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Flower preservation effort at Brown focuses on finding new life for Dec. 13 memorial flowers

March 9, 2026

Samples of the flowers community members have placed at memorials to the victims of the mass shooting on campus are being held in trust at the Brown University Herbarium.

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Social Sciences

A nuclear security scholar’s take on recent military actions in Iran

March 6, 2026

In this Q&A, Brown University political scientist and nuclear security expert Reid Pauly shares insights and context on the expanding conflict in the Middle East.

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Arts and Humanities

From Delhi to Providence, Karan Mahajan’s ‘The Complex’ culminates 10 years of research, writing

March 4, 2026

In this Q&A, Brown University Associate Professor of Literary Arts Karan Mahajan discusses his forthcoming novel, teaching and multi-genre writing career that spans fiction, criticism and essays.

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News and Events

Brown University students, faculty and staff unite to remember, grieve and heal as a community

February 7, 2026

As community members continue on a path toward recovery, a campus-wide memorial service honored the lives of Ella Cook and MukhammadAziz Umurzokov, whose lives were lost in December.

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Brown ranked No. 2 nationally for 2025-26 Fulbright winners

February 3, 2026

With 41 Fulbright grants offered to students and recent alumni, the University is among the top three Fulbright-producing institutions for the 10th consecutive year.

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Arts and Humanities

Exhibition of drawings by Israeli and Palestinian children is on view at Brown

January 29, 2026

“Innocent Knowledge,” a project developed in a public humanities course at Brown, shares the perspectives of children living amid conflict through their drawings, and is on view at the University through Feb. 20.

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Five Brown University students awarded prestigious fellowships

January 22, 2026

Three undergraduates, one medical student and one doctoral student were named among this year’s classes of Marshall, Schwarzman and Health Policy Research scholars.

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Ahead of the spring semester, Brown welcomes its newest students

January 20, 2026

From undergraduates transferring from other institutions to students starting master’s degree programs, more than 200 students embarked on their Brown journeys in late January.

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Brown names the Lizzie and Jonathan Tisch Center for Career Exploration, recognizing generous gift

December 9, 2025

Support from the Tischs, who are the parents of a Brown graduate, will expand career advising, resources, programs and partnerships to position Brown University students to achieve successful lives and careers.

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News and Events

Q&A with Peter Howitt: The Nobel Prize and ‘creative destruction’ in the age of AI

December 4, 2025

Ahead of the Nobel Prize ceremony in Sweden, the Brown University economist discussed his research, its lessons for today, and his appreciation for Brown’s stimulating academic environment.

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News and Events

Ahead of celebration, Midyear Completion speakers reflect on resilience and renewal

December 4, 2025

Brown’s annual Midyear Completion Celebration on Saturday, Dec. 6, will honor the achievements and unique paths of “.5ers,” undergraduates who complete their degree requirements this month.

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Arts and Humanities

Chanelle Dupuis: Finding sweet success in smell studies at Brown

November 24, 2025

The doctoral candidate is leveraging Brown's culture of open inquiry to advance research on the sense of smell through French language and literature, neuroscience and history.

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News and Events

New admission welcome center at Brown opens its doors to prospective students and families

November 5, 2025

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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News and Events

Brown celebrates its newest Nobel laureate, Peter Howitt, in a return visit to Providence

October 23, 2025

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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Arts and Humanities

Refreshed, upgraded Pembroke Hall is a fitting new home for Brown’s Pembroke Center

October 17, 2025

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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News and Events

Brown University Family Weekend 2025: Moments, memories and campus connections

October 17, 2025

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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Arts and Humanities

Exhibition that originated in Brown course highlights artwork by Israeli and Palestinian children

October 6, 2025

“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

October 1, 2025

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

September 23, 2025

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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Student Life

From coastline keepsakes to an unfinished cat: Class of 2029 brings beloved bits of home to Brown

September 11, 2025

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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Social Sciences

New study: School finance reforms increased funding inequities based on student race and ethnicity

September 10, 2025

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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Arts and Humanities

From medieval manuscripts to 19th-century laundry, student researchers find history in the Hay

September 4, 2025

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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News and Events

At 262nd Opening Convocation, Brown’s newest students are encouraged to embrace growth, transition

September 2, 2025

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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Student Life

A fresh start at Brown: 127 transfer, visiting and resumed undergraduate students embrace orientation

August 29, 2025

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

August 28, 2025

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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Student Life

Kessler Scholars Program at Brown receives $1.1 million grant renewal

July 29, 2025

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

July 16, 2025

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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Recent Brown alumni, current graduate students earn 37 Fulbright scholarships

June 30, 2025

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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Senior orators urge Brown’s Class of 2025 to persevere, build community

May 25, 2025

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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Brown’s newest graduates encouraged to lead with love, hope and compassion

May 25, 2025

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

May 19, 2025

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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Student Life

At Brown, independent concentrators pursue academic paths as unique as their ambitions

May 19, 2025

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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News and Events

‘Presence of Absence’ explores death and connection with unexpected joy

May 9, 2025

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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News and Events

Professor of History Ethan Pollock named Brown University’s new dean of the College

May 6, 2025

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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Student Life

Ayoola Fadahunsi: Anchored by community at Brown, she leads with love, justice and joy

April 30, 2025

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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News and Events

In upcoming Commencement speeches, senior orators to reflect on resilience, responsibility

April 28, 2025

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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News and Events

Brown students, recent alumni earn prestigious graduate scholarships

April 25, 2025

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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Student Life

‘SNL’ veteran Colin Jost talks comedy as craft and coping mechanism with Brown students

April 22, 2025

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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Student Life

Photos: Quiet Green turns clamorous with ancient Egyptian battle reenactment at Brown

April 18, 2025

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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News and Events

Uber CEO and Brown alumnus talks Open Curriculum, artificial intelligence and career advice

April 10, 2025

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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News and Events

Brown University named nation’s top Fulbright-producing university

February 25, 2025

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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From College Hill to Cabo Verde, students connect history, heritage and health in global course

February 20, 2025

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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Social Sciences

Meet the Brown student who created New York City’s popular new traffic tracker

February 7, 2025

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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Brown University Professor of Literary Arts Kwame Dawes named poet laureate of Jamaica

February 6, 2025

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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Social Sciences

A global economist’s take on tariffs: ‘American consumers will get hurt’

February 3, 2025

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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News and Events

Discovery Through Dialogue: Expanding Brown’s ethos of open inquiry through dialogue

January 30, 2025

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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News and Events

Three Brown seniors awarded prestigious fellowships for global learning opportunities

January 28, 2025

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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Grammy-winning artist Jon Batiste ignites Brown campus with music and creative expression

January 27, 2025

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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Student Life

‘History humanizes experiences:’ Students examine enduring legacies of Civil Rights Movement

January 23, 2025

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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As spring semester kicks off, Brown welcomes its newest arrivals

January 21, 2025

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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