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Why ENGN 0032 is no longer on Courses@Brown
By Kate Rowberry | April 16Students and TAs reflect on ENGN 0032, which will not be offered in the 2025-26 academic year.
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Senior Staff Writer Kate Rowberry is a senior staff writer at The Herald.
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How a half-credit course looks to prepare students for peer advising
By Kate Rowberry | March 20UNIV 0123: “Practical Introduction to Peer Advising” is no ordinary Brown course.
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How AP, IB credits actually affect the Brown academic experience
By Kate Rowberry | March 12Students reflect on whether their advanced high school courses helped them get a head start at Brown.
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Meet the students in some of Brown’s smallest concentrations
By Teddy Fisher and Kate Rowberry | March 6The Herald spoke with students and faculty to learn more about being in a small concentration.
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Why two Brown students are attending different courses every week
By Kate Rowberry | February 28Through a Departamental Independent Study Project, two Brown students are attending different courses each week.
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From space trees to senior services, students explore career opportunities in two-week Winternships
By Kate Rowberry | January 26Over winter break, students can intern at organizations focused on social impact.
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Brown is running out of academic space
By Ethan Schenker and Kate Rowberry | December 12“Over the past several semesters, we have experienced an increasing demand for classroom space across all our curricular endeavors,” Provost Francis Doyle wrote in September. This demand has “placed considerable strain on our classroom facilities,” Doyle said.
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Is Brown giving out too many As? Professors discuss grading practices, grade inflation
By Kate Rowberry | December 9Just over half of Brown undergraduates described their courses as very difficult or somewhat difficult, The Herald’s fall 2024 poll found. But 63% of grades were an A in the last academic year.
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For these students, Brown’s 90+ concentration options aren’t enough
By Kate Rowberry | October 31Brown’s Open Curriculum, with 96 concentration tracks and certificates, gives students the option to study a wide variety of subjects during their time on campus. But some students opt to specialize their experience even further.
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Computer Science department to eliminate concurrent masters program
By Kate Rowberry and Leah Koritz | October 30The program will stop accepting applications on March 15, 2025 pending Graduate Council approval.
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