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PERCENTAGES OF BROWN DINING SERVICES’ PURCHASES THAT MEET STRICT SUSTAINABILITY CRITERIA, LIKE BUYING LESS RED MEAT. ANNUALLY, BROWN COMPOSTS ABOUT 560 TONS. DINING SERVICES BUYS LOCAL WHEN POSSIBLE, INCLUDING 68% OF POULTRY.


Humanities & Culture

No More Excuses

U.S. histories often neglect to mention the millions of enslaved Native Americans. A Brown database aims to help change that. Read More

HIBERNATION MAY BE THE NEXT TARGET FOR ANTI-AGING RESEARCH. THE PRACTICE SLOWS DOWN AGING IN BATS BY 40%, BROWN NEUROSCIENTISTS FOUND.

THE PAPERS OF MUMIA ABU-JAMAL WILL ANCHOR A JOHN HAY LIBRARY COLLECTION FOCUSED ON FIRST-PERSON ACCOUNTS OF INCARCERATION.

A BLACK LAB NAMED ELVY IS THE NEWEST MEMBER OF BROWN'S PUBLIC SAFETY. THE COMFORT DOG WILL ASSIST ON MENTAL HEALTH CALLS.

PULSE OXIMETERS OVERESTIMATE BLOOD OXYGEN IN PEOPLE WITH DARK SKIN, WITH DANGEROUS RESULTS, A BROWN STUDY DISCOVERED.

FLOOD MAPS SHOW THE CONTAMINATION RISK FROM OLD INDUSTRIAL SITES IS HUGELY UNDERESTIMATED, PROF. SCOTT FRICKEL FOUND.

Medicine & Health
Illustration by Raymond Biesinger of a news "plant" with bubbles of disinformation coming out of the smokestack.

Rx for “Information Disorder”

Disinformation is making us sick, literally. Asking the right questions and training the right people may be the cure.
First Person
Image of Garfinkle with a photo projected behind him on a wall of his great-great-grandparents and their children, including his namesake, Jack.

Tracing Family Trees

Five minutes with Jake Garfinkle ’23
Medicine & Health
Med School students in the cafeteria

Build Your Own MD

At 50, the Warren Alpert Medical School has become a national leader. We talk to founding alums who took a leap of faith.
The Arts
Image of a Brown student wearing a repurposed Brown sweatshirt by Glore Lee ’24

Mod Merch

A dual-degree student turns bookstore leftovers into fashion must-haves
Student Life

The Party Is On

Funk Night returns to Brown
Image of dancers at Funk Night at Brown University