Brown University is internationally renowned for innovative education, multi-disciplinary research, and community service. Throughout Brown’s 250 years, the City of Providence has been an integral partner. The future success of Providence and Brown are intertwined.
Global Excellence, Local Impact
$220
MillionAmount Brown has invested in the Jewelry District in the last decade, including buying property and improving the public sphere.
$6.7
MillionAmount Brown paid to the City of Providence in voluntary payments and property taxes for FY17.
$215
MillionAmount of public-private partnership invested for the renovation of South Street Landing, which houses 136,000 square feet of Brown office space, and a nursing school for Rhode Island College and University of Rhode Island.
1,715
Brown employees live in Providence
1,800
Number of Brown faculty, staff and students working and studying in the Jewelry District every day.
$2.5
MillionAmount Brown Dining Services spends on local food from RI farms each year
$168
MillionAmount Brown spent on research in FY 17
43%
of all RI PhysiciansAre affiliated with Warren Alpert Medical School
> 450
Brown undergraduatesVolunteer in Providence Public Schools each year, serving over 5000 public school students