Campus News & Stories

Building on 10 years of innovation, the Brown University-based Advance RI-CTR received five additional years of federal funding to translate research discoveries into patient treatments.

Members of the Corporation of Brown University elected the 1981 Brown graduate and chair and CEO of Bank of America to a second term leading Brown’s governing body.

Parker VanValkenburgh, an associate professor of anthropology and of archaeology and the ancient world, is co-director of a new study supported by Schmidt Sciences.

In a spooky new album, University Organist and Teaching Professor of Music Mark Steinbach pays tribute to Sayles Hall’s 1903 Hutchings-Votey pipe organ.

Ellie Pavlick, a computer scientist who leads Brown’s National Science Foundation AI research institute, discusses AI doom scenarios, the frontier labs’ “slowdown” and how to make AI safer.

A substantially revised proposed building site near Brook and Charlesfield streets in Providence responds to neighbor concerns and supports Brown’s goals for a state-of-the-art home for its Department of Economics.

On the 25th anniversary of the attacks in 2001, leaders from Brown’s Department of Public Safety and football team led a solemn ceremony to honor those who lost their lives in the tragedy, including six Brown alumni.

After a week of welcomes at Brown’s student dormitories and a wide range of events to build connections among new students, the buzz on College Hill is back as the 2026-27 academic year gets underway.

This fall marks the start of Roberts’ and Teichert’s final academic year at Brown. As they prepare to retire, they leave a lasting legacy through decades of teaching, scholarship, and service.

Following a University report on AI, Brown leaders discuss aligning AI policy with academic excellence, safeguarding academic integrity, supporting faculty and students, and preserving critical thinking in the age of AI.

In a pair of letters to the Brown community, the leaders assert that a new strategic planning process should start with a new leader who will steward Brown’s next chapter, to be identified in a national search.

With crackling fires illuminating downtown Providence, Brown honored the first responders, neighbors, businesses and community partners who supported the campus through the aftermath of Dec. 13, 2025.