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Student-led benefit concert celebrates Providence, raises $20,000 for local nonprofits
March 10, 2026
Organized by Brown University students, the “Thank You PVD” concert brought performers, students and Providence residents together for a night of music, gratitude and collective healing.
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More ways to play: Penner Field House expands access to athletics and recreation at Brown
February 11, 2026
Since opening its doors in January, the University’s new, all-season indoor turf facility is already changing the game for both competition and community on campus.
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A throwback menu for a timeless institution: Celebrating 75 years of the ‘Ratty’
February 6, 2026
A 75th anniversary dinner and 1950s-inspired menu marked a milestone for Brown’s largest dining hall, celebrating the generations of students who have enjoyed meals and community at Sharpe Refectory.
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Brown to elevate golf and squash teams to varsity status in 2026
January 23, 2026
Growth in team resources, coaching expertise, athletic facilities and fundraising opportunities have bolstered four teams that have secured national championships, top rankings and outstanding win/loss records at the club level.
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Andrew Herring: Squashing limitations after second chance at life
October 31, 2025
After a life-saving liver transplant at 17, the Brown University senior and standout squash player has embraced a life driven by resilience, community and gratitude.
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The grind never stops at the Underground, Brown’s student-run coffee shop
October 6, 2025
Student baristas and managers pour hours of planning, collaboration and creativity into each freshly brewed cup of coffee at the Underground, nestled in the lower level of the campus center.
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From coastline keepsakes to an unfinished cat: Class of 2029 brings beloved bits of home to Brown
September 11, 2025
With their first week of classes in the books, five members of Brown’s newest class shared some comforts from home that they’d brought along.
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A fresh start at Brown: 127 transfer, visiting and resumed undergraduate students embrace orientation
August 29, 2025
Through the weeklong TRUE Orientation program, Brown’s newest nontraditional undergraduates connect, create and chart their course ahead as they arrive for their first semester on College Hill.
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Madeline Federle: This aspiring astronaut is studying bubble behavior in zero gravity
August 20, 2025
To better understand how bubbles behave in space, Brown University doctoral student Madeline Federle goes to perilous and occasionally nauseating lengths.
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Nigel Evans: From Army boots to Arabic books
August 13, 2025
Inspired by his military service and driven by a desire to work internationally, the rising Brown University senior is spending the summer learning Arabic as a U.S. State Department Critical Language Scholar.
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Equipped with new knowledge and experiences, Pre-College students reflect on their summer at Brown
July 31, 2025
As Brown’s summer Pre-College Programs conclude, five high schoolers shared their motivations for enrolling and the lessons they’ll carry into the next chapter of their lives.
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Kessler Scholars Program at Brown receives $1.1 million grant renewal
July 29, 2025
The renewed funding will support advising, financial assistance and academic and career development opportunities for first-generation undergraduates at Brown.
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Ben Underwood: Helping Rhode Islanders explore seasonal food and farming
July 23, 2025
Through everything from scavenger hunts to cooking demonstrations, the Brown undergraduate is connecting community members and local agriculture as an intern with Farm Fresh Rhode Island.
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Kyle Kavully: From Brown to the big stage Down Under
July 16, 2025
This summer, the rising Brown University junior and political science concentrator is performing on the Australian tour of “MJ The Musical.”
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With academic boot camp at Brown, military veterans bridge gap between service and school
June 23, 2025
In partnership with Warrior-Scholar Project, the University hosted its third cohort of veterans and active-duty service members for a weeklong event designed to ease the transition to college life.
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At Brown, independent concentrators pursue academic paths as unique as their ambitions
May 19, 2025
In this Q&A, four Brown students reflect on the experience of designing their own concentrations that defy conventional categories, from empathy in practice to computational neuroscience.
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Ancient melodies, new voices: Bamboo Rhyme ensemble strikes a chord at Brown
May 14, 2025
The new student-led Chinese music ensemble, founded in Fall 2024, made its debut with a spring concert that showcased the group’s rich repertoire of traditional and contemporary medleys.
