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BROWN UNIVERSITY approved a $1.3 billion consolidated base budget for the 2021 fiscal year. / COURTESY BROWN UNIVERSITY

Brown approves $1.3B base fiscal budget; numbers may change due to...

Coronavirus
PROVIDENCE – Brown University has approved its $1.3 billion consolidated base budget for the 2021 fiscal year, a budget that increases financial support for...
BROWN UNIVERSITY announced Wednesday it is considering multiple scenarios in order to reopen its campus in the fall after closing it this spring due to the COVID-19 pandemic. / COURTESY BROWN UNIVERSITY

Brown announces multiple scenarios to reopen campus in fall; to hold...

Coronavirus
PROVIDENCE – Brown University announced Wednesday a range of scenarios in order to reopen its campus in the fall, as well as moving its...
BRYANT UNIVERSITY announced Thursday that it intends to have campus life return for the 2020 fall semester. / COURTESY BRYANT UNIVERSITY

Bryant intends to have campus life return in the fall

Coronavirus
SMITHFIELD – Bryant University intends to have campus life return for the 2020 fall semester, the school announced Thursday. Bryant's studies are currently being conducted...
CHRISTINA H. PAXSON, president of Brown University, wrote an Op-Ed for the New York Times saying that loss of revenue if colleges do not reopen in the fall would be “catastrophic,” and could force the closure of many institutions. / PBN FILE PHOTO/TRACY JENKINS

Brown president: Reopening colleges should be a priority

Coronavirus
PROVIDENCE (AP) – The president of Brown University says reopening college campuses this fall should be a “national priority” for the well-being of the...
EMPTY CAMPUS: The Memorial Union at the University of Rhode Island in South Kingstown is pictured in the background. URI Provost Daniel DeHayes says the university is expected to issue $8 million in refunds on room and board and had to spend $1 million to transition about 1,800 classes online due to the ­COVID-19 pandemic. / PBN PHOTO/MICHAEL SALERNO

With pandemic losses mounting, local colleges face biggest test

Coronavirus
Rhode Island-based colleges are already feeling the financial strain from the COVID-19 pandemic, with the cancellation of usually profitable events and the loss of...
BROWN UNIVERSITY has incurred a $20 million financial hit due to the COVID-19 pandemic, and school administrators, including President Christina H. Paxson, are taking salary reductions for the next fiscal year. / COURTESY BROWN UNIVERSITY

Brown has seen $20M hit from COVID-19 to date; administrators take...

Coronavirus
PROVIDENCE – Brown University administrators are taking salary reductions in order to limit the significant financial hit the Ivy League university has sustained so...
BROWN UNIVERSITY, pictured, Providence College, Rhode Island School of Design, Rhode Island College and the Community College of Rhode Island are moving curricula to online in the wake of the ongoing COVID-19 outbreak. / COURTESY BROWN UNIVERSITY

More local colleges moving classes online due to virus concerns

Coronavirus
PROVIDENCE – Local colleges are continuing to adjust programming and protocols in order to limit the spread of COVID-19, and following leads of other...

Brown School of Public Health names Harvard administrator as next dean

Health Services
PROVIDENCE – Dr. Ashish K. Jha has been named the next dean of the Brown University School of Public Health. Jha, who currently serves as...
BROWN UNIVERSITY will exit its positions in fossil fuel companies. The university noted it had already exited 90% of its fossil fuel company investments as of March 4. / COURTESY BROWN UNIVERSITY

Brown announces divestments from fossil fuel companies

Education
PROVIDENCE – Brown University has divested 90% of its endowment investments in fossil fuel companies, with plans to eventually exit its positions in fossil...
DR. ASHISH K. JHA has been named the new dean of the Brown University School of Public Health. / COURTESY BROWN UNIVERSITY

Jha named new Brown School of Public Health dean

Education
PROVIDENCE – The current faculty director of the Harvard Global Health Institute has been appointed as the new leader for the Brown University School...
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