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Brown China Summit panelists reflect on future of US-China relations
By Aniyah Nelson | March 9The summit’s five panels covered topics across technology, finance and humanities.
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University News Editor Aniyah Nelson is a University News editor overseeing the undergraduate student life beat. She is a senior from Cleveland, Ohio concentrating in Political Science and Sociology. In her free time, she enjoys listening to music and watching bloopers from The Office.
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University approves creation of new Center for Global Health Equity
By Aniyah Nelson | February 26The CGHE succeeds Brown’s Global Health Initiative, which was created in 2009.
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‘Our common humanness’: Professor Sandra Barnes reflects on Emmy-nominated documentary
By Aniyah Nelson | February 2The Herald sat down with Sandra Barnes to discuss her recent work and its impact.
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RI judge signals openness to blocking Trump federal funding freeze
By Avani Ghosh and Aniyah Nelson | January 29Judge John McConnell ’80 requested the attorneys general draft an order to protect individuals and institutions that rely on federal funding.
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‘Incredibly invested in community’: Friends, colleagues remember VP of Campus Life Eric Estes
By Aniyah Nelson | November 22Eric Estes, a leader in education, passed away on June 4 at the age of 55. Estes served as the University’s vice president of campus life since 2016.
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Brown launches new online master’s degree program in data science
By Aniyah Nelson | November 10The program will welcome its first cohort in Sept. 2025.
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Brown University Corporation votes to reject divestment resolution
By Charlie Clynes and Aniyah Nelson | October 9The announcement caps months of organizing on campus, including the arrest of 61 pro-divestment activists during two sit-ins last fall, a hunger strike in February and an encampment in support of divestment in April.
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The pro- and anti-divestment proposals to the University, annotated by The Herald.
By Owen Dahlkamp, Ty Pham-Swann, Ethan Schenker, Ryan Doherty, Katie Jain, Hadley Carr, Julia Vaz, Neil Mehta, Sophia Wotman and Aniyah Nelson | September 30Brown's Advisory Committee on University Resources Management is closer than ever to releasing its public recommendation on whether the University should divest from 10 companies affiliated with the Israeli military. To make this recommendation, the committee examined two student proposals: Brown Divest ...
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Sydney Skybetter named new faculty director of Brown Arts Institute
By Aniyah Nelson | September 29Associate Professor of Theater Arts and Performance Studies Sydney Skybetter was named the newest faculty director of the Brown Arts Institute.
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Newest Kaplan Scholars reflect on path to Brown, future plans
By Aniyah Nelson | September 19When Genesis Torres ’28 was preparing to open her college decision letters last spring, it was “very nerve-wracking,” to say the least.
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