Maithili Parekh ’02 started her “typical Brown career” in finance before tapping into journalism, the art world and eventually community-based social services. What gave her the communication and advocacy skills needed for all these paths, however, was starting the International Mentorship Program ...
A Brown advisory committee’s recommendation on divestment from 10 companies with ties to Israel will remain confidential until after the Corporation votes on the matter later this month.
On the final day before the deadline for a University advisory committee to issue a recommendation on divestment, 150 students gathered outside of Faunce Arch Monday afternoon to rally in support of divestment from 10 companies with ties to Israel.
Last month, international student Kate Choi ’26 tuned into the American presidential debate. While she had a fun time watching it with her friends, she also couldn’t ignore her concern over how candidates discussed issues that directly affected her experiences both back home and in the United States ...
Brown'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 ...
Associate Professor of Theater Arts and Performance Studies Sydney Skybetter was named the newest faculty director of the Brown Arts Institute.
On Monday, the Advisory Committee for University Resources Management will issue a recommendation to President Christina Paxson P’19 P’MD’20 on whether to approve a proposal to divest from 10 companies which student activists claim “facilitate the Israeli occupation of Palestinian territory.” ...
As the divestment push has stretched into the fall and a vote by the Corporation — Brown’s highest governing body — on whether to divest nears, climate activists have continued their original campaigns while intertwining their efforts with the movement on campus to divest from companies with ties ...
Pre-health students at Brown rely on Health Careers Advising for everything from first semester course selection to support during the application process to medical school and other health-related programs.
Brown faced the most new federal unfair labor practice charges in the Ivy League over the past year, according to a Herald analysis of National Labor Relations Board data.
The idea for 24cast.org began with a few friends trying to predict the outcome of the 2022 midterms on a whiteboard. Now, the group has dropped the whiteboard for something a bit more sophisticated: machine learning.
Brown’s Cogut Institute for the Humanities hosted a dedication ceremony for its new home in the renovated Andrews House this Thursday.
Brown’s Program in Liberal Medical Education stands out for allowing high school students to apply to the Warren Alpert Medical School for a combined undergraduate and medical school program, but that drastically impacts the composition of Brown’s medical school.
Unlike pro-divestment encampments at peer institutions, Brown’s demonstration last April ended peacefully. But as negotiations between student participants and University administrators were underway, Brown and Providence’s police forces were drawing up contingency plans which included a mass arrest ...
The Student Government Association announced its 2024-25 first-year election winners on Tuesday evening after three days of voting. The voter turnout rate was 37% higher than last year.
Brown is looking for a new administrative leader for artificial intelligence.
A memo from Brown’s diversity oversight board calls on Brown for transparency and public engagement on its reinstatement of test-mandatory policy, demographic data from admissions and anti-discrimination policies.
After a year of sitting in ninth place, Brown fell to 13th in the 2025 US News Best Colleges Rankings. It was the only school to fall out of the top 10 this year.
Many high schoolers whose top college choice is Brown apply under its binding early decision program, which has a higher acceptance rate.
Last spring, Brown’s QuestBridge student group — one of hundreds of clubs receiving its annual funding from the Undergraduate Finance Board for 2024-25 — was given $517.73, one-third of its annual funding from the prior year.
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