Posts Tagged ‘Brown University’
Stages of Freedom event recognizes Owen Hwang for his thesis on Black student walkout at Brown U.
Stages of Freedom, the award-winning Black non-profit, hosts a special gathering to recognize Owen Hwang on the completion of his senior thesis about the Black student walkout at Brown University in 1968. The thesis has received honors. Hwang’s history explores African American unrest over the Providence Ivy League’s failure to adapt to America’s changing racial…
Read MoreBrown University history curriculum faced anti-Israel claims. Shutters program used in all states.
The Institute for the Study of Global Antisemitism and Policy released a report in March of 2025 uncovering what it says are extensive foreign influence and anti-Israel bias infiltrating the US K-12 classrooms through Brown University’s Choices program. Over 1 million students use this curriculum in all 50 states. The program began nearly 40 years…
Read MoreBrown Univ: Med school DEI dean moves to VP of Campus Life. Admits 2,418 to class ’29.
Patricia Poitevien MD, MSc, FAAP, will replace Interim Vice President for Campus Life, Russell Carey ’91, who was appointed in June 2024 after the death of Eric Estes. Poitevien has served as Senior Associate Dean of Diversity, Equity and Inclusion at Brown’s Warren Alpert Medical School since September of 2024, following Sylvia Carey-Butler. Carey led…
Read MoreUpdate: Brown U advises international community, “postpone, reconsider travel”, after deportation
This article has been updated (in red) at 9:31am, 3/17/25: On the opening page of “Global Education” on the Brown University website it says, “The Brown experience is inherently global in nature. Students and scholars from Brown routinely advance knowledge and understanding on issues of global significance. Members of the Brown community travel across the…
Read MoreUPDATED: Brown, others tell int’l students they “may wish to return” before Inauguration Day
“1,800 of Brown’s students will come to College Hill from countries beyond the United States”, notes Brown University’s Office of Global Engagement. Yesterday, that office at Brown posted a “Winter Break Travel Guidance for International Community”, dated December 3, 2024, on their website. The Guidance (emphasis in bold made by Brown): “As members of our…
Read MoreIt’s a ‘no’ to divestment. Protesters react. Brown University elects 7 to its governing body.
As Brown University summarily refused a student group’s proposal to divest of perceived investments that support Israel, the Corporation has added 7 individuals to its governing body. The October meeting at Brown met with demonstrations from the persistent Brown group, including acts of violence directed at travelers in cars, and in one case, the vehicle…
Read MoreRubik’s Cube of life sciences – David Brussat
by David Brussat, contributing writer, architecture – “Architecture Here and There” Photo: courtesy, David Brussat. Proposed life sciences center in Brown’s Jewelry District campus in Providence. Rendering courtesy Brown University, TenBerke Brown has released the design of its umpteenth medical research center in Providence’s Jewelry District. It looks just like every other building of its…
Read MoreRhode Island Commerce announces new SupplyRI offshore wind Anchor partners
SupplyRI announces 2 new partners to promote local businesses with offshore wind development
Read MoreMental Health Month: ZOOM in for Mindfulness Meditation virtual workshop
mindfulness for mental health
Read MoreWendy Schiller will be interim director of Brown’s Watson Institute – Edward Steinfeld leaves in June
Provost Francis J. Doyle III released a statement regarding the transition in leadership at the Watson Institute – After over eight years of service, Edward Steinfeld will be completing his term as the Howard R. Swearer Director of the Thomas J. Watson Institute for International and Public Affairs, effective June 30, 2024. He will return…
Read More