On Monday evening, Rhode Island School of Design President Crystal Williams told the RISD community that one international student’s visa was revoked.

One RISD international student has visa revoked

By Sanai Rashid | April 7 | Metro

On Monday evening, Rhode Island School of Design President Crystal Williams told the RISD community that one international student’s visa was revoked.

The picture is of the Main Green at Brown University. Students are sitting on the green, doing homework on their laptops or talking to each other. In the background, a group of students is playing a game. The sky is bright but cloudy.

The Herald spoke to 14 students about their initial reactions to the freeze and Brown’s response ...

‘Jarring,’ ‘disheartening,’ ‘uncertain’: Students express concern over planned federal funding freeze

By Annika Singh, Ian Ritter and Sophia Wotman | April 7 | University News

The Herald spoke to 14 students about their initial reactions to the freeze and Brown’s response ...

The Trump administration plans to announce a freeze on $510 million worth of federal funding, a White ...

Live updates: Trump administration set to freeze $510 million of Brown’s federal funding

By Herald Staff | April 3 | University News

The Trump administration plans to announce a freeze on $510 million worth of federal funding, a White ...

The ‘debaucherous’ history of Spring Weekend drinking culture

By Talia LeVine | April 7 | Arts & Culture

A black and white collage of Spring Weekend posters with various caricatures and figures.

The Herald examined the evolution of intoxication over Spring Weekend’s 75 years.

Women’s lacrosse steamrolls Columbia 19-5 on Senior Day

By Gus Bailey | April 7 | Sports

Riley Peterson is running with the ball in her crosse, Columbia defenders are chasing her in the background.

The women’s lacrosse team posted a 19-5 Senior Day blowout against Columbia on Saturday.

Opinions

Ricks ’27: Keep talking about Palestine

By Kendall Ricks | April 8

On March 8, Mahmoud Khalil was followed into his Columbia apartment building by federal agents. He was arrested without a warrant, transported to a detainment facility in New Jersey and then Louisiana and forced to sleep on the floor of a cold cell. Khalil, a U.S. permanent resident, demanded an explanation ...

Ahmed ’27: Brown’s universal need-blind policy won’t reach Asia

By Shayyan Ahmed | April 6

At Brown, the dream of diversity has in many ways been realized. The University’s student body boasts an incredible range of cultures, nationalities and socioeconomic backgrounds. Its need-blind policy for domestic students has ensured that financial constraints do not prevent talented individuals ...

Miller ’70: What if Brown just says no?

By Kenneth Miller | April 6

Brown is just the latest major university to be threatened with the loss of federal funds by the Trump administration. But while the White House has not yet formally frozen Brown’s federal funding nor presented the University with a list of demands as conditions of restoring that funding, we can be ...

Editorial: In attempting to destroy universities like Brown, Trump abandons America’s future

By Editorial Page Board | April 4

On Thursday night, a White House official confirmed to The Herald that the Trump administration plans to cut $510 million in federal funding to Brown, making the University the fifth Ivy League institution to have its funding threatened in recent weeks. This development represents another volley in ...

Walhout ’25: It’s time to close the Open Curriculum

By Samuel Walhout | April 4

I first began giving tours of Brown as an impressionable first-year. On the second stop of the tour outside University Hall, I would gather my modest crowd of overachieving high schoolers and their anxious parents to extol the virtues of Brown’s unique curricular system. After responding to a host ...

University News

‘Constantly on defense’: Professors discuss data preservation, integrity under Trump

By Annika Singh | April 7

Five professors across many disciplines spoke at the “Data in the Trump/DOGE Era” panel on Monday.

A collage of Brown Daily Herald articles about housing in black and white. Pictures feature old dorm stories and photos.

From University Hall to Brook Street: Tracing the history of dorms at Brown

By Ian Ritter | April 7

The Herald explores how Brown’s student housing options have changed over the decades.

Amos Hochstein wears a navy blue suit and stands behind a black Brown University podium in front of a red wall.

