Schools, Centers, & Focus Areas

The Brown community can have a transformational impact by supporting key areas and priorities of the University.

Support what matters most to you through your philanthropy to Brown.

Across disciplines, departments, schools, and centers, your support has the power to propel education and research in every corner of College Hill. Whether you give to one area of support or many, your gift is empowering Brown students and faculty to make an impact on the world.

Areas of Support

When the best and brightest students decide where to enroll, we want them to choose Brown.
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Brown is building its capacity to lead in areas of great consequence to society through world-class teaching, research and innovation.
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Being diagnosed with a chronic or long-term disease can be devastating, so Brown is committed to building outstanding research teams focused on improving people’s lives.
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Schools

Brown’s medical faculty, staff, and students are invested in discovery, service to society, and the health of individuals and communities.
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Going beyond preventing disease to reshaping health care and safeguarding vulnerable populations, the school is improving human health on a large scale.
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Brown’s engineers are both deeply trained problem solvers and broadly trained problem seekers who grapple with complex issues that affect our daily lives.
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Centers, Institutes, and Initiatives

As Brown’s creative and intellectual home for all art forms, the Brown Arts Institute is advancing artistic experimentation, meaningful research, and community partnerships.
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The library is a nexus of creativity and collaboration where faculty and students explore the past, investigate the present, and innovate for the future.
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The brain is the body’s most complex organ. Unlocking its mysteries, therefore, necessitates a multi-layered, collaborative approach like that of the Carney Institute.
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Alzheimer’s is the sixth leading cause of death in the United States and a persistent health crisis worldwide. The Center for Alzheimer’s Disease Research marshalls Brown’s expertise across brain science and medicine to battle this complex disease.
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Through newly expanded career programming, advising, and experiential learning opportunities, the University is helping students translate their skills and experiences into a meaningful life after Brown.
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Humanists, artists, social scientists, and physical and life scientists come together to deepen their approach to problems of global significance.
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For more than 40 years, Brown has advanced computer science through groundbreaking scholarship, inspired teaching, and strong industry partnerships.
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Brown’s Data Science Institute forges collaborations, catalyzes new areas of research, and provides new opportunities for students.
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With philanthropic support, we’re creating a more diverse and inclusive Brown and advancing pathbreaking research focused on creating a more equitable and just world.
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Brown is transforming the undergraduate experience by weaving experiential learning, community engagement opportunities, and professional mentoring into its curriculum.
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Assuring a sustainable, just and equitable future for our planet and its people is one of the greatest challenges of the 21st century. The Institute at Brown for Environment and Society (IBES) answers this critical call.
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Since its inception more than a century ago, the library has focused its resources on inspiring scholarship, stimulating innovative and creative engagement with its collection, and connecting global communities to the history and culture of the early Americas.
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Through its interdisciplinary research, the Pembroke Center is fostering critical scholarship on gender, race, and power—and strengthening our understanding of the human experience.
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Brown's Department of Physics is at the forefront of investigating ideas that challenge our imaginations and redefine our understanding of the world around us.
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Founded in 2012, the Ruth J. Simmons Center for the Study of Slavery and Justice (Simmons Center) has built a global reputation for bringing together scholars, artists, and creative practitioners to examine the contemporary impact of the history of racial slavery.
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How to give

From annual gifts that help the University meet immediate needs to planned gifts that establish a legacy, there are many ways you can support Brown.

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