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Photos: Flash mob brings rhythm, relief during final exams at Brown
May 7, 2025
On the first day of Brown’s final examination period, members of the student-led organization No Empty Seats brought the College Green to life with a spontaneous, throwback dance routine.
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Ayoola Fadahunsi: Anchored by community at Brown, she leads with love, justice and joy
April 30, 2025
Informed by her Nigerian-American identity and guided by her spiritual compass, the Brown University senior is advancing migration-policy research, humanitarian law and public service.
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Brown students rescue campus food to serve neighbors in need
April 29, 2025
For more than 15 years, Brown’s Food Recovery Network has redirected thousands of pounds of surplus food to support local soup kitchens, shelters and community food pantries, while diverting landfill waste.
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‘SNL’ veteran Colin Jost talks comedy as craft and coping mechanism with Brown students
April 22, 2025
Known best for his contributions to “Saturday Night Live,” the comedian and actor shared behind-the-scenes stories and industry insights in a talk organized by the student-run Brown Lecture Board.
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Photos: Quiet Green turns clamorous with ancient Egyptian battle reenactment at Brown
April 18, 2025
As the culminating project of Fighting Pharaohs: Ancient Egyptian Warfare, more than 90 Brown students participated in a student-led, live-action reconstruction of the 13th-century B.C.E. Battle of Kadesh.
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‘Anora’ director, ‘BoJack Horseman’ creator among speakers at 25th annual Ivy Film Festival at Brown
April 10, 2025
From April 14 to 20, the student-produced festival will bring a dynamic slate of film screenings, speaker events, live screenplay readings and new media exhibitions to Brown University’s campus.
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Eva Erickson: Blending science, sports and the ultimate test of survival
March 20, 2025
Whether she’s captaining the men’s club hockey team or participating as the first openly autistic cast member on “Survivor,” the Brown graduate student in fluid and thermal science finds success in authenticity.
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Kanayo Duru: The Brunonian behind the baton has a heart that beats for music and medicine
March 4, 2025
The Brown University senior and head conductor of the Brown Band embraces a wide range of musical, academic and volunteer pursuits as he marches toward a career in medicine.
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Photos: Sousaphones on skates, rhythm at the rink for Brown Band’s annual on-ice performance
March 3, 2025
During a weekend hockey matchup against Harvard, dozens of Brown University alumni laced up their skates to join the band’s 55th annual one-of-a-kind Alumni Ice Show.
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Super Bowl bounty: Brown student-led organization fights food insecurity on game day
February 11, 2025
As one of its monthly campus bake sales, students in Challah for Hunger sold Philadelphia Eagles and Kansas City Chiefs-themed cookies with proceeds benefiting hunger relief organizations.
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‘History humanizes experiences:’ Students examine enduring legacies of Civil Rights Movement
January 23, 2025
Ahead of the spring semester, nine students traveled to Washington, D.C., and Jackson, Mississippi, as part of a community-engaged learning trip led by the Swearer Center and in partnership with Tougaloo College.
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Photos: Brown Ballet Company shows the spirit of the season in ‘The Nutcracker’
December 12, 2024
Bonded by a love of ballet and a dedication to festive cheer, the student-led dance group enlisted more than 80 students for its second annual production of the holiday classic.
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Marching to the beat of their own drum: Brown Band celebrates 100 years
November 14, 2024
To mark the band’s centennial, generations of Brunonians reflect on the harmonious history, quick-witted spirit and enduring traditions of a singular 100-year-old student-led organization.
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For Brown students and community members, turning out the vote on Election Day 2024
November 5, 2024
Whether volunteering at the polls, encouraging peers to vote or hosting watch parties, hundreds of students engaged in the Nov. 5 elections beyond simply casting their own vote.\
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Mia Tretta: Drawing on her experience as a school shooting survivor to advance gun safety
October 22, 2024
Wounded in a school shooting in California in 2019, the Brown sophomore has dedicated herself to preventing gun violence nationwide, harnessing her education at Brown to forge a career in advocacy.
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As it celebrates 10 years, 1vyG conference returns to Brown
October 10, 2024
Launched by Brown students a decade ago, the annual 1vyG conference convenes undocumented, first-generation and low-income students from across the country for a weekend of collaboration and community.
