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Advancing emergency medicine in Rhode Island and beyond

June 17, 2022

Patients can’t always prepare for a medical emergency. With donor support, Brown’s Department of Emergency Medicine can make sure the physicians who treat them are.

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Promoting health equity, one scholar at a time

June 17, 2022

With BrownTogether support, the Health Equity Scholars program is creating a network of diverse and transformational leaders who will use their training to bring equity and justice to public health.

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Recent Brown alumni, current graduate students awarded 28 Fulbright Scholarships

June 16, 2022

In Fall 2022, 28 awardees of the Fulbright U.S. Student Program will begin teaching assignments or independent research projects in 16 countries across the world.

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Health on a global scale

June 15, 2022

Unlocking innovation to treat vulnerable populations around the world

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A one-of-a-kind Reunion on College Hill

June 14, 2022

For the first time since 2019, a record-breaking 6,400+ Brunonians gathered for a historic Reunion Weekend May 27-29, 2022.

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WATCH | Changing an Industry: Women in Television, Film, and Media

June 9, 2022

Notable alumnae in the entertainment industry give Brunonians a behind-the-scenes look at their careers.

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“The greatest love I've ever known”: VyVy Trinh ’11 MD’17 on purpose, teaching, and social change

June 9, 2022

When Trinh started medical school, she felt a commitment to make a better world. She found an outlet for that purpose in an innovative tutoring program, BRYTE, that would also end up changing her own world.

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News from Brown

Grant to support Brown-led global oral history project on slavery’s legacy

June 6, 2022

With support from a $1.25 million grant from the Abrams Foundation, scholars at Brown are working with partners to collect personal stories that reveal how slavery and colonialism shaped societies across the globe.

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$25 million gift from Shoman family advances Brown’s goal for need-blind international admission

June 1, 2022

The largest gift for international financial aid in University history, from alumni Aysha and Omar Shoman, will expand Brown’s ability to educate the most exceptional international students from all socioeconomic groups.

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Brown Corporation elects two new fellows, eight trustees

June 1, 2022

Brown’s governing body elected each new member based on their commitment to the University and its mission of education and research.

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With advice from Pelosi, Paxson and peers, Brown’s Class of 2022 celebrates Commencement

May 29, 2022

A weekend packed with graduation ceremonies and alumni reunions offered a return to normalcy and a chance to experience Commencement and Reunion in-person, for both first-timers and graduates from across generations.

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Two years later, Class of 2020 undergraduate alumni reunite for ceremony, spirited celebrations

May 28, 2022

Brown University welcomed back its 2020 graduates, who missed their in-person Commencement when COVID-19 arrived their senior year, for the full, traditional experience of Commencement and Reunion Weekend.

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Brown unveils name of new performing arts center

May 25, 2022

Named in recognition of a generous gift from Frayda Lindemann and to honor her late husband George Lindemann Sr., The Lindemann Performing Arts Center is set to open its doors in 2023

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5 Questions for a Brunonian: Recent Grad and Engineer Matt Lo ’18 ScM’19

May 24, 2022

Supportive parents and a balanced life are keys to success, according to this product engineer, entrepreneur, and Knead doughnut aficionado.

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Reimagining history through radical art

May 18, 2022

The Haus of Glitter—including Matt Garza ’11, Abbi Page ’22, and Becky Bass ’13—are making change through the power of performance.

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The enduring legacy of the Royce Fellowship

May 18, 2022

Since 1996, the Royce Fellowship has empowered Brown students to pursue independent research projects of their own design.

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#BrownReunion 2022

May 16, 2022

Reunion Weekend is back! For the first time since 2019, Brown alumni are getting ready to make new memories in the place where it all began.

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Celebrating 50 years of medicine at Brown, by honoring the past and embracing the future

April 30, 2022

Members of the Warren Alpert Medical School community, including graduates from classes ranging from 1972 to 2022, gathered to commemorate the history and look to the future of Rhode Island’s first and only medical school.

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5 Questions for a Brunonian: BULAC President & Librarian Araceli Méndez Hintermeister ’12

April 28, 2022

By helping educators access crucial information resources, Hintermeister taps into passions she discovered as a Brown undergrad: sharing knowledge and giving back.

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5 ways you can pay it forward this giving day

April 14, 2022

Want to help make this Brunonians Pay It Forward Day our biggest yet? Here’s how you can get involved and spread the word about this giving day.

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News from Brown

New Kessler Scholars Program at Brown will expand support for first-gen, low-income students

April 12, 2022

Building on the success of the University’s existing FLiSP program, a new five-year, $1 million grant will create the Kessler Scholars Program, a cohort-based model that bolsters support for first-generation, low-income students.

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Examining the Evolution of Women at Brown

April 11, 2022

A unique online networking opportunity and discussion brought together Brunonians from around the world for an evening of insight and connection.

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Brunonians Pay It Forward Day 2022

April 3, 2022

This year’s giving day saw the Brown community help raise more than $2.6 million for the Brown Annual Fund.

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Brown admits 2,546 students to the undergraduate Class of 2026

March 31, 2022

The University offered admission on Thursday, March 31, to prospective members of next year’s incoming class, who were selected from Brown’s largest applicant pool to date.

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5 Questions for a Brunonian: Film Exec Nina Jacobson ’87, P’23

March 29, 2022

A lifelong commitment to creative storytelling—and a desire for equal representation in the film industry—has shaped the successful Hollywood career of this former semiotics concentrator.

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Upping our game

March 25, 2022

BrownTogether has already helped elevate Brown’s Division of Athletics and Recreation. M. Grace Calhoun ’92, the division’s new vice president, is determined to keep the momentum going.

