost Francis Doyle said at Tuesday鈥檚 faculty meeting.
Faculty approved a new standing committee to review gifts and grants for compliance with Brown鈥檚 Gift Acceptance and Openness in Research policies at Tuesday鈥檚 faculty meeting.
Justin Bolsen 鈥�26 placed second in his appearance on 鈥淛eopardy!鈥� this Tuesday night with a final score of $9,958. Bolsen walked away from the show with a $5,000 prize.
Brown University will reinstate standardized testing requirements for most applicants to the College beginning with the class of 2029, according to University administrators.
On Monday night, the Student Government Association began its Spring 2024 election cycle for its three branches 鈥� the Undergraduate Council of Students, the Undergraduate Financial Board and the Class Coordinating Board 鈥� with two information sessions. The sessions were the first two of SGA鈥檚 ...
Inside Stephen Robert 鈥�62 Hall, through the double doors on Brook Street, passers-by are immediately immersed in Mahnoor Hussain鈥檚 new exhibition 鈥淒igitizing the Miniature: Mahnoor Hussain and the Spirit of Feminism.鈥�
Justin Bolsen 鈥�26 will compete in this year鈥檚 鈥楯eopardy!鈥� Tournament of Champions, the first episode of which will air Tuesday night. Having won the 鈥楯eopardy!鈥� High School Reunion Tournament last spring, Bolsen 鈥渒new the grand prize was the money and also the invitation鈥� to return to ...
Edward Steinfeld, a professor of China studies, political science and international and public affairs, will end his term as director of the Watson Institute for International and Public Affairs on June 30, according to a Monday letter from University Provost Francis Doyle. Wendy Schiller, a professor ...
On Feb. 28, students at the School of Public Health delivered an open letter to the school鈥檚 Office of Diversity, Equity and Inclusion. The letter called on the SPH to speak out about 鈥渢he genocide and public health disaster in Palestine.鈥�
This article is the first in a series exploring tenure at Brown and in higher education.
On Friday afternoon, about 30 students and community members gathered in the Petteruti Lounge for the Department of English鈥檚 first-ever Inclusive Journalism Conference. Organized by Nell Lake, a lecturer in English non-fiction writing, the three-and-a-half-hour event featured a roundtable discussion ...
