Nine Brown alumni respond to the Trump administration’s threats to federal funding

By Daniel Souweine | April 16

Earlier this month, the Trump administration broke news about plans to freeze $510 million of Brown’s federal funding. The threatened cuts are nothing short of extortion, an attempt to use the power of federal research dollars to force universities like Brown into policy changes that would destroy ...

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Ahmed ’27: NYC is so last decade. You should work abroad instead.

By Shayyan Ahmed | April 16

Over the past two weeks, I’ve had the pleasure — if you can call it that — of attending a series of consulting career events on campus. Every student I met seemed exceptionally eager and their questions to the recruiters were practically dripping with their anxious sweat. How’s the work culture? ...

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Davis ’27: Lived experience deserves a seat at the table in academic inquiry

By Christian Davis | April 16

As Indigenous Oklahoman Joy Harjo writes, “in a sense, we never leave Oklahoma, or maybe it would be better said that Oklahoma never leaves us.” Even though I now attend college over 1,000 miles away, it doesn’t change this fact: Oklahoma is an intrinsic part of me and directly alters how I view ...

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Editorial: Student government actually matters

By Editorial Page Board | April 16

In this fraught moment for higher education, student government is more important than ever. The upcoming Student Government Association elections — and particularly that of the Undergraduate Council of Students — are an opportunity for our student body to influence how we are represented both on ...

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Grossman ’24: Academic freedom is a collective right

By Eli Grossman | April 11

Brown faculty must reject or revise the recent “Draft Statement on University Values” to ensure that it includes strong, explicit protections for shared community governance in every aspect of University operations.