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MORE THAN 100 Labor Organization of Community Coordinators AFT/RIFTHP Local 6516 members began an open-ended strike Wednesday at Brown University. / COURTESY JAMES SKRETTA

Brown University community coordinators union on strike over unfair labor practices

PROVIDENCE – More than 130 Labor Organization of Community Coordinators AFT/RIFTHP Local 6516 members began walking the picket line Wednesday morning at Brown University...

Brown University admits 5.2% of applicants for 2028 class

PROVIDENCE – A total of 2,521 prospective students have been offered admission into Brown University for next fall’s entering undergraduate class. The Ivy League institution...
BROWN UNIVERSITY has agreed to pay $19.5 million as part of a settlement agreement over allegations that the university and 16 other higher education institutions took part in reducing financial aid for students. / COURTESY BROWN UNIVERSITY

Brown University to pay $19.5M settlement in price-fixing financial aid lawsuit

PROVIDENCE – Brown University has agreed to pay $19.5 million as part of a settlement in a lawsuit in which the plaintiffs allege that...

20 Brown University students arrested during sit-in protesting war in Gaza

PROVIDENCE – The Providence Police Department on Wednesday arrested 20 Brown University students who were demanding university support for a ceasefire in the Gaza...

Brown’s new performing arts center name sparks outrage among Cambodian Rhode...

PROVIDENCE – A 101,000-square foot building on Angell Street is set to be a jewel in the crown of Brown University’s multibillion-dollar real estate...
SPEAKING OUT: Zainabou Thiam, center, a student at the MET School in Providence, speaks at a rally at Brown University on July 8 organized by the Black Lives Matter Rhode Island political action committee. The rally sought to end legacy admissions and support diversity and equity in universities. 
PBN PHOTO/MICHAEL SALERNO

Diversity advocates take aim at legacy admissions

For Viet Nguyen, a Brown University alumnus and founder of social impact organization EdMobilizer, the U.S. Supreme Court’s recent ban on affirmative action presents...

Tidewater funding woes place Rhode Island FC in home field disadvantage

Rhode Island doesn’t have a full roster of premier sports venues. And with financing woes slowing the $124 million Pawtucket soccer stadium project where the new United...
BROWN UNIVERSITY has received to date $33 million in reimbursements from the U.S. Federal Emergency Management Agency for COVID-19 testing expenses. / 
AP FILE PHOTO/STEVEN SENNE

Local colleges receive millions from FEMA for COVID-19 testing expenses

PROVIDENCE – Local colleges and universities for the better part of the last two years conducted test after test, health screening after health screening...
MARY JO CALLAN will become Brown University's new vice president for community engagement. / COURTESY BROWN UNIVERSITY

Brown University creates new VP position to deepen relationships with city,...

PROVIDENCE – Brown University announced Wednesday that it has established a new cabinet-level position that will lead community engagement strategies and initiatives in order...
BRYANT UNIVERSITY, pictured, along with Providence College will have record first-year enrollments this fall. / COURTESY BRYANT UNIVERSITY

R.I. colleges bucking national enrollment decline trends

PROVIDENCE – Across the country, colleges and universities are seeing fewer and fewer students fill academic halls and dorm rooms over the last few...
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