“One of the great mysteries at Brown is a certain group of individuals, both male and female, who differ from the majority, the ‘normal’ student population, in that they are homosexuals,” began an article published in The Herald Oct. 30, 1973. Almost half a century later, queerness is burgeoning ...
In recent years, the University has announced a series of policies concerning its relationship with the environment and addressing climate change. In 2019, the University committed to cutting campus greenhouse gas emissions to net-zero by 2040, and a year later pledged to halt investments in fossil ...
On Oct. 31, the U.S. Supreme Court heard arguments in two cases surrounding the constitutionality of race-conscious college admissions. In both cases, the court’s conservative majority indicated a willingness to end affirmative action in the process. Brought forward by anti-affirmative action group ...
Historian and journalist Jill Lepore joined University students and faculty Thursday for a lecture entitled “Making Amends: Revising the U.S. Constitution,” in which she explored the complexities of passing constitutional amendments, the history of constitutional interpretation and the state ...
The Open Curriculum gives students the option to explore many paths of study before declaring a concentration in their sophomore year. For students seeking to connect with the academic departments they are concentrating in, Departmental Undergraduate Groups aim to “build a sense of community within ...
Jennette McCurdy, author of the memoir and New York Times Best Seller “I’m Glad My Mom Died,” spoke to the student body Wednesday as Brown Lecture Board’s first speaker of the academic year. From the stage of the Salomon Center's DECI Auditorium, she detailed the process of writing her memoir ...
Cecilia Valenzuela ’25 was raised with music. She grew up in Tucson, Ariz., where the country’s first youth mariachi group was formed in 1964. She was born into a family of mariachis and music teachers, and she, too, picked up the violin at age four.
The Undergraduate Council of Students announced its newly-elected chair of equity and inclusion — Skye Alex Jackson ’25, a sophomore from Chicago studying English and entrepreneurship — in a Monday email.
The University has agreed to pay over $1.13 million in attorney’s fees and $40,000 in litigation costs to the plaintiffs of Cohen v. Brown University following a Tuesday order by U.S. District Court Chief Judge John McConnell, according to
Sarah Schuster ’11 can still vividly picture Arlene Cole, assistant professor of the practice of music, playing the piano in one of Orwig Music Building’s many practice rooms. She distinctly remembered how Cole would perform without looking at the keys, instead studying her students with “a ...
While many Brown students come to the University from afar, only a small percentage are from the Ocean State. According to the University’s Office of Institutional Research 2021-2022 Common Data Set, 94% of undergraduates are from out of state. The Herald spoke with four undergraduates who fall ...
The University installed new washers and dryers in its residence halls over the summer, The Herald previously reported. During the transition, the Office of Residential Life told students that they would not have to pay for laundry due to supply chain issues that prevented the installation of point-of-sale ...
Daylight saving time ended Sunday, which means that the sun will set over Providence before 5 p.m. each evening until February. When the time changes and it is “darker than normal,” community members change their routines slightly, including their commute and “day-to-day activities,” ...
On Thursday, The Watson Institute for International and Public Affairs’s Center for Human Rights and Humanitarian Studies hosted a visiting scholars panel that discussed key issues facing humanitarian crises in contemporary politics, specifically in Syria and Ukraine. The event was ...
In November 1990, Brown’s “rape list” made national headlines, and women started a movement to redefine how the University handles sexual assault. In 2007, a protest by the student-run Sexual Assault Task Force called attention to the issue of sexual violence on campus after the ...
The Providence Police Department arrested a suspect in the case of an antisemitic note being left at Brown RISD Hillel, wrote Executive Director and Rabbi Josh Bolton in an email to the Hillel community Thursday afternoon. “I am encouraged to report (that) the Providence Police Department ...
Before teaching Persian at the University, Michelle Quay, visiting lecturer in language studies, spent several years working on a Persian poetry group at the University of Cambridge alongside Annabel Keeler, an affiliated researcher at Cambridge. Hoping to recreate this experience on College Hill, ...
When Michelle Lee ’23 first joined Brown Consulting Club, she “had no idea what consulting was,” she said. Now she is the president of the club. BCC, which consists of 40 to 50 members each year, is made up of two subgroups: projects and committees. The former works with professional ...
Ami Kuan Danoff P’23 does not think dorms need to be fancy. But when she attended her first family weekend on College Hill alongside her husband, William Danoff P’23, the subject of dorms came up repeatedly. Her daughter lived in Wayland House — which did not have a water bottle filler or water ...
The Brook Street dorms currently under construction will feature new communities focused on themes of sustainability, religious and spiritual life and civic engagement, according to a Wednesday email to students from Brenda Ice, senior associate dean and senior director of residential life.
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