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Brown University honors 50 years of women’s varsity athletics

April 7, 2025

Across a weekend of events celebrating the anniversary, hundreds of athletes and alumni got a first look at a student-led documentary chronicling women’s trailblazing role in Brown’s athletics programs.

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Student Life

Eva Erickson: Blending science, sports and the ultimate test of survival

March 20, 2025

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.

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Topping-off ceremony celebrates future home of Brown’s game-changing indoor turf facility

March 5, 2025

Expected to open in January 2026, the 76,000-square-foot facility will expand capacity to meet a growing demand for varsity athletics practice space, club and intramural sports, and recreational programming.

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Student Life

Kanayo Duru: The Brunonian behind the baton has a heart that beats for music and medicine

March 4, 2025

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.

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Student Life

Photos: Sousaphones on skates, rhythm at the rink for Brown Band’s annual on-ice performance

March 3, 2025

During a weekend hockey matchup against Harvard, dozens of Brown University alumni laced up their skates to join the band’s 55th annual one-of-a-kind Alumni Ice Show.

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Brown University men’s and women’s squash teams take home national titles

February 24, 2025

At the 2025 College Squash Association Club Team Championships, the men claimed their third straight win, while the women’s team celebrated its second victory in three years.

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University Initiatives

Philanthropy made it possible: Brown celebrates its most successful fundraising campaign to date

January 28, 2025

Launched publicly in 2015, BrownTogether transformed Brown through a decade of unprecedented support that advanced excellence in teaching and research, financial aid, community impact and more.

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Brown University men’s rugby team secures collegiate rugby national title

December 18, 2024

The team clinched its second national championship in Division I National Collegiate Rugby in a nail-biting 23-20 victory over Queens University of Charlotte.

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Student Life

Marching to the beat of their own drum: Brown Band celebrates 100 years

November 14, 2024

To mark the band’s centennial, generations of Brunonians reflect on the harmonious history, quick-witted spirit and enduring traditions of a singular 100-year-old student-led organization.

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Student Life

Photos: From the locker room to the ballot box, Brown Votes boosts student-athlete voter education

October 4, 2024

As part of broader outreach efforts, Brown Votes and Athletics and Recreation at Brown have teamed up to bring voter-registration workshops to student-athletes ahead of the November elections.

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University Initiatives

Staff Spotlight: Michael Pimentel on building bodies, minds and community

September 24, 2024

An open-water swimmer and clean waterways advocate, Pimentel brings a passion for health and wellness to his role as strength and conditioning coach and fitness ambassador at Brown.

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Photos: Brown student-athletes cheer on Vartan Gregorian Elementary students for first day of school

September 3, 2024

Students at the K-5 school in the Providence Public School District were greeted with a rousing welcome from Brown Athletics on their first day of school.

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Two years later, Brown student receives Beijing Winter Olympics gold medal in Paris

August 7, 2024

As a member of the U.S. figure skating team, Brown senior Vincent Zhou will be presented with a gold medal more than two years after earning it in a team event upended by a Russian doping scandal.

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Two bronze medals for Bears in rowing, rugby at Paris Olympics

August 5, 2024

Class of 2022 graduate Henry Hollingsworth rowed with Team USA to earn bronze, while Class of 2008 alumna Emilie Bydwell became the first female rugby head coach to win an Olympic medal.

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An Olympic effort, from Providence to Paris

July 25, 2024

Brown University students and swimmers Amie Barrow and Zehra Bilgin are headed to Paris to compete in the 2024 Olympic Games, joining a trio of Brown alumni competing in rowing and coaching rugby.

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Student Life

Photos: Getting a kick out of Brown’s intramural summer kickball league

July 25, 2024

Organized by Athletics and Recreation at Brown, the intramural kickball league offers members of the campus community a chance to connect and stay active through weekly summer games.

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Men’s ultimate frisbee team, part of Brown’s club sports lineup, wins fourth national title

May 31, 2024

Marking its fourth title in program history, the team took first place in the Division I college championship in a 15-11 victory over rival California Polytechnic State University.

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With a stake in March Madness on the line, Brown men’s basketball team jumps into Ivy tournament

March 12, 2024

With the Bears heading to New York City to take on Princeton, Head Coach Mike Martin reflected on the 2023-24 season and what’s motivating the team as it heads into the Ivy Madness tournament for the first time.

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A ‘Michigan’ at Brown? Legendary goal by women’s hockey player takes sports world by storm

January 30, 2024

In a victory over Quinnipiac University, first-year Bears forward Margot Norehad successfully executed a move completed by fewer than 10 NHL players ever: a perfect “Michigan” goal.

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Women’s soccer dominates in opening round, advances in NCAA tournament

November 16, 2023

After shutting out Quinnipiac with a 3-0 victory, the Bears are among 32 teams headed to Round 2 of the NCAA Division I Women's Soccer Championship.

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Student Life

Brown student’s class project generates excitement, energy at campus gym

November 7, 2023

The Nelson Fitness Center is piloting the use of energy-generating workout equipment, thanks to a proposal developed by junior Elina Pipa as part of a Climate Solutions course.

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Health and Medicine

‘The world is such a better place with Chuck. We need him in it.’

November 3, 2023

Dr. Colleen Kelly, a faculty member at Brown’s Warren Alpert Medical School, donated her kidney to longtime colleague Chuck Hampton, who has greeted generations of Brown students at the campus Athletic Center.

