This semester, the Brown Renewable Energy and Sustainability Society has been advocating for a certificate in sustainability to join similar programs in data fluency, engaged scholarship, entrepreneurship, intercultural competence and migration studies. We’re all for a sustainability certificate — ...
Brown students’ collective experience of sleep deprivation is apparent this midterms season as heads nod forward during lectures, people slump over library desks and yawns abound. It’s all a part of the grind — the constant cycle of working until early morning, waking up barely in time for a 10 ...
In her column, Yael Wellisch ’26 argues that Brown’s culture of liberal arts and intellectual curiosity needs to be complemented by better pre-professional infrastructure.
In their editorial, the Editorial Page Board advocates for a sweeping simplification of Brown’s current student government.
In her column, Megan Slusarewicz ’23 argues that while recovering from mental illness can provoke an identity crisis, finding an identity beyond your symptoms is a valuable process.
In the Islamic tradition, we have a famous saying from the Prophet Muhammad ﷺ: “Islam began as something strange, and it will return to being something strange, so give glad tidings to the strangers.”
Celebrity feuds go almost as far back as the modern celebrity persona itself. Some of the most popular feud narratives in tabloid media have been love triangles that see two women competing over a man. In Old Hollywood, it was Elizabeth Taylor and Debbie Reynolds. In the early 2000s, Jennifer Aniston ...
In her op-ed, Irene Sung ’23 argues that Brown students must be especially vigilant in defending their democracy after last spring’s election.
Brown University is facing what could be a serious challenge to its institutional reputation: The University, along with 16 other top universities, is being sued as part of a class action suit that could apply to 200,000 students. From 1994 until the early 2010s, Brown was part of the now-defunct 568 ...
In his column, Tasawwar Rahman ’26 argues that we need to reinvest in local communities to help our youth deal with society’s endemic loneliness.
In her column, Anusha Gupta ’25 argues that understanding your own boundaries and desires — and communicating them clearly with partners — is the key to knowing when you’re ready to have sex.
In recent weeks, I have followed news of changes to the John Nicholas Brown Center with a combination of alarm and curiosity. Despite coming across several announcements regarding its renaming and restructuring, I have yet to see a fully satisfactory explanation for these developments.
In their column, Paulie Malherbe ’26 argues that the internet’s reaction to last year’s trial between Amber Heard and Johnny Depp encourages a culture of silencing survivors of sexual assault.
In January, University administrators announced that laundry services will remain free for the rest of the semester, as well as the upcoming academic year. This came after widespread student support for free laundry, including a petition circulated by the Brown-RISD Young Democratic Socialists of America, ...
In her column, Juliet Fang ’26 argues that Providence’s natural beauty shouldn’t be taken for granted in our busy, everyday lives.
In her column, Megan Slusarewicz ’23 argues that ChatGPT should make clear to users where it gets its information from — instead of claiming neutral objectivity.
In her column, Navya Sahay ’26 argues that the recent controversy over Prince Harry and Meghan Markle is evidence of the consequences of excessive oversharing.
"We are happy to work with a union representing our UTAs, if one is approved by the election. UTAs have been an important part of our program for many decades, and we fully expect them to continue to be."
In an age of incessant inequities — with racism, misogyny and homophobia all on the rise — America is facing a severe trust deficit. Many people feel unprotected and unrepresented by the government and the institutions meant to take care of them. Ultimately, this depleted social and institutional ...
Content warning: This column includes mentions of gender-based violence.
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