On first reference, use Breakthrough Lab in referring to the summer entrepreneurship program. On subsequent references, use B-Lab.

On first reference, use Division of Biology and Medicine. On subsequent references, BioMed is acceptable. BioMed may also be used in a headline. 

Capitalize when used in a racial, ethnic or cultural sense, conveying an essential and shared sense of history, identity and community among people who identify as Black, including those in the African diaspora and within Africa. The lowercase black is a color, not a person. (AP Style update, June 2020)

Capitalize, even when not preceded by Corporation of Brown University.

Capitalize, even when not preceded by Corporation of Brown University.

on second reference: the BAM

The initiative that eliminates loans from all undergraduate financial aid packages awarded by Brown. Always use italics and capitalize "The."   

a mentoring and internship program

The comprehensive fundraising campaign launched in 2015. Italicize in all instances.

a digital learning initiative launched in 2017

the Brown alumni and giving website

An adjective, meaning “Brown-like” or exemplifying Brown qualities; a noun, referring to a Brown student or graduate. Avoid usage in communications for external audiences.

Acceptable to use Building on Distinction in all references. Brown’s strategic plan approved by the Corporation of Brown University in 2013 and launched in 2014. Italicize in all instances.

Treat all items within a bulleted list consistently in terms of capitalization, punctuation and sentence structure. Treat all bulleted lists consistently within a document. Do not use periods after each item in a list if the items are not complete sentences.

The pantry contains:

• apples
• bananas
• oranges

When bullet points contain complete sentences, use a period after each bullet in the list and capitalize the beginning of each sentence.