Last semester, I got a taste of my pre-med roommate’s academic life: Every week, I spent a good chunk of my time working on assignments for IAPA 1401: “Economic Development in Latin America.” Typically, I had to answer six to ten questions about the reading — practically, a problem set. The ...
Last Friday, Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth announced that, starting next school year, the Department of Defense will cut sponsorships for active duty U.S. military personnel to attend graduate programs and fellowships at Brown and other elite institutions. The cancellations affect 93 fellowships at ...
In the days leading up to the release of the Brown Marriage Pact results, the prospect of algorithmic love surfaced in so many of my conversations. There was a buzz about College Hill that made the excitement palpable: love seemed to drift through the air, tentative, hopeful, sometimes awkward, weaving ...
Parking garages. Escalators. Fast food. Screaming children. These are just some of the staples of the American mall that are in danger of disappearing in Providence. In late 2024, it was reported that the Providence Place Mall, the state’s largest shopping center, was ordered into receivership, a ...
Last Thursday, U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents entered a Columbia-owned residence to detain Elmina Aghayeva. The agents allegedly impersonated the New York Police Department and ignored the requests of a Columbia public safety officer. While immigration operations have not yet been documented ...
On Feb. 28, it was not the sunrise that woke up the city of Tehran’s residents, but bombs that shook the ground — the United States and Israel had launched a coordinated military attack on Iran. Airstrikes targeted Iranian military leadership, killing three top officials and Iran’s Supreme Leader, ...
Women outnumber men in higher learning institutions across the country. To combat historical gender inequality in higher education, Congress passed Title IX in 1972, which prohibited gender-based exclusion in educational programs that receive federal financial assistance. Through these efforts, female ...
At roughly 6:30 a.m. Thursday, U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement officers arrested Columbia senior Elmina Aghayeva in her university-owned apartment. The agents entered the building under false pretenses — allegedly impersonating police officers and claiming to be searching for a missing child. ...
Between 2010 and 2023, 3,992 pedestrians and cyclists were hit by motor vehicles, leading to 35 deaths. Campus safety is of utmost importance to our community, and traffic safety does not get the attention it deserves. As Brown community members are exposed to busy streets around the College Hill area, ...
This fall, I heard Hannah Pingree ’98 speak at the University Club in Providence during a fundraising stop on her Maine gubernatorial campaign. One of the points Pingree discussed and has highlighted throughout her campaign is a bold new framework for health policy. In the face of ever-increasing ...
When you ask someone about their favorite restaurant in Providence, one name comes up a lot — Al Forno. Love it or hate it, it’s a Rhode Island institution — a husband-and-wife affair that began as a side project by two RISD-trained artists. Some say it made Providence a culinary hotspot when ...
With over an inch of snow coating the ground every day for the past month, Providence has been feeling the effects of extreme winter weather. Sidewalks still blocked by snow endanger pedestrians who must walk in the roads alongside cars. And this isn’t the only problem sludgy sidewalks pose for residents ...
During my first Democratic National Committee youth council meeting, a leader of the DNC told us to stop waiting for the Avengers to show up and save us all because the Avengers that will move the party and nation forward were in that very room. He was pointing to us, the youngest leaders of the party. ...
The 2026 Winter Olympics just ended, which means for two straight weeks we watched people hurl themselves into increasingly impossible spins, flips and midair twists in pursuit of international glory. We dissected judges’ scoring, held our collective breath through overtime and adopted a new roster ...
Shouldn’t you be studying for your midterms right now?
In 1928, Brown had a problem. Despite its reputation as a finishing school for white elites from the East Coast, 38% of the class of 1928 was Jewish. These young men were largely the sons of Russian Jewish immigrants and hailed from public schools, which was considered a real shonda — a scandal — ...
To the Editor:
Digital devices have become an essential part of learning. We use laptops and tablets to do our readings, take notes and write code. But they can also distract from our learning: While one tab may hold a PDF, another might offer a temptation to text, scroll or shop. In 2015 and 2024, the editorial page ...
It’s no secret that Brown athletic events have abysmal student attendance. After a basketball game at the Pizzitola Sports Center last spring, The Daily Pennsylvanian took note of “Brown’s home crowd, or lack thereof.” Brown’s poor athletic attendance has officially become cemented as part ...
A few weeks ago, I attended a rally in protest of the violence in Minneapolis enacted by the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement agency. The protest began in front of The John D. Rockefeller, Jr. Library and was organized by Brown Rise Up, Sunrise Brown, the Deportation Defense Network and the ...
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