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Photos: From the locker room to the ballot box, Brown Votes boosts student-athlete voter education
October 4, 2024
As part of broader outreach efforts, Brown Votes and Athletics and Recreation at Brown have teamed up to bring voter-registration workshops to student-athletes ahead of the November elections.
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Brown’s approach to matching first-year roommates starts with the magic of randomness
September 25, 2024
By pairing new students with a roommate, the University’s long-held practice of randomized roommate selection has enabled lasting Brunonian connections and friendships for generations of students.
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Photos: With cyanotype, Brown student uses the sun to visualize the moon
September 24, 2024
Inspired by Chinese handscrolls and NASA film of the moon’s surface, senior Logan Tullai used an 1800s technique to lead a community art project on campus on 60-foot-long swaths of silk.
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Brown community members spend National Voter Registration Day helping to turn out the vote
September 18, 2024
Sweetened by free scoops of ice cream, voter registration drives across campus provided support to hundreds of newly eligible students seeking to participate in November’s elections.
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Brown’s military-affiliated students find fitting, functional and dedicated new space on campus
September 11, 2024
A new home for the Office of Military-Affiliated Students offers collaborative spaces, accented with odes to the veteran community, that enable Brown to support a growing community of student veterans and ROTC participants.
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Photos and video: A lively beginning to the academic year
September 5, 2024
During a week of welcome events, Brown’s campus buzzed with the unmistakable spirit of new beginnings as the Fall 2024 semester kicked off.
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International Orientation welcomes new undergraduates from more than 80 nations
September 3, 2024
A successful Brown program for a quarter-century, International Orientation focuses on offering new undergraduates from outside the U.S. mentorship, relationship-building, fun and a smooth transition to college.
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Quintessentially the Class of 2028: Incoming students share cherished items from home
September 3, 2024
As the 2024-25 academic year kicked off, members of Brown University’s newest class shared some of the items they brought from home that help represent who they are.
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Maiya Jannah: Making waves in media for a more inclusive Hollywood
August 8, 2024
Through an internship with the Television Academy Foundation, the rising Brown University senior is learning the ins and outs of the TV industry while paving the way for a future generation of creatives.
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Photos: Getting a kick out of Brown’s intramural summer kickball league
July 25, 2024
Organized by Athletics and Recreation at Brown, the intramural kickball league offers members of the campus community a chance to connect and stay active through weekly summer games.
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Student-curated exhibition explores history of LGBTQ student experiences at Brown
June 21, 2024
"So That We May Write and Be Heard," on view at Stonewall House, unearths and expands on a decades-old collection of collaborative journals written by students at Brown, and adds alumni reflections.
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Photos: South Asian fusion student dance group stages blast from the past for spring showcase
May 14, 2024
In a nostalgic homage to early 2000s Bollywood, Brown Badmaash served up both memories and moves during its annual spring show, ‘Jawaani.’
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The emperor’s new arm: Brown-RISD student reimagines art, monuments on campus
May 10, 2024
Senior Naya Lee Chang created five temporary public art installations that respond to existing works of art on Brown’s campus, including a monument of Caesar Augustus.
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Daniel Solomon: Visualizing a more inclusive, accessible future through public art
April 30, 2024
Through the installation of educational public art in urban neighborhoods, the Brown sophomore hopes to inspire mutual understanding of the blind and visually impaired community.
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Students in Hawaii@Brown renew Spring Lū’au tradition on campus
April 22, 2024
For the first time in more than 20 years, the student organization brought its traditional lū’au back to Brown for a night of community dance, music, storytelling and games.
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Five Brown students earn Truman, Goldwater scholarships
April 19, 2024
Brown’s two Truman scholars will pursue a future career in public policy, while three students will continue STEM research as Goldwater scholars.
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24th annual Ivy Film Festival brings screenings, readings, speakers to College Hill
April 9, 2024
One of the world’s largest student-run film festivals, the annual event at Brown offers student filmmakers a glimpse into their futures — and offers the public a glimpse into their creative inspirations.
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