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New L’Artisan Cafe and Bakery opens inside Nelson
By Alejandro Ruiz | April 4The location, which will not accept meal swipes or flex points, offers a variety of healthy options.
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‘Over the moon’: Class of 2029 admits react to their acceptances
By Teddy Fisher and Ciara Meyer | April 4The Herald spoke with five students who were admitted to Brown.
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University investigating student who sent DOGE-style emails to administrators
By Elena Jiang | April 4The University has launched a preliminary review of Alex Shieh ’27 for student conduct violations following his publication of Bloat@Brown.
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See how you would have fared in the 2024 housing selection process
By Caleb Ellenberg | April 4Click here to explore the interactive webpage.
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What you need to know about the White House’s plan to freeze $510 million at Brown
By Roma Shah | April 4Brown said that they have no information to substantiate reports of the freeze.
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Brown Corporation members praise University’s protection of Jewish life amid $510 million federal funding threat
By Claire Song and Cate Latimer | April 3Follow The Herald’s latest coverage on how the Trump administration is impacting Brown here.
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Live updates: Trump administration set to freeze $510 million of Brown’s federal funding
By Herald Staff | April 3The Trump administration plans to announce a freeze on $510 million worth of federal funding, a White House official told The Herald. This makes Brown the fifth Ivy League school to face cuts. The $510 million exceeds the $400 million in funding cut at Columbia in early March.
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One million followers, 87.7 million likes: One RISD sophomore’s journey to social media fame
By Dia Nanda | April 3Camila Salinas, a sophomore studying painting at the Rhode Island School of Design, has amassed 1 million followers and 87.7 million likes on TikTok.
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Graduate commencement speakers elected at GSC Meeting
By Ian Ritter | April 2Akashleena Mallick GS and Melaine Ferdinand-King GS will speak at master’s and doctoral commencement, respectively.
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Faculty, graduate students navigate nonessential travel funding freeze
By Ethan Schenker | April 2Faculty and graduate students reflect on the impact of the March 13 ban on nonessential travel.
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Artist Carla Liesching explores decolonization, power of photography at RISD lecture
By Dia Nanda | April 2On Tuesday evening, Carla Liesching, a South African artist, gave a guest lecture at the Metcalf Auditorium at the Rhode Island School of Design. The event was open to the RISD community as part of the RISD Photo Gary Metz lecture series.
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Brown hires external firms to lobby Congress, Trump administration
By Roma Shah | April 2For the first time since at least 2002, Brown has enlisted two firms, one of which is staffed by operatives who have almost exclusively worked in the Republican Party, to lobby Congress and the Trump administration on its behalf.
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Five RI environmental nonprofits sue federal government over funding freeze
By Talia Egnal | April 2The lawsuit challenges federal actions threatening funding received during the Biden administration.
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Brown Corporation member defends campus protestors in a piece in The Atlantic
By Cate Latimer | April 2Follow The Herald’s latest coverage on how the Trump administration is impacting Brown here.
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German national, US permanent resident currently detained in RI without charges, lawyer alleges
By Avani Ghosh | April 2Fabian Schmidt was hospitalized after allegedly being subjected to “violent interrogation.”
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Faculty express concerns about draft of institutional values
By Samah Hamid | April 2At Tuesday’s faculty meeting, faculty members raised concerns about the draft of Brown’s institutional values, which was released on March 18. Multiple speakers criticized the timing of the draft process, as well as the draft’s distinction between the community and institution and policy surrounding ...
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RISD students rally against school’s request to remove pro-Palestine art exhibit
By Sanai Rashid | April 2On Tuesday afternoon, approximately 70 Rhode Island School of Design students rallied outside 20 Washington Place — a RISD administrative building known as Prov-Wash — in response to the RISD administration’s request to relocate a pro-Palestine art exhibit on campus.
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Faculty vote to change titles of lecturers to teaching professors
By Samah Hamid | April 2At Tuesday’s faculty meeting, faculty members voted to change the titles of “lecturer,” “senior lecturer” and “distinguished senior lecturer” to “assistant teaching professor,” “associate teaching professor” and “teaching professor,” respectively.
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Assault Weapons Ban Act sparks debate in House Committee hearing
By Jamie Jung | April 2The Rhode Island House Judiciary Committee held a hearing for the Rhode Island Assault Weapons Ban Act of 2025 on March 26, offering a forum for debate on a bill that restricts the manufacture, sale, purchase and possession of assault weapons, which include AK- or AR-style rifles and certain shotguns. ...
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RI Attorney General, 23 others sue to block $11.4 billion HHS grant cuts
By Avani Ghosh | April 2Plaintiffs argued that the grants have more uses, although provisioned during the COVID-19 pandemic.
