Brown University
Latin: Universitas Brunensis
Motto:	In deo speramus (Latin, In God we hope)
Established:	1764
Type:	Private
Endowment:	US $2. Latin ( lingua Latīna, laˈtiːna is an Italic language, historically spoken in Latium and Ancient Rome. A motto (from the Italian word motto, meaning witticism sentence is a phrase meant to formally describe the general motivation or intention of a social group Latin ( lingua Latīna, laˈtiːna is an Italic language, historically spoken in Latium and Ancient Rome. The date of establishment or date of founding of an Institution is the date on which that institution chooses to claim as its starting point Unlike Public universities, private universities generally do not receive direct operational funding from national or subnational governments and thus rely on private A financial endowment is a Transfer of Money or Property donated to an Institution, usually with the stipulation that it be invested The United States dollar ( sign: $; code: USD) is the unit of Currency of the United States; it has also been 8 Billion[1]
President:	Ruth J. Simmons
Faculty:	679 full-time, non-clinical 2,900 total (approx. University president is the title of the highest ranking officer within a University, within university systems that prefer that appellation over other variations such as Ruth J Simmons (born 1945 in Grapeland Texas) is the 18th president of Brown University and the first black president of an Ivy League A faculty is a division within a University. The concept of a university with different faculties for different subjects dates back to Al-Azhar University, which had )
Students:	8,025
Undergraduates:	5,821
Postgraduates:	2,204 (370 medical)
Location:	‎ Providence, Rhode Island, USA
Campus:	Urban 143 acres (579,000 m²)
Colors:	Seal brown, cardinal red, and white
Nickname:	Brown Bears
Athletics:	NCAA Division I Ivy League 37 varsity teams
Website:	www.brown.edu

Brown University is a private university located in Providence, Rhode Island. The word student is etymologically derived through Middle English from the Latin second-type conjugation Verb "studēre" In some Educational systems undergraduate education is Post-secondary education up to the level of a Bachelor's degree. See also Postgraduate Training in Education Postgraduate education (synonymous in North America with graduate education, and sometimes described Rhode Island ( officially named the State of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations, is a state in the New England region of the United States The United States of America —commonly referred to as the The acre is a unit of Area in a number of different systems including the imperial and U School colors are the Colors chosen by a School to represent it on uniforms and other items of identification Seal brown is a Rich dark Brown color resembling the color of the Dyed fur from the Fur seal. Cardinal is a vivid Red, which gets its name from the Cassocks worn by cardinals The family of birds takes its name from the color White is a Color, the perception which is evoked by Light that stimulates all three types of color sensitive Cone cells in the Human eye The athletic nickname, or equivalently athletic moniker, of a University or College within the United States is the name officially adopted by The Brown Bear ( Ursus arctos) is an Omnivorous Mammal of the family Ursidae, distributed across much of northern Eurasia and The National Collegiate Athletic Association ( NCAA, often pronounced "N-C-Double-A" is a voluntary association of about 1200 institutions conferences organizations The Ivy League is an Athletic conference comprising eight private institutions of higher education in the Northeastern United States. A website (alternatively web site or Web site, a back-construction from the Proper noun World Wide Web) is a collection of Web pages Unlike Public universities, private universities generally do not receive direct operational funding from national or subnational governments and thus rely on private A university is an institution of Higher education and Research, which grants Academic degrees in a variety of subjects Rhode Island ( officially named the State of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations, is a state in the New England region of the United States Founded in 1764 as the College of Rhode Island, it is the third-oldest institution of higher education in New England and seventh oldest in the United States. History See also History of New England New England's earliest inhabitants were Algonquian -speaking Native Americans including the The Colonial Colleges are nine institutions of Higher education chartered in the American Colonies before the American Revolution (1775&ndash1783 It is a member of the Ivy League. The Ivy League is an Athletic conference comprising eight private institutions of higher education in the Northeastern United States. Pembroke College, Brown University's all women's college, merged with the College in 1971.

Brown was the first college in the nation to accept students regardless of religious affiliations. ^[2] The school also has the oldest undergraduate engineering program in the Ivy League (1847).

The Brown "New Curriculum," instituted in 1969, eliminates distribution requirements and mandatory A/B/C grades (allowing any course to be taken on a "satisfactory/no credit" basis). Moreover, there are no pluses (+), minuses (-), or grades of D in the grading system.

