Brown’s big weekend offered graduation ceremonies, alumni reunions and a multitude of other opportunities for graduates, alumni, family and friends to honor accomplishments and reunite.
Bringing a unique blend of academic experience and business acumen, Smith will oversee a portfolio of programs that are academically rigorous, financially sustainable and in demand from students and employers.
With support from a Mellon Foundation grant, Brown researchers will build a database of African poetry, complete with poet biographies, scholarship, news coverage and more.
Praising nearly 13 years of steady and principled leadership from President Christina H. Paxson, the University’s highest governing board approved a two-year extension for Brown’s 19th president.
Upon the recommendation of the Brown faculty, Brown’s highest governing body approved the statement, which outlines four core institutional values for Brown and defines how the University may use its voice publicly.
In a Commencement celebration on the College Green, graduates Nkéke Harris and Aliza Kopans addressed their peers, family members and friends, offering advice as they forge into the future.
In a Baccalaureate service marked by faith and gratitude, Olympic gold medalist Allyson Felix urged the undergraduate Class of 2025 to find meaning in every step of their journeys.
In an uncertain financial environment, Brown’s operating budget reflects a focus on advancing key priorities and supporting the students and employees who bring the University’s mission to life.
Degrees for Brown’s undergraduate Class of 2025 were officially conferred during the College Ceremony, where Brown’s president shared with graduates why everyone on campus loves and will miss them.
In the heart of campus, a new admission welcome center in Brown’s historic Manning Hall will serve as an inviting, dedicated hub for prospective students and families when it opens in the fall.
In this Q&A, four Brown students reflect on the experience of designing their own concentrations that defy conventional categories, from empathy in practice to computational neuroscience.
During its 257th Commencement ceremony on Sunday, May 25, Brown University bestowed honorary degrees on a trailblazing group of advocates, artists, writers and scholars.
On Saturday and Sunday, May 24 and 25, the University will confer a total of 3,310 degrees in all categories — undergraduate, graduate, medical and honorary.
At the Commencement ceremony for the Warren Alpert Medical School’s Class of 2025, Alisa Pugacheva will reflect on the importance of appreciating patients, colleagues and the practice of medicine.
The new student-led Chinese music ensemble, founded in Fall 2024, made its debut with a spring concert that showcased the group’s rich repertoire of traditional and contemporary medleys.
The Brown Ph.D. student collaborates with psychologists and computer scientists across campus to find ways AI can support, but not replace, human-centered mental health counseling.
J. Michael Kosterlitz, a professor of physics, and Terrie Fox Wetle, a professor emerita of health services, policy and practice, will receive the Rosenberger Medal of Honor during Commencement and Reunion Weekend.
Graduating senior Elysee Barakett reflects on the loss of her brother through a community-created mural on display in Brown’s Lindemann Performing Arts Center through May 16.
As Brown celebrates its 257th Commencement, Akashleena Mallick and Melaine Ferdinand-King will address their peers in separate master’s and Ph.D. ceremonies on College Hill.
On the first day of Brown’s final examination period, members of the student-led organization No Empty Seats brought the College Green to life with a spontaneous, throwback dance routine.
Stolen Relations, a public database set to launch on Saturday, May 10, reveals the stories of thousands of Native people forced into servitude across the Americas.
The University will bestow honorary degrees on a diverse group of community leaders, artists, writers, performers and scholars during its Commencement exercises on Sunday, May 25.
Legal action aims to block funding cuts that would jeopardize Brown’s leading-edge research in areas including quantum computing, machine learning, advanced engineering materials and biomechanics.
An accomplished historian and academic leader, Pollock looks forward to guiding and strengthening the academic experience for more than 7,200 undergraduates.
In keeping with a Brown tradition that dates back more than two and a half centuries, seniors Nkéke Harris and Aliza Kopans will address their fellow graduates on Sunday, May 25.
Across education, research, community engagement and the economy, Brown University is deeply intertwined with its home city of Providence, Rhode Island. From improving medical care and public health, to supporting local schools and fueling the regional economy, Brown’s commitment to the success of the local community is reflected in many ways.
Two Brown students developed a new technique called Quantum Multi-Wavelength Holography, which creates high-fidelity 3D images using quantum entangled photons.
Researchers analyzed a global database of 500,000 strange streaks that occur on steep Martian slopes, concluding that they’re most likely caused by dry processes rather than liquid flow.
In an advance that could lead to better treatment of troublesome fungal infections, Brown University engineers have developed a nanoscale drug delivery system specially targeted to fungal cells.
A new AI model created by researchers at Brown can generate motion in all kinds of robots and animated figures — humanoids, quadrupeds and more — from simple text commands.
Public health researchers untangle two decades of maternal mortality data and find that while early increases were driven by reporting changes, real increases followed during the COVID-19 pandemic.
New research finds that despite large rivers and seas of liquid methane, Saturn’s moon Titan seems mostly devoid of river deltas, raising new questions about the surface dynamics on this alien world.
During a campus conversation to celebrate the launch of the Center for Climate, Environment and Health, panelists explored the impacts of climate change on human health and the research that will drive life-saving solutions.
The New England Family Study, launched in 1959 and now led by a Brown epidemiologist, spans three generations of participants and unlocks key insights for healthy aging.
A team of Brown University researchers has identified a promising new approach that may one day help to restore vision in people affected by macular degeneration and other retinal disorders.
The Brown Ph.D. student collaborates with psychologists and computer scientists across campus to find ways AI can support, but not replace, human-centered mental health counseling.
Informed by her Nigerian-American identity and guided by her spiritual compass, the Brown University senior is advancing migration-policy research, humanitarian law and public service.
Whether she’s captaining the men’s club hockey team or participating as the first openly autistic cast member on “Survivor,” the Brown graduate student in fluid and thermal science finds success in authenticity.
The Brown University senior and head conductor of the Brown Band embraces a wide range of musical, academic and volunteer pursuits as he marches toward a career in medicine.
Brown University senior Elijah Golden pursues a varied academic and extracurricular life at Brown while also performing and touring with his family’s three-generation country music band.
As she investigates cancer treatments and pursues her own path toward becoming a physician-scientist, the Brown University doctoral student is supporting fellow Indigenous students interested in science and medicine.
Wounded in a school shooting in California in 2019, the Brown sophomore has dedicated herself to preventing gun violence nationwide, harnessing her education at Brown to forge a career in advocacy.
Through determination, courage and a supportive community, LePage is flourishing as a nontraditional student at Brown and using her own experiences to help others on campus and beyond.
Through the installation of educational public art in urban neighborhoods, the Brown sophomore hopes to inspire mutual understanding of the blind and visually impaired community.
From a small farm in Hawaii to College Hill to the corridors of the White House, Brown senior Kaliko Kalāhiki is making inroads as an advocate for Indigenous sovereignty, queer visibility and sustainable land use.
Advancing a commitment to accessible robotics education, the Ph.D. student is researching how to simultaneously control multiple drones and teaching others how to build and operate them.