Brimming with design details that bring the Brown experience to life, the Galen V. Henderson Admission Welcome Center captures the warm and welcoming energy of the alumnus for whom it is named.
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The professor emeritus of economics and 2025 Nobel winner spent the day on Brown’s campus, where he enjoyed visits with former colleagues and a celebration at the Faculty Club.
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The newly renovated, centralized home for the Pembroke Center for Teaching and Research on Women will enhance collaboration and expand the use of the center’s extensive archives.
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Packed with forums, tours, family activities, athletic events, student performances and more, the University’s annual Family Weekend welcomes thousands of parents and family members to College Hill.
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“Innocent Knowledge,” now on view at New York’s Central Synagogue, shares the perspectives of children living amid conflict through their drawings.
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Social Sciences
Video: Brown economist on opportunity and the American Dream
In a video interview, John Friedman, the inaugural dean of Brown’s new Watson School of International and Public Affairs, explains why upward mobility matters.
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News and Events
Brown ranks among nation’s top universities
From LinkedIn to Forbes to the Princeton Review, prominent rankings and lists in the last year recognized Brown for its student experience, high-impact research, career preparation and role as a top employer.
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With their first week of classes in the books, five members of Brown’s newest class shared some comforts from home that they’d brought along.
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Brown University sociologist Emily Rauscher co-led an analysis that uncovered the failure of state-led school finance reforms to address funding disparities based on the racial and ethnic composition of students.
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The John Hay Library Undergraduate Fellowship Program offers Brown students a unique summer opportunity to engage in intensive, self-guided research with one-on-one support from library mentors.
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As more than 3,200 students began their academic journeys at Brown, University leaders celebrated their resilience, intellectual curiosity, and openness to new ideas and perspectives.
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Through the weeklong TRUE Orientation program, Brown’s newest nontraditional undergraduates connect, create and chart their course ahead as they arrive for their first semester on College Hill.
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News and Events
Photos: Brown’s newest students arrive on campus for move-in day
Families and volunteers from across the University helped Brown’s newest students settle into their new homes on campus, launching a full week of New Student Orientation activities.
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The renewed funding will support advising, financial assistance and academic and career development opportunities for first-generation undergraduates at Brown.
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Student Life
Kyle Kavully: From Brown to the big stage Down Under
This summer, the rising Brown University junior and political science concentrator is performing on the Australian tour of “MJ The Musical.”
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This year’s 37 Fulbright awardees will begin teaching and research assignments in 24 countries across four continents in Fall 2025.
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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.
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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.
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Arts and Humanities
Photos: The Lindemann lights up with lively Spring Festival of Dance
Brown University students performed an array of works during the Department of Theatre Arts and Performance Studies’ annual spring dance showcase.
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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.
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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.
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An accomplished historian and academic leader, Pollock looks forward to guiding and strengthening the academic experience for more than 7,200 undergraduates.
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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.
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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.
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Three Brown University undergraduates and two recent alumni were named among this year’s classes of Goldwater, Truman, Gates Cambridge and Ellison scholars.
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Known best for his contributions to “Saturday Night Live,” the comedian and actor shared behind-the-scenes stories and industry insights in a talk organized by the student-run Brown Lecture Board.
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As the culminating project of Fighting Pharaohs: Ancient Egyptian Warfare, more than 90 Brown students participated in a student-led, live-action reconstruction of the 13th-century B.C.E. Battle of Kadesh.
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During an event commemorating the 10th anniversary of Brown’s School of Professional Studies, Class of 1991 graduate Dara Khosrowshahi discussed leadership and innovation with President Christina H. Paxson.
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For the fifth time, Brown has earned the distinction of being the country’s top producer of Fulbright winners, with 40 grants offered to students and recent alumni for the 2024-25 academic year.
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Supported by Brown’s Global Experiential Learning and Teaching program, 12 undergraduates traveled to Cabo Verde as part of a research course exploring the effects of diaspora on public health.
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With support from Brown economist Emily Oster, senior Benjamin Moshes and his brother developed a website that visualizes the impacts to drivers of New York City’s recently launched congestion-pricing program.
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Dawes, who has written dozens of books of poetry, fiction, essays and criticism, looks to celebrate Jamaican writing, oral tradition, folk songs, reggae music and more in his new role as the Caribbean nation’s poet laureate.
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In a Q&A, Brown University Professor of Economics Şebnem Kalemli-Özcan discussed how the new presidential administration’s planned tariffs could potentially impact the U.S. economy.
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A new campus-wide project will create more opportunities for students, faculty and staff to advance dialogue skills and participate in meaningful conversations across a wide range of perspectives.
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Through the Marshall Scholarship, Schwarzman Scholarship and Pickering Fellowship, three members of the Class of 2025 will depart Rhode Island for the global stage to pursue international graduate studies and careers.
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During an immersive, weekend-long visit to Brown, acclaimed musician Jon Batiste performed a concert, inspired students with a master class and hosted a screening of a documentary about his life.
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Ahead of the spring semester, nine students traveled to Washington, D.C., and Jackson, Mississippi, as part of a community-engaged learning trip led by the Swearer Center and in partnership with Tougaloo College.
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News and Events
As spring semester kicks off, Brown welcomes its newest arrivals
From undergraduates transferring from other institutions to students starting master’s degree programs, nearly 200 students embarked on their Brown journeys in late January.
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In a hands-on history of art and architecture course, students researched a stained-glass window uncovered in a local church, which may be the first representation of a Black Christ and gospel women.
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A collaboration between an Egyptologist and data scientists at Brown aims to make the Pyramid Texts, the world’s oldest surviving corpus of religious texts, widely accessible to a modern audience.
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“In Slavery’s Wake: Making Black Freedom in the World” at the National Museum of African American History and Culture prominently features Brown University research, scholarship and artifacts.
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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.
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Brown’s annual Midyear Completion Celebration on Saturday, Dec. 7, will celebrate the achievements and paths of “.5ers,” who complete their degree requirements this month.
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A team of researchers analyzed more than 25,000 civil lawsuits, gleaning insights on regional disparities in environmental law and opportunities to broaden impact.
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Brown will observe the 250th anniversary of the United States with Brown 2026, a multi-year initiative that offers public programs, research and coursework that explores the history of U.S. democracy and its future.
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An assistant professor of political science at Brown, Zárate offered insights on the importance of participating in Election Day and researching local candidates who “govern your day-to-day interactions.”
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Through an analysis of a decade of wind, fire and health data, Assistant Professor of Political Science Gemma Dipoppa found government action can help curb dangerous air pollution in India and Pakistan.
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News and Events
Students, loved ones reunite for Family Weekend at Brown
From student performances and athletic events to research forums and WaterFire, Family Weekend offered parents and families a taste of Brown University’s distinct academic and extracurricular life.
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After a seven-year tenure marked by his commitment to students and expanded access to learning and research opportunities for Brown’s undergraduates, Zia will end his term as dean in June 2025.
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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.
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