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Alumni & Friends

5 ways grant-funded research at Brown is changing and saving lives

April 23, 2025

Every day, researchers at Brown are working on groundbreaking discoveries—made possible through federal and private grant funding.

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Alumni & Friends

Match Day: Red envelopes reveal next chapter for new physicians

April 21, 2025

Carrying on a medical school tradition, the MD Class of 2025 discovered where they’ll continue their medical journey at this year’s Match Day.

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News from Brown

Topping-off ceremony celebrates future home of Brown’s game-changing indoor turf facility

March 5, 2025

Expected to open in January 2026, the 76,000-square-foot facility will expand capacity to meet a growing demand for varsity athletics practice space, club and intramural sports, and recreational programming.

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Alumni & Friends

How BrownTogether elevated Brown’s teaching, research, and innovative scholarship

January 27, 2025

The campaign delivered historic levels of support to a thriving academic community that is dedicated to advancing knowledge and discovery and making a positive impact on our world.

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Alumni & Friends

How BrownTogether redefined the student experience

January 27, 2025

For nearly a decade, campaign supporters have helped bring the world’s best students to Brown and give them the educational experience of a lifetime.

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Alumni & Friends

How BrownTogether transformed Brown’s campus

January 27, 2025

The BrownTogether campaign ushered in a remarkable era of campus development, creating a lasting legacy for future generations.

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Alumni & Friends

Aspirational / Achievable: BrownTogether campaign makes history

January 27, 2025

The collective impact of more than 76,800 donors has propelled the University to new heights and will have a lasting effect on future generations of Brunonians and the difference they can make in their communities and the world.

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Alumni & Friends

2024 Highlights

December 20, 2024

Need a dose of inspiration? Revisit some of the best stories from 2024 in this roundup.

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Alumni & Friends

IBES at 10: A decade of innovative research and teaching

December 16, 2024

Founded in 2014, the Institute at Brown for Environment and Society has become a leader in producing boundary-breaking, solutions-driven research while educating the next generation of environmental leaders.

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Alumni & Friends

From College Hill to Capitol Hill, Brown’s Pandemic Center is helping us prepare for “the next one”

December 16, 2024

Since its official opening in October 2022, the Pandemic Center has advanced the work of pandemic preparedness and strengthened the ability of Brown’s School of Public Health to impact the most urgent public health and national security challenges of our time.

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Alumni & Friends

Opening Brown up to students from around the world, and helping them when they land

December 16, 2024

Increasing access to a Brown education for more students from around the globe requires the financial aid to bring them to campus, and the support system that will help them thrive while they are here.

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Alumni & Friends

Though it’s a young scientific field, aging research has the potential to drastically improve lives

December 16, 2024

Innovative research at Brown is revolutionizing how we approach chronic diseases like Alzheimer’s, cancer, and heart disease.

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Alumni & Friends

What’s the secret to the Center for Career Exploration’s success? Its people.

September 25, 2024

One year after its launch, the staff at Brown’s revamped career center are helping to transform career support for students through reflection, connection, and exploration.

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Alumni & Friends

Indoor Turf Facility a big win for Brown community

September 16, 2024

A versatile new space will optimize training for varsity teams and enhance club sport, intramural, and wellness opportunities.

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Alumni & Friends

Brown names William A. and Ami Kuan Danoff Life Sciences Laboratories in recognition of generous gift

September 16, 2024

A planned state-of-the-art facility for integrated life sciences research, Danoff Laboratories in Providence’s Jewelry District will convene scientists to solve complex, interconnected health and medical challenges.

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Alumni & Friends

Brown experts on public health in a changing climate

June 13, 2024

Brown University leaders Ashish K. Jha and Kim Cobb discuss the intersection of climate change and people’s health, the challenges of our information ecosystem, and how the University’s collaborative efforts are fostering innovative solutions and preparing future leaders.

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Alumni & Friends

Unlocking the full genetic picture

June 13, 2024

Brown's new RNA center is expanding RNA research and positioning Rhode Island to be a leader in the development of advances to improve human health.

