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January 8, 2025
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Faculty at Brown earn prominent awards, distinctions in Fall 2024
In recent months, prestigious national and international organizations recognized Brown faculty for their research, scholarship, humanitarian efforts and leadership.
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2024 Highlights
Need a dose of inspiration? Revisit some of the best stories from 2024 in this roundup.
December 18, 2024
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Brown University men’s rugby team secures collegiate rugby national title
The team clinched its second national championship in Division I National Collegiate Rugby in a nail-biting 23-20 victory over Queens University of Charlotte.
December 13, 2024
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Brown admits 906 early decision students to the undergraduate Class of 2029
Selected from a pool of 5,048 applicants, the accomplished and talented admitted students reflect the University’s ongoing commitment to making a Brown education more accessible.
December 4, 2024
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Investment from Brown to support Rhode Island’s first life sciences startup incubator
Partnering with the Rhode Island Life Science Hub and Ancora L&G, Brown will provide leased space valued at $13 million over 10 years to support Ocean State Labs, a state-of-the-art biotechnology and medical incubator.
December 4, 2024
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Brown leaders outline new initiatives to sustain University’s commitment to diverse student body
The University has developed a set of concrete actions with a focus on recruitment, matriculation and retention of a diverse community of students as integral to its mission of academic excellence.
November 20, 2024
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With one of Rhode Island’s largest solar energy projects online, Brown moves toward net-zero emissions
Brown University is the sole off-taker for the Dry Bridge solar project in North Kingstown, a landmark renewable energy development generating enough power to offset about two-thirds of campus electricity use.
November 16, 2024
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Brown University senior Ariana Palomo named one of nation’s 32 Rhodes Scholars
A concentrator in international and public affairs and Latin American and Caribbean studies, Palomo will pursue a graduate degree at Oxford through one of the most prestigious awards for international study.
November 14, 2024
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Marching to the beat of their own drum: Brown Band celebrates 100 years
To mark the band’s centennial, generations of Brunonians reflect on the harmonious history, quick-witted spirit and enduring traditions of a singular 100-year-old student-led organization.
November 8, 2024
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Veterans Day ceremony at Brown emphasizes significance of service, unity
U.S. Sen. and Army veteran Jack Reed and Class of 2005 alumnus Will Burroughs joined University leaders, student veterans and Brown ROTC students in celebrating the service of the nation’s military members.
October 28, 2024
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Passages: Nobel Prize winner and Brown professor of physics Leon Cooper
The distinguished physicist, who taught at Brown for more than five decades and was awarded the 1972 Nobel Prize in Physics for developing the theory of superconductivity, died on Oct. 23.
October 27, 2024
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Students, loved ones reunite for Family Weekend at Brown
From student performances and athletic events to research forums and WaterFire, Family Weekend offered parents and families a taste of Brown University’s distinct academic and extracurricular life.