Since 2001, Brown's current and 18th president has been Ruth J. Simmons, the first African American president and second female president of an Ivy League institution, as well as the first permanent female president of Brown. Ruth J Simmons (born 1945 in Grapeland Texas) is the 18th president of Brown University and the first black president of an Ivy League African Americans or Black Americans are citizens or residents of the United States who have origins in any of the black populations of Africa

The school colors are seal brown, cardinal red, and white. Seal brown is a Rich dark Brown color resembling the color of the Dyed fur from the Fur seal. Cardinal is a vivid Red, which gets its name from the Cassocks worn by cardinals The family of birds takes its name from the color Brown's mascot is the bear^[3] and the varsity sports teams are called the Brown Bears. The term mascot – defined as a term for any person animal or object thought to bring Luck – colloquially includes anything used to represent a group with a common The Brown Bears is a name shared by all sports teams at Brown University, a University located in Providence Rhode Island in the United States The costumed bear mascot named "Bruno" makes appearances at athletic games. The use of a bear as the University's mascot dates back to 1904. People associated with the University are known as Brunonians. The following is a partial list of notable Brown University people, known as Brunonians.

Contents 1 Profile 2 History 2.1 Founding of Brown 2.2 American Revolution 2.3 New Curriculum 2.4 Brown, the Ivy League and slavery 3 Organization 3.1 College and Graduate School 3.2 Watson Institute for International Studies 3.3 Warren Alpert Medical School 3.4 University Library System 3.5 Presidents of Brown University 4 Campus 4.1 Main Campus 4.2 Pembroke Campus 4.3 East Campus 4.4 Other areas 5 Sustainability 6 Boldly Brown 7 Student life 7.1 Atmosphere 7.1.1 Nightlife 7.2 Athletics 7.3 Student groups 7.3.1 Residential / Greek 7.3.2 Secret societies 8 Traditions 8.1 Van Wickle Gates 8.2 Josiah S. Carberry 8.3 Spring Weekend 8.4 Alma Mater 9 Computing projects 10 Notable alumni, faculty and honoris causa laureates 11 See also 11.1 Student organizations 11.1.1 Publications 11.1.2 Fine arts 11.1.3 Other 12 External links 12.1 Official campus maps 13 References

Profile

Admission to Brown is extremely competitive, with an overall admissions rate of 13. 8% for the class of 2010. ^[4] The class of 2011 had an admittance rate of 13. 5%. The regular decision acceptance rate for the Class of 2010 was 12. 6%, and the regular decision acceptance rate of the Class of 2011 was 12. 3%. ^[5][6] The admission rate for the class of 2012 was 13. 3%. Brown does not accept the Common Application. The Common Application (informally known as the Common App) is an undergraduate college admission application that applicants may use to apply to any of

More than one-third of the members of the Class of 2010 scored above 750 on the verbal or math sections of the SAT I: Reasoning Test. ^[7] Approximately 15 percent of the students in the Class of 2010 graduated number one or number two in their high school classes. Students come from all 50 states, as well as 62 countries. ^[7]

Brown has recently adopted a brand new financial aid policy which eliminates loans for all students whose family incomes are under $100,000. Furthermore, Brown has also eliminated all parental contributions for families whose incomes fall under $60,000. ^[8] The program allocates approximately $70 million towards financial aid.

In the 2008 U.S. News & World Report college rankings, Brown ranked fourteenth in the nation among "National Universities" (tied with Johns Hopkins University and Northwestern University). USNews & World Report is an influential weekly American Newsmagazine published in Washington D In Higher education, college and university rankings are listings of Universities and Liberal arts colleges in an order determined by any combination of The 2008 U. S. News Rankings rate Brown as the seventh most selective college in the country. In 1995, US News & World Report ranked Brown second in the country in excellence in undergraduate teaching. ^[9]

According to a study entitled "Revealed Preference Ranking," published in December 2005 by the National Bureau of Economic Research, Brown ranks seventh in the country when students are choosing which of the schools to which they are admitted to attend. Brown ranks fifth when the Revealed Preference Ranking method focuses on students interested in humanities and social studies and seventh for students interested in the sciences and mathematics. A notable fact is that Brown ranks ahead of all the Ivy League schools other than Harvard, Yale, and Princeton. ^[10]

Brown participates in the National Association of Independent Colleges and Universities (NAICU)'s University and College Accountability Network (U-CAN). Founded in 1976 the National Association of Independent Colleges and Universities (NAICU is an organization of private US colleges and universities

According to a 2007 Princeton Review survey of colleges, Brown is the fourth most selective college in America, and Brown's students are the happiest.