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University Initiatives

Part I: Charting a bold path forward, Brown Athletics reimagines the student-athlete experience

October 11, 2023

The first installment in a two-part series highlights how the University is making gains in varsity and club sports competitiveness and expanding recreational programs for athletes at every level of play.

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University Initiatives

Part II: Charting a bold path forward, Brown Athletics reimagines the student-athlete experience

October 11, 2023

The second installment in a two-part series highlights the many ways in which fan participation and community engagement are front and center in a new era for Brown Athletics.

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News and Events

Sasaki to lead design for new Brown Athletics indoor turf facility

October 10, 2023

Brown selected the accomplished architecture firm based largely on its skill and expertise in creating active indoor athletics projects on other campuses.

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Student Life

Photos: Brown Athletics teams up with a community in Panama to build a sports court for all

June 20, 2023

As part of an international service trip, Brown student-athletes partnered with the local community to build a multipurpose sports court, making lifelong connections along the way.

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For local kids, STEM to Stern aims to make both science and sport engaging and accessible

June 16, 2023

With support from dozens of Brown volunteers, a Brown biology professor and men’s crew coach launched a free program that brings rowing and science lessons to local middle schoolers from the Providence area.

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News and Events

Brown to publicly present plans for life sciences building, athletics practice facility in June

June 1, 2023

Pending approval from the City of Providence, the University plans to build a new laboratory space for cutting-edge life sciences research and boost its athletics program with a proposed new indoor training facility.

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Brown University men’s rugby team wins Collegiate Rugby Championship

December 15, 2022

The team claimed its first-ever national championship in Division I National Collegiate Rugby in a 21-5 victory over Queens University of Charlotte.

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At Brown, Olivia Pichardo makes history as first woman on an NCAA Division I varsity baseball team

November 21, 2022

After an outstanding youth sports career, the first-year Brown University undergraduate was named to the Spring 2023 varsity baseball roster following a stellar walk-on tryout for the Bears.

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Community unites to celebrate Martha and Artemis Joukowsky, Brown’s ‘lifelong ambassadors’

September 26, 2022

Stories, tears and Brown pride filled a weekend-long celebration of life honoring Chancellor Emeritus Artemis A.W. Joukowsky Jr. and Professor Emerita Martha Sharp Joukowsky, who died in 2020 and 2022, respectively.

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$10 million gift endows vice president for athletics and recreation position at Brown

August 24, 2022

The gift from Chancellor Samuel M. Mencoff and Ann S. Mencoff will support M. Grace Calhoun and fellow athletics leaders in implementing a new strategic plan for Brown’s Division of Athletics and Recreation.

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News and Events

Men's lacrosse set to host Virginia in NCAA Tournament on Saturday, May 14

May 9, 2022

Facing off in the tournament’s second round, Brown and Virginia will meet for the first time since March 2020, when Brown won a 14-13 thriller before the COVID-19 pandemic ended the 2020 season.

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Medal for Bears softball great highlights Brown student, alumni athletes in Summer Olympics

July 29, 2021

Class of 2016 graduate Janet Leung earned bronze with Team Canada in women’s softball, while five other Brown Bears are competing in track and field, swimming and rowing events.

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Nationally recognized head of Penn athletics M. Grace Calhoun to lead athletics and recreation at Brown

March 5, 2021

A varsity student-athlete who graduated in Brown’s Class of 1992, Calhoun will serve in a newly elevated role of vice president of athletics and recreation, beginning April 19, 2021.

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News and Events

Brown Athletics director to step down after nearly a decade of leadership

January 29, 2021

Jack Hayes, director of athletics and recreation since 2012, leaves a legacy of success by Brown student-athletes on the field, in the classroom and in the local community.

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Passages: Brown Chancellor Emeritus Artemis A.W. Joukowsky, Class of 1955

December 16, 2020

After a successful 30-year career in global business, Artemis Joukowsky returned to Providence in service of his alma mater, where he played an instrumental role for decades in leading and supporting Brown priorities.

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News and Events

Final court approval of Brown v. Cohen settlement sets 2024 end to Joint Agreement

December 15, 2020

Now-final settlement sets an end date to 1998 agreement that has hindered competitive varsity athletics for women and men at Brown; returns women’s equestrian and fencing teams to varsity status.

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University Initiatives

Staff members lend creativity, commitment to Brown’s pandemic response

November 19, 2020

Employees from across the University have redefined their roles to address challenges arising from the ongoing pandemic, supporting world-class teaching, research and student opportunities.

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News and Events

Settlement ends Cohen agreement, enables Brown to proceed with plan to advance athletics competitiveness

September 17, 2020

University secures settlement in Cohen v. Brown that sets a 2024 end date to agreement that has hindered competitive varsity athletics for women and men at Brown, while agreeing to return two women’s teams to varsity status.

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News and Events

Letter from President Paxson: Track and field and cross country

June 9, 2020

Brown will reinstate the varsity status of its men’s track and field and cross country teams; the move does not alter other decisions to reduce the number of varsity sports as part of the Excellence in Brown Athletics Initiative.

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New initiative to reshape, improve competitiveness in Brown varsity and club athletics

May 28, 2020

The Excellence in Brown Athletics Initiative will revise the University’s roster of varsity sports teams, invest in club sports and enhance recruitment, squad sizes, coaching, training and facilities.

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