Lead Israel-Hezbollah ceasefire negotiator reflects on diplomacy, economic policy at BPU event

By Annika Singh | April 7

On Sunday, Amos Hochstein offered an inside look into tactics he used in peace negotiations.

Trump admin to review U. DEI policies, response to antisemitism as part of federal funding freeze, White House official confirms

By Cate Latimer | April 4

Follow The Herald’s latest updates about the planned $510 million federal funding freeze here.

Students share their experiences, challenges with applying for housing accommodations

By Zarina Hamilton | April 4

The Herald spoke with students about their experiences with the accommodations process.

Arts & Culture

Various characters from the cast under a blue sky with a Minecraft creeper in the corner.

‘A Minecraft Movie’ has something for everyone

By Gabriella Wrighten | April 7

The film stays loyal to its namesake game, delivering vivid visuals alongside a family-friendly story.

The picture depicts Chappell Roan. She is wearing a red construction cap and is drawing the right side of her mouth up in a sneer.

Spring has sprung for these new pop releases

By Alyssia Ouhocine | April 7

In March, new pop releases highlighted the genre’s ability to command listeners’ attention.

Metro

A sign that read "RIPTA" with a bus underneath that is crushed.

Do Brown students ride RIPTA?

By Pavani Durbhakula | April 7

RIPTA’s U-PASS program allows Brown students, staff and faculty to ride RIPTA buses for free.

RISD celebrates community zines, print at 2025 Unbound Art Book Fair

By Annika Singh | April 6

On Saturday, the Rhode Island School of Design’s Fleet Library hosted RISD students, local artists and designers for the 2025 UNBOUND Art Book Fair: a celebration of “books, zines and experimental printed matter,” according to the event’s website.

RI Attorney General, 20 others sue to block Trump from dismantling three federal entities

By Avani Ghosh | April 6

On Friday, Rhode Island Attorney General Peter Neronha and 20 other attorneys general filed a lawsuit against the Trump administration “to stop the dismantling of three federal agencies” that support public libraries, museums, workers and small businesses, according to a press release from Neronha’s ...

RI judge rules FEMA’s grant review process violates injunction blocking Trump’s funding freeze

By Andrea Li | April 6

On Friday, Rhode Island District Court Chief Judge John McConnell Jr. ’80 ruled that the Trump administration violated a March 6 preliminary injunction by freezing Federal Emergency Management Agency funds.

Sports

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Brown finishes in 6th place, Maya Davis ’25 named Specialist of the Year at 2025 GEC Championships

By Cooper Herman | April 6

On March 22, Brown gymnastics competed in the annual Gymnastics East Conference Championships. The Bears scored 192.875 points, landing sixth place in a contest that was decided by immensely narrow margins — fourth through sixth place finishers all scored within one-tenth of a point of each other. ...

Russ Pillar ’87 P’24.5 talks professional development, character at Brown Sports Network inaugural event

By Lydell Dyer | April 6

Russ Pillar ’87 P’24.5 — named one of the top-100 most influential alums of the 20th century by the Brown Alumni Magazine — spoke at Brown Sports Network’s inaugural talk on Friday afternoon. Founded earlier this year by Charlie Pliner ’26 and Nikolas Rohrmann ’26, Brown Sports Network ...

Science & Research

Three phones display different TikTok videos --- all featuring protests about bringing back the app.

TikTok is staying in the US for now. But what are its effects on student well-being?

By Nyria Delph | April 7

Brown students and professors reflect on the impact of TikTok use.

A picture of Moungi Bawendi at the Appleton Lecture in Macmillan Hall.

How a chemistry professor at MIT accidentally made a Nobel Prize-winning breakthrough

By Sharanya Jain and Ian Ritter | April 6

Even for 2023 Nobel Prize in Chemistry co-laureate Moungi Bawendi, “science is hard” and sometimes involves repeatedly banging your head against the ...