Features/Campus

the Brown endowment’s Percentage of investments in
Fossil Fuels.Two years ago, that percentage was 6.5,
similar to other ivies. Brown vows to Divest from REmaining
fossil fuel holdings aSAP. 


Sports & Recreation

Stroke of Luck

How a ragtag team of club rowers from Brown almost took the national varsity championship in 1960. Read More

Analysis shows 25% of climate tweets when Trump withdrew from the Paris Accords came from bots spreading misinformation.

Brown ranks #2 among Fulbright producers, continuing a run that this year will send 38 on the research/travel grants

President Paxson’s contract has been extended early. The Corporation is entrusting Brown to her leadership through 2025.

The US is polarizing faster than other democracies, says Brown/Stanford research. Factors include racial divisions + cable news.

Tips from 2 Brown studies: learning happens faster when we fail 15% of the time; performance gains hinge on getting enough sleep.

Short Takes

The Arts
Sindura Sriram ’21, Suzanne Antoniou ’20, Allie Arnold ’20, Zara Norman ’22, Elisheva Goldberg ’22.

Funny Girls

The Rib launches women into comedy careers
Science & Tech
Illustration by Brian Stauffer

Code Red

Is that tech job worth taking?
Sports & Recreation
Heather Marini playing tackle football in Australia

Mind Game

Brown hires Division 1 football’s first female position coach
Sports & Recreation
Cat Buthod ’20 Brown University

Leggings 24/7

Five minutes with Cat Buthod ’20, on her current obsession
The Arts

1,000 Rejections

How to get a cartoon in the New Yorker
Self-portrait by Pia Mileaf-Patel
The Arts

Dirty Filthy Basement

A faculty band rocks out
Kerry Smith, Joe Meisel, Janet Blume and Baylor Fox-Kemper of Dirty Filthy Basement