On Campus

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

Food for Thought

Palate meets pedagogy in courses like “Food, Religion, and Politics in South Asia” 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.

Student Life
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The Hummus Wars

Five minutes with Marielle Buxbaum ’24
Student Life
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Naked beer slides & bad calamari

A gustatory history of freshman roommates who became lifelong best friends.
Politics & Law
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All the Pigs in China

To make good food choices these days, you have to sort out global trade, politics, and environmental issues. Even experts can’t do it.
University News
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Growing Research

Advancing knowledge and understanding in the service of society
Business & Entrepreneurship

Pleather vs. Palate

A student supper club where menus are merveilleux, decor, not so much.
Image of Ryan Lum at the stove with pasta and a strainer
Ever True

Big Mother Coffeehouse

’70s Heaven
Image of Leslie Seeman and Barb Goldman standing behind the counter in the 1970's Brown University coffeeshop "Big Mother"