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Nobel winner and Brown professor Michael Kosterlitz elected Fellow of the Royal Society
In another high honor for the 2016 Nobel Laureate, the longtime Brown University professor of physics has been elected to the world’s oldest continuously operating scientific society.
Senior orators urge Brown’s Class of 2026 to build and sustain connections, community
In a Commencement celebration on the College Green, graduates Zein Faheem and Caelle Joseph offered reflections and advice in addresses to their peers, family members and friends.
President Paxson: In moments of both tragedy and togetherness, Class of 2026 offers reasons for optimism
In her annual Commencement address, Brown President Christina H. Paxson urged graduating seniors to let the friction of the last four years turn them into courageous people.
Newly minted M.D.s urged to repair more than just patients
To be successful and fulfilled, today’s doctors should consider how to heal with grace and humility: That was the message M.D. graduate Meylakh Barshay shared on Sunday, as 145 medical students received their degrees from Brown’s Warren Alpert Medical School.
Doctoral Ceremony speaker: ‘Reach back and pull the next generation forward’
As the University celebrated 182 graduates earning Ph.D.s at Brown’s Doctoral Ceremony on Sunday, student speaker Melanie Ortiz Alvarez de la Campa reflected on community, resilience and the people behind the scenes whose support shapes the futures of Brown graduates.
Master’s Ceremony speaker: Educational achievement ‘expands our obligation’
In a Saturday afternoon Master’s Ceremony address, student speaker Kenia T. Collins recalled the assumptions she carried with her when she came to Brown after spending most of her life in the U.S. Virgin Islands.
Bestselling author and Brown alumna Xochitl Gonzalez: ‘Never forget to keep asking why’
With advice on the power of curiosity from the award-winning writer, the Class of 2026 celebrated the Baccalaureate with a lively service marked by wisdom and hope.
A formal ‘first salute,’ as Brown celebrates both its student veterans and new military officer
The Graduating Veterans and ROTC Recognition Ceremony took place Friday, May 22, near Brown’s Engineering Research Center, where family, friends, guests and elected officials celebrated the University’s military community.
Brown to confer 3,288 degrees at 258th Commencement
On Saturday and Sunday, May 23 and 24, the University will confer a total of 3,288 degrees in all categories — undergraduate, graduate, medical and honorary.
Sowing seeds of support: Student-led memorial garden offers space for remembrance
Brown Ever True is a whole-campus recovery effort, launched in the wake of the senseless act of violence that took the lives of two students and injured nine others at Barus and Holley on December 13, 2025. As part of the healing process, Brown is providing opportunities for students, families, alumni and visiting guests to pause and reflect during Commencement and Reunion Weekend and show support for the Brown community.
Student-led oral history project with Class of 1976 alumni documents Brown at the U.S. bicentennial
Current Brown students are recording memories from members of Brown’s Class of 1976 to glean insights on what the University, the country and the world were like 50 years ago.
Student-led tape art mural offers a space for healing, reflection
In partnership with the Brown Arts Institute and renowned Tape Art artists, a team of Brown students led the creation of a temporary mural in the University’s Barus and Holley building.
Brown faculty to confer highest honor on renowned anthropologist and ethnographic filmmaker
Lina Fruzzetti, a social anthropologist and professor emerita of social science at Brown University, will receive the Rosenberger Medal of Honor during Commencement and Reunion Weekend 2026.
Community-based exhibition at Brown carves a future for a fallen elm
The juried group exhibition “Point of Entry” showcases sculptures and other works of art created from a beloved elm tree that once shaded Brown’s College Green.
Brown University’s 258th Commencement set for Sunday, May 24
Sunday's procession and University Ceremony on the College Green will cap Brown's three-day celebration of Commencement and Reunion Weekend 2026.
Award-winning author and Brown alumna Xochitl Gonzalez to deliver Baccalaureate address
Gonzalez, a member of Brown’s Class of 1999, will return to the University during Commencement and Reunion Weekend 2026 to share insights from her decorated literary career and her advice for the Class of 2026.
Brown to confer honorary degrees on six accomplished leaders during Commencement 2026
On Sunday, May 24, the University will bestow honorary degrees on a diverse group of leaders in fields ranging from artificial intelligence and national security to civil rights, economics and business.
At Brown, Yo-Yo Ma shares how he finds humanity and purpose through music
In a campus visit organized by the student-led Brown China Summit, the renowned cellist offered a moving performance and words of wisdom during a conversation and audience Q&A.
Rishika Kartik: Advancing accessibility through a blend of science, art and advocacy
Through a self-designed independent concentration, the Brown University senior has used art and design to expand agency, dignity and representation for people with disabilities.
For Brown’s student-athletes, Bruno Cares redefines what it means to be a supportive teammate
Now in its third year, the peer-to-peer mental health initiative equips Brown University student-athletes with the tools to recognize warning signs of distress and respond with care, confidence and action.
Brown medical school graduate to offer ‘small dose of idealism’ during cynical moment in time
At the Warren Alpert Medical School ceremony during Commencement and Reunion Weekend, Meylakh Barshay hopes to inspire classmates to find strength in community and to fix what they can, no matter how small.
Generous gift to fund two professorships, catalyze new economics and policy research at Brown
A $12 million gift from the Bravo Family Foundation, founded by Brown University alumnus Orlando Bravo, will bolster research, teaching in the Department of Economics and Watson School of International and Public Affairs.
Graduate student speakers at Commencement will reflect on resilience, reimagination
As Brown celebrates its 258th Commencement, Kenia Collins and Melanie Ortiz Alvarez de la Campa will address their peers in separate master’s and Ph.D. ceremonies on College Hill.
Graduate student speakers at Commencement will reflect on resilience, reimagination
As Brown celebrates its 258th Commencement, Kenia Collins and Melanie Ortiz Alvarez de la Campa will address their peers in separate master’s and Ph.D. ceremonies on College Hill.
Brown faculty members elected to American Academy of Arts and Sciences
With their election to the prestigious honor society, four members of the Brown University faculty join the nation’s leading scholars in science, public affairs, business, arts and the humanities.
Paul McCartney reflects on life beyond the Beatles at ‘Man on the Run’ screening hosted by Brown
In a sold-out screening and conversation moderated by President Christina H. Paxson, Paul McCartney and filmmaker Morgan Neville talked reinvention, loss and the drive to keep creating.
Brown’s annual International Festival celebrates culture, connection and a taste of home
Organized by the Global Brown Center, the International Festival drew hundreds of attendees to Sayles Hall for food, music, dance, games and cultural exchange.
Brown president charges committee to plan for memorializing lives of two students lost on Dec. 13
University President Christina H. Paxson outlined the steps Brown will take to permanently memorialize Ella Cook and MukhammadAziz Umurzokov and ensure that they are remembered, always.
For exceptional heroism, Brown University presents medals of valor to seven public safety officers
The award, which was presented to seven officers who were the first to respond to the mass shooting on Dec. 13, is reserved for acts performed with exceptional bravery beyond the call of duty in life-threatening situations.
In upcoming Commencement speeches, senior orators to reflect on the meaning of community
In keeping with a Brown tradition that dates back more than two and a half centuries, seniors Zein Faheem and Caelle Joseph will address their fellow graduates on Sunday, May 24.