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Alumni & Friends

Could a blood test for Alzheimer’s disease be on the horizon?

June 10, 2024

At the Carney Institute for Brain Science, researchers are working to identify biomarkers of Alzheimer’s disease that could open a new frontier of understanding and testing.

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Alumni & Friends

BrownTogether campaign passes $4 billion mark

April 3, 2024

As BrownTogether enters its final months, Brown’s community of donors are looking to make history.

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Alumni & Friends

Turning the body into a cancer hunter

March 4, 2024

At Brown’s Legorreta Cancer Center, Dr. Sean Lawler and his team of researchers are exploring a new treatment for cancer that uses the body’s own immune system to target brain tumors.

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Alumni & Friends

Brown to go need-blind for international students

January 25, 2024

BrownTogether donors helped the University meet its $120 million fundraising goal to launch need-blind admission for international undergraduate students beginning with the Class of 2029.

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Alumni & Friends

Pufferfish, pasta making, and painting: International trips bring Brown student-athletes abroad

January 17, 2024

From Italy to the Dominican Republic to Australia, several Brown varsity teams traveled abroad this past year, competing against international talent and providing student-athletes with once-in-a-lifetime experiences.

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Alumni & Friends

From the vineyard to the hill, alumni gather to celebrate Black community and give back to Brown

January 17, 2024

Events like Bruno on the Vineyard and the 2023 Black Alumni Reunion have brought the Black alumni community together in large numbers—and shown the power of their philanthropy.

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Alumni & Friends

Can eating and sleeping habits help us better understand Alzheimer’s?

January 17, 2024

Researchers at the Center for Alzheimer’s Disease Research are examining how risk factors and neuropsychiatric patterns may hold the key for early detection, and early intervention, in this fast-growing disease.

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Alumni & Friends

Research on the Rise

October 20, 2023

Brown’s vision for collaborative research and discovery is working, and it’s improving the health of both individuals and populations.

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Alumni & Friends

Surpassing its initial fundraising goal, Brown to permanently fund full scholarships for student veterans

October 17, 2023

A year ahead of schedule, the University has doubled student veteran enrollment and exceeded its fundraising goal, cementing a future that supports veterans from all income levels and U.S. military backgrounds.

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Alumni & Friends

I Heart Brown Day 2023

October 13, 2023

Thousands of Brunonians came together to support what they love most about Brown, raising more than $2.5 million for this Brown Annual Fund giving day.

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Alumni & Friends

Remembering a friend, carrying on a legacy

October 5, 2023

With the creation of a new SPRINT award, a group of Brunonians aims to memorialize the life and legacy of their friend, Leon L. Haley ’86.

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Alumni & Friends

Authoring career journeys all their own

September 26, 2023

With the launch of the Center for Career Exploration, Brown is providing students with expanded advising, experiences, and alumni connections that will help them discover what’s next.

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Alumni & Friends

Building Together: A look at the newest updates and additions to College Hill

September 26, 2023

With support from donors across Brunonia, we’re creating the buildings, facilities, and spaces where learning and innovation can thrive.

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Alumni & Friends

Dedicated Brunonian leaves a legacy of environmental impact

September 26, 2023

Merging his love for Brown with his dedication to the environment, George Billings ’72 LHD’21 hon. made a gift through his estate that supports faculty and graduate students in the Institute at Brown for Environment and Society (IBES).

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Alumni & Friends

Inside the Brown Design Workshop, out-of-the-box ideas come together

June 21, 2023

From bookshelves to satellites to Formula 1 car chassis, there’s no limit to what students are creating inside the University’s makerspace.

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Alumni & Friends

Avery Willis Hoffman on finding creativity in ‘the space between’

June 21, 2023

With expanded Brown Arts Institute programming, the opening of the donor-funded Lindemann Performing Arts Center, and the multi-semester IGNITE series, Brown Arts is about to command the spotlight on campus.

