Features/Campus

students were welcomed to brown during the 257th opening convocation in early september. The van wickle gates did not open, and most undergrads were not invited to campus until january. the occasion was marked by a virtual ceremony.


Sports & Recreation

State of Play

This spring, Brown overhauled its athletics program. Varsity teams went club and vice versa, protests and lawsuits ensued, and some teams were reinstated—all in the shadow of the pandemic’s halt to competition. A look at the scoreboard. Read More

OPPOSITION TO CLIMATE ACTOIN IS 2X AS LIKELY TO GET NEWS COVERAGE AS SUPPORT FOR IT, PER A BROWN PROF'S ANALYSIS OF 3 DECADES OF PRESS.

INCONSISTENT EPA STANDARDS PUT 35,000 CHILDREN AT RISK OF LED POISONING AND MUST BE REVISED, A BROWN EPIDEMIOLOGIST URGES.

RURAL HOSPITALS OFFER BETTER CARE THAN PREVIOUSLY THOUGHT, DUE TO INACCURATE DATA TRACKING, BROWN PUBLIC HEALTH RESEARCHERS FOUND. 

"IN PROVIDENCE IN THE STATE OF RHODE ISLAND AND PROVIDENCE PLANTATIONS" HAS BEEN OFFICIALLY DROPPED FROM THE NAME "BROWN UNIVERSITY"

“IF A TREE FALLS DOWN IN A MUTED ZOOM MEETING DOES IT MAKE A SOUND?”—A PROFESSOR'S “QUIET PERIOD” HAIKU CHALLENGE ENTRY
 

 

The Arts
Handling Ice by Riel Sturchio

Borderlands

A living archive of Southwestern art
Student Life
Emilia Ruzicka with Blueno

Say It Ain’t So, Blueno!

Five minutes with Emilia Ruzicka ’21
Sports & Recreation
Ijeoma Uche Brown Track

Flying High

Record-breaking long jumps
Science & Tech
Dr. Ashish K. Jha

Welcoming Dr. Ashish Jha

New dean emerges as policy leader amidst global pandemic.
The Arts

Gigs Are Out the Window

But a student band plays on
Orange Guava Passion band

“I arrived at Brown the same year as Debbi Fuhrman, not as a prized recruit, but as a junior transfer who hadn’t done gymnastics since high school. I found my way to...”
—Miranda Smith ’81
Bethesda
smith.miranda07@gmail.com
 
In response to Joy and Determination (S–O’20):
“Jeannette Gonzales Wright is defined by the title of this article (“Nevertheless, They Persisted,” June-August ’20). She represents a brave model for thousands of people with disabilities, a symbol of persistence, conviction,...”
—Patrice Assiongbon Sowanou
Garden Valley, Tex.
kaocensowa@gmail.com
In response to Nevertheless, They Persisted (J–A’20):
“If Professor Van Cleve had the experience of returning to her home to see a window broken or a door jimmied open, she would call the police and an officer would arrive...”
—Alan Balboni ’73 PhD
Las Vegas
alan.balboni@csn.edu
In response to Rotten Culture (S–O’20):