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WEBBy Ciara Meyer and Sophia Wotman | September 24. On Tuesday evening, about 100 community and student activists — including approximately 50 Brown students led by the Brown Divest Coalition — gathered in front of Senator Jack Reed’s (D-RI) office to support Lebanon following recent Israeli military attacks on the country to target ...
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WEBSep 23, 2021 · Serving the Brown community since 1891. The Brown Daily Herald, Inc. is a financially independent, nonprofit media organization with more than 250 students working across our journalism, business and web divisions to bring you The Brown Daily Herald and Post- Magazine.The Herald has served as the daily newspaper of record for the Brown community since 1891.
Brown admits 14.4% of early decision applicants to class of 2028
WEBDec 15, 2023 · This year’s early decision admitted cohort is the largest in the University’s history. With an acceptance rate of 14.4%, this early decision cycle was the second-most selective in Brown’s history. Applicants to the class of 2028 are among the country’s first to be considered under a new application review process developed after the ...
Before we were bears: A 115-year history of Brown's mascot
WEBMay 24, 2019 · At a match-up against Dartmouth in 1905, a live bear was first introduced to rouse crowds and cheer on the football team. This live bear tradition continued well into the 20th century. “Our bear was probably the most famous mascot in the country,” Mackie said. “Especially in the 30s, (the live bear) was a nationally known thing.”.
Brown rises to No. 9 in U.S. News and World Report Rankings: …
WEBSep 19, 2023 · With a greater emphasis than U.S. News on salary, net attendance price and graduation rates, the Wall Street Journal ranked Brown as 67th, below the rest of the Ivy League colleges — after it ranked Brown sixth in 2022.. This year, WSJ rankings increasingly factored in salaries after graduation — which Clark said may have come from a mix of “absolute and relative” measures of student ...
Brown accepts 14.6% of early decision applicants for class of 2026
WEBDec 17, 2021 · Accepting 14.6% of early applicants, the University has set a record for the lowest ever acceptance rate in the early decision program for the fourth year in a row, a trend that began with the class of 2023. Last year, the University accepted 15.9% of early applicants — 885 total — from a pool of 5,540 students.
‘It’s so Brown’: Nudity, controversy, body positivity on campus
WEBOct 14, 2022 · Students pointed to Brown’s liberal-leaning tendencies, the freedom and body positivity nudity can bring and the general prominence of stripping down in college life across the country as reasons nudity has left an impact on College Hill. Historically, nudity on campus has sparked conservative criticism and discomfort, but many students said ...
Brown University to reinstate standardized test requirements for ...
WEBMar 5, 2024 · Serving the Brown community since 1891. The committee — comprising faculty, administrators and members of the Corporation, the University’s highest governing body — was formed in September in the wake of the Supreme Court’s decision to restrict race conscious admission policies.. Paxson charged the group with ensuring that the University was upholding its “commitments to academic ...
Students occupying University Hall arrested after sit-in demanding ...
WEBNov 8, 2023 · The Department of Public Safety arrested 20 Jewish students who participated in a sit-in at University Hall Wednesday evening. The students, who entered earlier that afternoon, refused to willingly leave the building until President Christina Paxson P’19 P’MD’20 publicly committed to “include and support a divestment resolution in the next meeting of the Brown Corporation,” the ...
Brown permanently eliminates alumni interviews, introduces …
WEBOct 28, 2022 · Alumni interviews for prospective students will not resume following their suspension at the outset of the COVID-19 pandemic, according to an email from the Office of College Admission sent to alumni on Oct. 11. Applicants will retain the option to submit a two-minute video introduction, the email said. The email additionally stated that the University would establish new approaches to alumni ...