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Brown is a place where scholarship, problem-solving and service to the public good are defined by intense collaboration, intellectual discovery and working in ways that transcend traditional boundaries. Scroll through to learn more.
NASA astronaut has a start-of-semester chat with Brown students, from space
In a private teleconference from the International Space Station, Brown alumna and NASA astronaut Jessica Meir answered students’ questions about space exploration and the path that led her to explore the stars.
Brown community marks 25 years of remembering those lost on 9/11
On the 25th anniversary of the attacks in 2001, leaders from Brown’s Department of Public Safety and football team led a solemn ceremony to honor those who lost their lives in the tragedy, including six Brown alumni.
New $26M federal grant will expand clinical and translational research across Rhode Island
With five years of renewed federal funding, a third phase of Advance RI-CTR will expand research innovation and collaboration to benefit people and patients in Rhode Island.
At 263rd Convocation, Brown’s new students are encouraged to embrace humility, ask questions
As Brown officially commenced its 2026-27 academic year, University leaders urged nearly 3,300 new students to be curious, courageous and embrace the unique opportunities of a Brown education.
Transformative $37 million investment will create alliance to advance breakthroughs in aging research, clinical care
Through the generosity of the Starr Foundation, Brown University and Brown University Health are partnering to advance treatment for age-associated diseases and extend healthy lifespan.
Sparks, sawdust and steel: Inside Brown’s summer Sculpture Foundation course
From welding to woodworking, the intensive summer studio course offers undergraduates across disciplines a hands-on opportunity to explore, collaborate and bring 3D designs to life.
From the Lab: How Javier Gómez-Serrano is using AI to solve the most elusive question in math
The Brown University mathematician fully embraces AI as a means to answer questions that have eluded humanity for centuries.
Brown releases Safety and Security Action Plan to further strengthen preparedness and response following Dec. 13 shooting
External review finds it “highly unlikely” Dec. 13 shooting at Brown could have been prevented; focuses on continuing to bolster safety and security for the future.
Maggie Foxx: Making history in the Women’s Pro Baseball League
As a player in the first women’s professional baseball league in the U.S. since the 1950s, Brown University student-athlete Maggie Foxx is living her diamond dreams this summer on the Los Angeles Queens.
Each summer, Brown staff step into the skilled trades, and toward new career possibilities
A workforce development program in Facilities Management has trained hundreds of employees, opening pathways to careers in the building trades and campus jobs with higher pay, greater responsibility and room to advance.
On the hunt for Rhode Island’s rare plants: Summer program sends budding botanists into the field
Brown University students updated a census of rare plants as part of a summer internship organized by the Brown University Herbarium and the Rhode Island Natural History Survey.
Justin Dunn: Creating an engaging classroom for local English-language learners
At the Providence Public Library, rising sophomore Justin Dunn developed and taught a summer learning program, empowering local teens to strengthen their reading, writing and conversational skills.
Meet the scientists behind the science, at Brown’s Multidisciplinary Teaching Laboratories
The staff members at Brown’s Multidisciplinary Teaching Laboratories support future scientists and doctors by helping them master laboratory techniques, creating a safe and exciting learning environment and nurturing their sense of discovery.
From fresh perspectives to future plans, Pre-College students look back on a summer of discovery at Brown
As another summer of Pre-College Programs at Brown comes to a close, six high schoolers share what drew them to the experience and the foundational lessons that will inform their journeys ahead.
President Paxson and Chancellor Moynihan announce presidential transition after 2026-27 academic year
In a pair of letters addressed to the Brown community, the leaders assert that a new strategic planning process should start with a new leader who will steward Brown’s next chapter, to be identified in a national search.
WaterFire brings Brown and Providence together for a night of remembrance and gratitude
With crackling fires illuminating downtown Providence, Brown honored the first responders, neighbors, businesses and community partners who supported the campus through the aftermath of Dec. 13. 2025.
Staff Spotlight: Through dedication and attention to detail, Leo Eastman cares for Brown’s campus
During a 33-year career at Brown University, the custodian has poured his energy and skills into his work while creating meaningful connections with generations of students, staff and faculty.
Inside Brown’s Breakthrough Lab, where student entrepreneurs learn to tackle big problems
Through an eight-week summer accelerator focused on personal and commercial development, the Nelson Center for Entrepreneurship’s Breakthrough Lab, known as B-Lab, is supporting nine student-led ventures.
Growing curiosity: Pre-College students explore regenerative medicine
Led by Brown faculty, high schoolers in an intensive, two-week Summer@Brown course combine cellular biology, 3D printing and entrepreneurial strategy to address one of medicine’s greatest challenges.
Irish Folds: Studying snake vertebrae to decode the mysteries of animal evolution
The rising Brown University senior and biology concentrator is conducting hands-on research with snake specimens at natural history museums and in the lab at Brown to better understand biological diversity.
Lachlan Kirby: Biking 3,000 miles across America, fueled by community care and curiosity
Through a self-designed public health research project, the rising Brown University junior is spending the summer on a solo cross-country cycling trip, volunteering with nonprofits across the South.
At Brown, intramural sports leagues rally all summer
Led by Brown Athletics and Recreation, summer intramural pickleball and soccer leagues bring students, faculty and staff together through weekly games and a dose of friendly competition.
Brown University scholar and curator’s work gets international spotlight at Venice Biennale
Gwendolyn Collaço from the John Hay Library curated an exhibition by Azerbaijani artist Faig Ahmed for the prestigious Venice Biennale art exhibition and festival in Italy.
Telescope makers at Brown revel in centuries-old craft
Working for months with staff members in the Department of Physics, a group of students and faculty from Brown and RISD learned the art and science of high-precision optics to make their own powerful telescopes by hand.
Staff Spotlight: Olivia Mathis builds connections, one Pre-College student at a time
As a Brown Pre-College program adviser, Olivia Mathis found a role that combines her love of connecting with people, solving problems and exploring new possibilities.
‘1776 Across the Americas’: Exhibition at Brown examines year of American Revolution
A John Carter Brown Library exhibition explores events and milestones of 1776, from the signing of the Declaration of Independence to the mapping of San Francisco Bay and beyond.
Photos: A sneak peek inside Brown University’s under-construction Danoff Laboratories
Construction managers offered a glimpse of Brown’s state-of-the-art facility for integrated life sciences research, which will be the largest academic laboratory building in Rhode Island.
Recent Brown University alumni, current graduate students earn 39 Fulbright scholarships
This year’s 39 Fulbright awardees will begin teaching and research assignments in 24 countries across five continents in Fall 2026.
With college readiness boot camp, veterans and service members take on a new mission at Brown
In partnership with Warrior-Scholar Project, Brown University hosts its fourth cohort of veterans and active-duty service members for a weeklong event designed to support the transition to college life.
Brown professors devise course to explore generative AI in computer science education
With a course offered this past spring semester, professors and students alike have begun grappling with the role automated AI agents have in teaching students the basics of software development.