Undocumented and DACA-status applicants will be considered under the University’s need-blind admission policy, and Brown will meet 100 percent of each student’s demonstrated financial need upon matriculation.
Drawing on decades of experience as a political leader and champion for the rights of women, children and marginalized groups, Joyce Banda will discuss Africa’s future as part of the 93rd Ogden Lecture on Sept. 19.
As 2,675 incoming students begin their Brown academic careers, University president and Graduate School dean invite students to embrace the uncomfortable moments and the debates to come.
Hailing from a diverse set of backgrounds, 47 new faculty members have joined the ranks of 30 different Brown University departments for the new 2016-17 academic year.
Titled 'Brown University president: A safe space for freedom of expression,' guest column comes at a time of fierce debate about the capacity of universities to prepare students for confronting difficult, complex issues.
From freshman move-in on Saturday to Opening Convocation’s welcome to undergraduate, graduate and medical students, the buzz on College Hill is back as the 2016-17 academic year gets under way.
Following the February 2016 launch of Pathways to Diversity and Inclusion, the University has taken immediate, meaningful actions toward achieving its longer-term goals.
Longtime professor of medical science Andrew G. Campbell previews his keynote, titled “Can You Imagine,” and shares insights from his early days as dean.
Think summer is quiet at Brown? Not for the University’s undergraduate researchers, who pursued their passions in depth and built skills in collaboration, innovation and more.
Five of the University’s dining facilities earned certification from the Green Restaurant Association for sustainability practices including recycling, composting, energy use and more.
For 20 years, Brown’s Royce fellows have set out on carefully planned independent research projects across the world — but the discoveries that greet them aren’t always what they expect.
With a focus on environmental, social and governance investment standards, the Brown University Sustainable Investment Fund offers donors a sustainability-focused, endowed giving option that welcomes gifts of any amount.
More than 5,000 alumni returned to College Hill to celebrate reunions, renew ties with former classmates and honor the addition of 2,630 new graduates to the ranks of Brown alumni.
New graduates and their families gather alongside generations of alumni to honor tradition, reflect on their journeys and move into the world with usefulness and reputation.
At the 248th Commencement ceremony today, Brown University President Christina Paxson conferred honorary doctorates on eight candidates who have achieved great distinction in their fields.
Sabrina Imbler, one of two graduating seniors chosen as orators for the 248th Commencement, delivered an address titled “How Do We Want to Become?" on the College Green on Sunday, May 29.
Jamelle Watson-Daniels, one of two graduating seniors chosen as orators for the 248th Commencement, delivered an address titled “Storytelling” on the College Green on Sunday, May 29.
Kevin Gover, director of the Smithsonian Institution’s National Museum of the American Indian, delivered Brown's 2016 Baccalaureate address and will receive an honorary degree at Commencement.
At its 248th Commencement on Sunday, May 29, Brown University will confer a total of 2,630 degrees in all categories — undergraduate, graduate, medical and honorary.
During its annual Commencement week meeting, the University’s governing body also formally accepted BrownTogether gifts and approved the awarding of more than 2,550 degrees at Sunday’s ceremonies.
During a Commencement and Reunion Week celebration, peers and colleagues honored the 1976 Brown graduate and Corporation leader with reflections on his leadership.
Brown University leaders joined Providence Mayor Jorge Elorza and others to discuss the importance of the new building for the University and for the City.
The campus-wide Provost’s Visiting Professors program will offer short-term appointments at Brown to exceptional faculty from historically underrepresented groups.
The award, one of the country’s most prestigious, offers students the opportunity to teach, study or pursue independent research in more than 140 countries.
Graduates Alberto Morales and Matthew J. Lyddon will address their peers in separate master’s and doctoral ceremonies, respectively, at Commencement on Sunday, May 29.
A master’s student in public humanities plans to launch Doors Open Rhode Island; two biomedical engineering students intend to produce quick-turnaround forensic lab kits for sexual assault cases.
During its 248th Commencement ceremony on Sunday, May 29, Brown University will bestow honorary degrees on a diverse group of scholars and leaders recognized for exceptional achievement.