# Friends & Neighbors
**Source**: https://www.brown.edu/friends-neighbors
**Parent**: https://www.brown.edu/undergraduate-programs
Find opportunities to engage with Brown and learn more about our connection to the community and impact throughout Rhode Island.
# Friends & Neighbors
Find opportunities to engage with Brown and learn more about our connection to the community and impact throughout Rhode Island.
### [Brown and Providence](https://www.brown.edu/about/brown-and-providence)
At the core of the Brown story is the story of Providence and Rhode Island. Across education, research, service, community engagement and the economy, Brown is deeply intertwined with the city we call home.
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### [Community Engagement](https://community-engagement.brown.edu/)
Brown University is deeply committed to working together with and in support of community partners to make a positive impact in Providence and across Rhode Island and the region.
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### [Developing Careers, Leading Lives of Purpose](https://www.brown.edu/careers)
For many Brown employees, the work they do at the University is more than a job. It’s an opportunity to learn from and collaborate with similarly driven individuals and experts in their fields. It's being part of a community that values and supports learning, helping individuals develop professionally, take on new challenges and have an impact locally and globally.
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### [Government & Community Relations](https://www.brown.edu/gcr/)
Brown is committed to meaningful community engagement with the greater Providence region. Our office facilitates community partnerships, addresses inquiries from community members, and strengthens relationships with neighbors, non-profit organizations, schools, civic organizations and businesses.
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### [Swearer Center for Public Service](https://www.brown.edu/academics/college/swearer/)
The Swearer Center’s work is intended to catalyze student learning and commitment to lifelong civic engagement and responsibility in order to advance social justice. The Center is an important agent of Brown’s intent and obligation to ensure that the University makes meaningful, positive, and sustainable contributions to the public good.
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### [Free events open to the public](https://www.brown.edu/news/featured-events)
This collection of public conversations, performances and exhibitions are open to the Brown and Rhode Island communities.
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### [Athletic events](https://brownbears.com/)
At Brown, student-athletes compete on 34 varsity sports teams, and Brown teams routinely are among the nation's leaders in NCAA honors for academic achievement.
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### [Theater performance](https://www.brown.edu/academics/theatre-arts-performance-studies/performances-events)
The Department of Theatre Arts & Performance Studies offers a diverse range of performances and events across the year.
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- [David Winton Bell Gallery](https://www.brown.edu/campus-life/arts/bell-gallery/)
- [Brown Arts Institute](https://arts.brown.edu/events-exhibitions)
- [Brown Library Exhibits](https://library.brown.edu/exhibits/)
- [Center for the Study of Slavery and Justice](https://cssj.brown.edu/)
- [Haffenreffer Museum of Anthropology](https://hma.brown.edu/)
- [Nightingale-Brown House](https://www.brown.edu/academics/public-humanities/events/exhibitions)
- [Other Venues](https://arts.brown.edu/events-exhibitions/view)
### [News from Brown](https://www.brown.edu/news/)
Brown deploys knowledge to address critical and complex problems in the world.
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### [Campus sustainability](http://sustainability.brown.edu/)
Sustainability at Brown
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### [Construction projects](https://www.brown.edu/facilities/projects)
Projects facilitated by the Office of Planning, Design & Construction (PD&C) range from new buildings to gut renovations to roof replacements, labs, utility projects, dining, classrooms, and athletic facilities.
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- [Faculty Club](https://facultyclub.brown.edu/)
- [Fitness Center](https://brownrec.com/sports/2018/4/27/Membership-communitymembership.aspx)
- [Library](https://library.brown.edu/info/library-visitor-guidelines/#public)
- [Bookstore](https://insite.browntextbook.com/)
### [Driving Directions and Parking Information](https://www.brown.edu/about/visit/driving-parking)
Brown's campus is located in Providence, R.I. — here's what you need to know about coming by car.
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### [Campus Map](https://www.brown.edu/Facilities/Facilities_Management/maps/)
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