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Alumni & Friends

Decoding computer science, the Brown way

June 21, 2023

The influence of computation and data analysis is not slowing down anytime soon. With BrownTogether support, the Department of Computer Science is building on its expertise to make sure society is ready for whatever comes next in technology.

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Alumni & Friends

$25 million from Perelman Family Foundation to establish arts district at Brown

April 18, 2023

The Ronald O. Perelman Arts District will highlight the prominence of arts teaching, scholarship, and performance at Brown.

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Alumni & Friends

Exploring autism through stem cell technology

April 15, 2023

Assistant Professor Sofia B. Lizarraga and her lab are working to translate discoveries at the bench into therapeutic treatments for autism.

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Alumni & Friends

7 Brunonians who are paying it forward

April 13, 2023

From cooking meals for the homeless to advocating for Indigenous sovereignty to feeding the troops in Ukraine, Brown alumni share the ways they’re giving back to their communities.

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Alumni & Friends

5 ways you can be part of Brunonians Pay It Forward Day

April 4, 2023

From social posts to gifs to BearShare, explore how you can get involved and help spread the word about this year's giving day.

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News from Brown

Brown University renames Center for the Study of Slavery and Justice in honor of Ruth J. Simmons

March 30, 2023

In celebration of 10 years of impact and the exceptional generosity of its donors, the center’s new name honors Brown’s president emerita, who sparked a landmark effort to uncover the University’s historical ties to slavery.

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Alumni & Friends

To the friends we made along the way

March 25, 2023

With her generous gift, Tama Greenberg ’74 hopes to honor the life and legacy of her friend and fellow Brunonian, Debi Coleman ’74.

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Alumni & Friends

Want to understand chronic pain? There’s an app for that.

March 25, 2023

Developed by researchers at the Carney Institute for Brain Science, the SOMA app will enable clinicians to improve treatment options for patients.

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Alumni & Friends

Preparing for the worst, informed by the best at Brown’s Pandemic Center

March 25, 2023

As the inaugural director of the Pandemic Center at Brown University’s School of Public Health, Jennifer Nuzzo is positioning Brown to lead the way forward in stopping pandemics and the harms they pose across society.

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Alumni & Friends

Keeping our promise

March 25, 2023

More than 7,000 donors came together to support The Brown Promise— permanently removing loans from all undergraduate, University-packaged financial aid awards.

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Alumni & Friends

Propelled by donor support, The Brown Promise becomes a permanent part of financial aid at Brown

March 23, 2023

Cementing a future that supports students from all income levels, The Brown Promise initiative exceeded its ambitious $120 million fundraising goal to replace loans with scholarships in University financial aid packages.

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Alumni & Friends

Brunonians Pay It Forward Day 2023

March 22, 2023

The Brown community helped raise more than $2.5 million for the Brown Annual Fund.

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Alumni & Friends

The vision and generosity behind Brown’s new LGBTQ+ Center

January 24, 2023

Inspired donors and dedicated staff and students collaborated to create Stonewall House, a new campus space for community care and support that’s already having an impact.

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Alumni & Friends

More than a numbers game: auditing algorithms through an economics lens

December 9, 2022

Algorithms are guiding more decisions in more industries than ever before. In a new workshop supported by the Orlando Bravo Center for Economic Research, scholars and students convened to examine how impartial and effective these calculations really are.

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Alumni & Friends

From scalpels to screenplays: one student’s story of academic exploration

December 9, 2022

Neurosurgery, economics, creative writing: Teidrick J. Banks ’25 wanted to pursue all three. Thanks to financial aid from Brown, he’s doing just that.

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Alumni & Friends

124 and counting: Brown surpasses campaign faculty milestone

December 9, 2022

Through generous gifts to the BrownTogether campaign, donors have established 124 endowed faculty chairs to expand both inspired teaching and research in service to society.

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Alumni & Friends

Why I Love Brown

November 9, 2022

From cherished moments to life-changing experiences, Brunonians share why Brown holds a special place in their hearts.

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