Earlier this month, Students for Educational Equity, an on-campus student organization which aims to promote educational equity in Providence, unveiled their “Financial Aid Resource” website, which is aimed at helping prospective Brown applicants navigate the financial aid application process. ...
When presale tickets for Taylor Swift’s 2023 Eras Tour went live on Ticketmaster last Tuesday, fans across the University flocked online to buy tickets at their desired venue. But many were left disappointed when, due to technical difficulties and a lack of inventory, presale tickets were difficult ...
The Undergraduate Finance Board discussed the possibility of implementing a fee-free model for student group events at an open forum Thursday. On a fee-free campus, undergraduate students would not have to pay to attend on-campus student group events, according to an email sent by UCS this week to ...
The University released its financial report for fiscal year 2022 in a Thursday Today@Brown announcement from President Christina Paxson P’19. The annual report, which includes the University’s financial statements as well as reports on research, fundraising and the ...
After receiving an internship offer, the work process for international students studying the humanities has only just begun. To get approved for Curricular Practical Training — work authorization for internationals on an F-1 student visa — Brown students have to plan an independent study ...
The Title IX and Gender Equity Office received 132 reports of prohibited conduct during the 2021-22 academic year, up 52% from the previous year, according to the University's 2021-22 Title IX Annual Outcome Report.
When Saadhya Bahudodda ’24 first came to Brown in fall 2021, she attended an event where she learned about the Swearer Center for Public Service's Engaged Scholars Program, which allowed certain concentrators to pursue community engagement within their field of study.
A Rhode Island School of Design professor was struck by multiple projectiles fired from a car at the corner of Power and Thayer streets Monday afternoon, according to an email from Brown’s Department of Public Safety.
The Center for Latin American and Caribbean Studies launched a project documenting Rhode Island’s response to George Floyd’s 2020 murder at a showcase hosted at the Digital Scholarship Lab Tuesday afternoon.
When Kathy Moyer, stage and production manager at the Department of Africana Studies and Rites and Reason Theatre, was asked to characterize her longtime co-worker, the theater’s artistic director Elmo Terry-Morgan ’74, three words came to mind.
The Southeast Asian Studies Initiative, a student-led project seeking to increase the representation of Southeast Asia in the University’s curriculum, is pushing for something new: a dedicated department.
On Saturday afternoon, 17 members of Sunrise Brown joined activists from eight other groups from across the country — including Extinction Rebellion DC, Code Pink: Women for Peace and Native Youth Leadership Alliance — to gather on the steps of the Lincoln Memorial holding hand-painted signs ...
The LGBTQ Center held a grand opening Friday for the center’s new building, a dedicated space called “Stonewall House” located at 22 Benevolent St. The event included remarks from Director of the LGBTQ Center Caitlin O’Neill, President Christina Paxson P’19, Vice President for Campus ...
“One of the great mysteries at Brown is a certain group of individuals, both male and female, who differ from the majority, the ‘normal’ student population, in that they are homosexuals,” began an article published in The Herald Oct. 30, 1973. Almost half a century later, queerness is burgeoning ...
In recent years, the University has announced a series of policies concerning its relationship with the environment and addressing climate change. In 2019, the University committed to cutting campus greenhouse gas emissions to net-zero by 2040, and a year later pledged to halt investments in fossil ...
On Oct. 31, the U.S. Supreme Court heard arguments in two cases surrounding the constitutionality of race-conscious college admissions. In both cases, the court’s conservative majority indicated a willingness to end affirmative action in the process. Brought forward by anti-affirmative action group ...
Historian and journalist Jill Lepore joined University students and faculty Thursday for a lecture entitled “Making Amends: Revising the U.S. Constitution,” in which she explored the complexities of passing constitutional amendments, the history of constitutional interpretation and the state ...
The Open Curriculum gives students the option to explore many paths of study before declaring a concentration in their sophomore year. For students seeking to connect with the academic departments they are concentrating in, Departmental Undergraduate Groups aim to “build a sense of community within ...
Jennette McCurdy, author of the memoir and New York Times Best Seller “I’m Glad My Mom Died,” spoke to the student body Wednesday as Brown Lecture Board’s first speaker of the academic year. From the stage of the Salomon Center's DECI Auditorium, she detailed the process of writing her memoir ...
Cecilia Valenzuela ’25 was raised with music. She grew up in Tucson, Ariz., where the country’s first youth mariachi group was formed in 1964. She was born into a family of mariachis and music teachers, and she, too, picked up the violin at age four.
Solutions by The State News