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What’s next for BrownTogether?

March 25, 2022

We’re now heading toward $4 billion. See where the next phase of BrownTogether will take us.

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One campus, a world of possibilities

March 25, 2022

With further investments in financial aid, BrownTogether aims to make need-blind admission for international students a reality.

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Anticipation, joy, relief. Match Day is in the books!

March 21, 2022

Members of Brown’s MD Class of 2022 celebrated the start of the next phase of their medical careers as they discovered where they have been matched for residencies.

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10 alumnae bring Brown women’s history to life

March 18, 2022

Tap into the rich history of women at Brown through these fascinating excerpts selected from the Pembroke Center’s Oral History Project.

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News from Brown

President Biden appoints Dr. Ashish K. Jha to White House role to lead nation’s COVID-19 response

March 17, 2022

The dean of Brown’s School of Public Health, a globally recognized expert on pandemic preparedness and response, will take leave for a temporary assignment to serve in the critical federal government role.

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News from Brown

University to celebrate impact, history of ‘50 Years of Medicine at Brown’

March 15, 2022

A kickoff event on Friday, April 29, will begin a 15-month celebration of the Warren Alpert Medical School’s evolution and its plans for the future.

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Class of 2009 graduate Zack Langway to lead alumni relations at Brown

March 8, 2022

With professional accomplishments in community building and more than a decade of volunteer leadership with Brown, Langway will return to College Hill to lead efforts to cultivate and sustain strong alumni relationships.

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Jennifer Gomez ’08: Founder and Tech Entrepreneur

March 4, 2022

In this episode of the Women’s Voices Amplified podcast, Gomez discusses her unintentional path to leadership, being the only woman of color in certain spaces, trusting herself fully, and the importance of community.

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$4B: BrownTogether campaign extended

March 1, 2022

With its new $4 billion goal, the campaign will continue through 2024—raising funds for research and teaching in medicine, public health, engineering and the arts, as well as student financial aid, career services and Brown Athletics.

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News from Brown

Brown is nation’s top Fulbright-producing university, U.S. State Department data shows

February 28, 2022

With 29 grants offered to students and recent alumni for the 2021-22 academic year, Brown earned the No. 1 spot as the country’s top producer of Fulbright winners, marking the fourth time the University earned the distinction.

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Brown launches online-only master’s degree in public health

February 23, 2022

An innovative new version of Brown’s MPH program, delivered exclusively online, will expand access to top public health education for learners nationally and around the world.

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$10 million gift from Reed Hastings, Patty Quillin to bolster 58-year-old Brown-Tougaloo Partnership

February 21, 2022

The generous gift from Netflix CEO Reed Hastings and producer Patty Quillin will provide much-needed financial support to students from Tougaloo College, an HBCU in Mississippi, including many who come to Brown.

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Caring for women both near and far

February 14, 2022

Dr. Methodius Tuuli has been serving as the chair of obstetrics and gynecology at The Warren Alpert Medical School for about a year. He is definitely in the right place at the right time.

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9 Brown love stories that will warm your heart

February 11, 2022

Celebrate true love this Valentine’s Day with sweet stories of Brunonians finding their “one and only” on College Hill.

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5 Questions for a Brunonian: Marketing Maven Ivon Rodriguez ’00 EMBA’16

February 10, 2022

From broadcast media to museums to fintech, Ivon Rodriguez has carried the “think outside the box” approach from Brown into every industry she touches.

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For physics Ph.D. student, exploring the unknown universe and mentoring the next generation

February 7, 2022

An active voice for women in physics, Brown graduate student Farrah Simpson will conduct research related to the Large Hadron Collider, the world’s most powerful particle accelerator, as a 2022 Graduate Scholar at Fermilab.

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WATCH | Empowering Change: An Evening of Conversation & Learning with Professors Bogues, Rose & Provost Locke

February 7, 2022

At this special event, leading Brown scholars illuminated their work and fielded questions from the alumni community about the persistence of racial inequality and the legacies of slavery.

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Faculty at Brown earn prestigious awards, distinctions

January 27, 2022

From late 2020 to early 2022, many of Brown’s faculty received prominent awards, fellowships and other recognition for their path-breaking scholarship and bold ideas.

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To research addiction, Brown senior Eve Glenn is combining empathy with cutting-edge brain science

January 25, 2022

After witnessing challenges faced by childhood friends, Glenn is researching the neurobiological underpinnings of alcohol and substance abuse disorders with the goal of enabling more effective treatments.

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The best medicine? Paying it forward

January 13, 2022

Through their volunteer work, Brown medical alumni are giving back to where it all began and supporting the next generation of Brown physicians.

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5 Questions for a Brunonian: Volunteer & Advocate Max Clermont ’11 MPH’12

January 13, 2022

Drawn to public service efforts, Clermont also continues to serve his alma mater as a champion and advocate for Brown’s volunteer efforts.

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News from Brown

Accomplished biomedical engineer, academic leader named Brown School of Engineering dean

January 12, 2022

Tejal Desai, a professor and researcher who has led academic programs at the University of California San Francisco, Boston University and elsewhere, will work to expand collaborative engineering research and teaching.

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News from Brown

The year in stories — 2021

December 16, 2021

At Brown, calendar year 2021 was brimming with breakthroughs, reflections, an unshakeable sense of community and the determination necessary to move forward — here are 21 stories that offer a glimpse at that activity.

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From most diverse applicant pool to date, Brown admits 896 early decision students

December 16, 2021

Selected from a pool of 6,146 applicants, the Class of 2026’s first members reflect the University’s ongoing commitment to making a Brown education more accessible to students from every socioeconomic background.

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