By the close of the fiscal year on June 30, the endowment had contributed $179 million to the University, representing approximately $19,000 per student and 18 percent of Brown’s operating budget.
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New online experience enables prospective students and many others to explore Brown's campus from afar.
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Lilla’s lecture continues the ongoing initiative aimed at fostering constructive community discourse on controversial issues.
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Tushar Bhargava and Noah Fields earned top honors in the prestigious 2017 Undergraduate Awards, with 17 additional Brown students and recent alumni ‘highly commended.’
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Anchor tenancy in the building continues University’s commitment to joining public and private partners in transforming Providence’s Jewelry District into a national hub for technology transfer, entrepreneurship and economic innovation.
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Agreement ends Pokanoket encampment in Bristol, outlines an inclusive process for creating a preservation trust to ensure conservation of the land and sustainable access by Native tribes with ties to its historic sites.
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Upon meeting fundraising goal, the University will be able to replace loans with scholarship funds in financial aid awards, building on need-blind admissions and other initiatives to make a Brown education more accessible.
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A startup summer for Brown’s student entrepreneurs
Now in its third year, Brown’s Breakthrough Lab — one of the premier programs of the Jonathan M. Nelson Center for Entrepreneurship — offers students time, money and mentorship to launch their next big ideas.
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Among many other notable rankings, the University landed the No. 14 slot in the annual U.S. News and World Report guide to the nation’s best universities, including Top 5 honors for undergraduate teaching.
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Meet the Class of 2021
As Class of 2021 students begin their academic journeys at Brown, we asked five of them to tell us where they've been and what they hope for now that they're here.
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Brown students have a summer to remember
As Brown undergraduates return to College Hill from across the globe, they reflect on where their summers took them and what they learned along the way.
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As students commenced their academic careers at Brown, University President Christina Paxson and Professor of Anthropology Daniel Jordan Smith urged them to listen carefully, seek new perspectives and reject an “us vs. them” mentality to advance and repair the world.
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Brown welcomes 40 new faculty members
Hailing from a wide variety of disciplines and backgrounds, 40 new faculty members join the Brown community this year to guide student-centered learning and engage in high-impact research.
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In the wake of the Trump administration’s decision to end the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program, Brown’s president, provost and campus life vice president commit to doing everything legally possible to protect students, faculty and staff.
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Brown statement on proposed agreement with the Pokanoket
Brown University issued this statement on Thursday, Aug. 31, regarding a proposed path toward an agreement to resolve concerns of Pokanokets encamped on University-owned land in Bristol, R.I.
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All roads lead to College Hill for #Brown2021
From move-in weekend to the Opening Convocation ceremony for new undergraduate, graduate and medical students, the Brown campus is bustling as the 2017-18 academic year gets underway.
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Brown president urges Trump to continue DACA
Christina Paxson implores President Donald Trump to preserve and defend the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program and continue the country’s investment in these new Americans.
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Stanford University Professor Susanna Loeb will join Annenberg as it fulfills its refocused mission and works to alleviate educational inequality in America’s public schools.
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Brown statements on Pokanoket Nation encampment
University asserts legal standing for land maintained in Bristol; focuses on safety of individuals in encampment.
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The Association of American Colleges and Universities selected Brown to work toward transformative change on race in America as one of 10 Truth, Racial Healing and Transformation Campus Centers.
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For 150 high-achieving students from low-income families, this week’s Leadership Enterprise for a Diverse America Career Institute meant a chance to convene with prospective employers for four days of intensive career development.
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As the BrownTogether campaign gains momentum and nears its halfway mark, funds raised in fiscal year 2017 will support the goals of the University’s Building on Distinction plan.
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Brown to participate in national study of doctoral career paths
The Council of Graduate Schools has included Brown in a multi-year study of the career aspirations of current doctoral students and professional paths of Ph.D. alumni, in an effort to improve career services, professional development and mentoring.
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17 snapshots of spring at Brown
In an era when everyone is a photographer, these stunning photos taken by members of Brown's campus community offer some new perspectives of Spring 2017 on College Hill.
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Pipher to become Brown’s vice president for research
Jill Pipher, a mathematician and founding director of Brown’s NSF-funded mathematics institute, will become Brown’s vice president for research on July 1.
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Another busy summer at Brown will bring more than 8,000 high school students to campus along with scholars and professionals pursuing a wide range of interests, academic and otherwise.
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Amid the nationwide debate over free speech on campus, Brown President Christina Paxson and University of Chicago President Robert Zimmer defend the role that academic freedom plays in advancing knowledge.
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As executive director of corporate relations, Daniel Behr will work to deepen Brown’s collaboration with corporate and industrial partners and establish a new Office of Corporate Relations.
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What’s past is prologue: BCSC at 40
At the conclusion of the Brown Center for Students of Color’s 40th anniversary year, members of the Brown community reflect on pivotal historical moments for students of color on campus.
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The awards, from Brown’s Fund for the Education of the Children of Providence, will go to college-bound students from the city’s public high schools.
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A spirit of service, on the Brown campus and beyond
As part of a wide range of Staff Development Day opportunities, colleagues from across campus engaged in community service projects at sites ranging from elementary schools to public parks.
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Brown faculty members earn awards, distinctions
From research on prosthetic limbs to devising new ways to experience opera, scholarship by Brown faculty members earned them recognition from prestigious national and international organizations this spring.
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President Paxson is among 12 university presidents who issued a joint commitment reaffirming progress on climate change.
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Brown marks Commencement with urgency to make a positive impact
With joy, solemnity, celebration, humility, gratitude and more than a little celebrity, the Brown community came together for Commencement and Reunion Weekend from May 26 to 28, guided by the spirit of working for a better future.
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Brown awards six honorary doctorates
During the 249th Commencement ceremony on Sunday, May 28, Brown University bestowed honorary degrees to a diverse group of scholars, artists and leaders recognized for their exceptional achievement in a variety of fields.
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President Christina Paxson: 'Live Courageously'
On Sunday, May 28, President Christina Paxson addressed the Class of 2017's bachelor's degree recipients as part of Brown's 249th Commencement.
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Adriel Barrios-Anderson: 'Silent Lessons'
Adriel Barrios-Anderson, one of two graduating seniors chosen as orators for the 249th Commencement, delivered an address titled "Silent Lessons" on the College Green on Sunday, May 28.
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Viet Nguyen: 'The Idea of Deserving'
Viet Nguyen, one of two graduating seniors chosen as orators for the 249th Commencement, delivered an address titled "The Idea of Deserving" on the College Green on Sunday, May 28.
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The annual Commencement tradition for graduating seniors was marked by faith, gratitude and words of wisdom from Diggs, the award-winning performer and Brown alumnus.
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In a joyous ceremony complete with a marriage proposal from one new U.S. Army officer to another from last year’s class of graduates, Brown celebrated its students’ commitment to the armed forces.
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Brown to confer 2,568 degrees at Sunday's Commencement
At its 249th Commencement on Sunday, May 28, Brown University will confer a total of 2,568 degrees in all categories — undergraduate, graduate, medical and honorary.
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During its annual Commencement week meeting, the University’s governing body also approved the awarding of more than 2,500 degrees at Sunday’s ceremonies.
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The road to College Hill less traveled
Students in the Resumed Undergraduate Education program make their way to Brown in many different ways — the stories of three Class of 2017 graduates from the program illustrate the wealth of lived experience they bring to campus.
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Brown students, recent graduates earn 37 Fulbright Scholarships
The prestigious award offers young scholars the opportunity to teach, study and pursue research internationally.
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New programs seek to diversify faculty at Brown and beyond
One year after the University’s diversity and inclusion action plan committed to doubling the number of faculty from historically underrepresented groups, two initiatives are already attracting both early-career and experienced scholars to Brown.
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Title IX program officer to join Brown in July
Rene Davis, a higher education leader who currently serves as Title IX and Section 504 coordinator at Mount Holyoke College, will oversee Brown’s Title IX office beginning on July 17, 2017.
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Brown’s 249th Commencement set for Sunday, May 28
Sunday’s procession and University Ceremony on the College Green cap Brown’s three-day celebration of Commencement and Reunion Weekend.
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Gonzalez named senior VP for advancement
Sergio Gonzalez, senior vice president for university advancement and external affairs at the University of Miami, has been named senior vice president for advancement at Brown University, effective Aug. 1, 2017.
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Brown awarded grant to expand engaged scholarship
The $225,000 grant from the Davis Educational Foundation will allow faculty members to deepen their exploration of engaged scholarship and teaching.
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125 Years of Women at Brown: Fond memories, wise words
Nine women who attended this weekend’s 125 Years conference share their thoughts on this historic occasion.
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