92 to 95% of Brown students are admitted to one of their top three law school choices. For business schools the figure is nearly 100%. Finally, Brown consistently ranks in the top 5 colleges in the country in terms of the percentage of students accepted into medical school. ^[7]

History

Founding of Brown

In 1763, James Manning, a Baptist minister, was sent to Rhode Island by the Philadelphia Association of Baptist Churches in order to found a college. James Manning ( October 22, 1738 &ndash July 29, 1791) was an American Baptist minister and educator from Providence Rhode Island ( officially named the State of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations, is a state in the New England region of the United States Baptist is a term describing individuals belonging to a Baptist church or a Baptist denomination. At the same time, local Congregationalists, led by Ezra Stiles, were working toward a similar end. Congregational churches are Protestant Christian churches practicing Congregationalist church governance, in which each congregation independently The Rev Ezra Stiles ( November 29, 1727 - May 12, 1795) was a Congregational clergyman Theologian and president of On March 3, 1764, a charter was filed to create the College of Rhode Island in Warren, Rhode Island, reflecting the work of both Stiles and Manning. Events 1284 - Statute of Rhuddlan incorporated the Principality of Wales into England 1575 - Indian Year 1764 ( MDCCLXIV) was a Leap year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Warren is a town in Bristol County, Rhode Island, United States.

The charter had more than sixty signatories, including John and Nicholas Brown of the Brown family, who would give the College its modern name. John Brown (1736&ndash1803 was an American merchant and statesman from Providence Rhode Island and founder of Brown University. Nicholas Brown Jr (1769-1841 was a Providence Rhode Island businessman and philanthropist The college's mission, the charter stated, was to prepare students "for discharging the Offices of Life" by providing instruction "in the Vernacular Learned Languages, and in the liberal Arts and Sciences. "^[11] The charter's language has long been interpreted by the university as discouraging the founding of a business school or law school. A business school is a university-level institution that confers degrees in Business Administration A law school (also known as a school of law or college of law) is an institution specializing in Legal education. Brown continues to be one of only two Ivy League colleges with neither a business school nor a law school (the other being Princeton). Princeton University is a private Coeducational research university located in Princeton, New Jersey.

The charter required that the makeup of the board of thirty-six trustees include twenty-two Baptists, five Friends, four Congregationalists, and five Episcopalians, and by twelve Fellows, of whom eight, including the President, should be Baptists "and the rest indifferently of any or all denominations. Baptist is a term describing individuals belonging to a Baptist church or a Baptist denomination. Congregational churches are Protestant Christian churches practicing Congregationalist church governance, in which each congregation independently The Episcopal Church is the official name of the Province of the Anglican Communion in the United States. Baptist is a term describing individuals belonging to a Baptist church or a Baptist denomination. " It specified that "into this liberal and catholic institution shall never be admitted any religious tests, but on the contrary, all the members hereof shall forever enjoy full, free, absolute, and uninterrupted liberty of conscience. " One of the Baptist founders, John Gano, had also been the founding minister of the First Baptist Church in the City of New York. The First Baptist Church in the City of New York is a Christian congregation based in a sanctuary built in 1891 at the intersection of Broadway and West The Encyclopedia Britannica Eleventh Edition remarks that "At the time it was framed the charter was considered extraordinarily liberal" and that "the government has always been largely non-sectarian in spirit. The Encyclopædia Britannica Eleventh Edition (1910–1911 is a 29-volume reference work that marked the beginning of the Encyclopædia Britannica Liberalism is a broad array of related ideas and theories of Government that consider individual Liberty to be the most important political goal "^[12]

James Manning, the minister sent to Rhode Island by the Baptists, was sworn in as the College's first president in 1765. James Manning ( October 22, 1738 &ndash July 29, 1791) was an American Baptist minister and educator from Providence The College of Rhode Island moved to its present location on College Hill, in the East Side of Providence, in 1770 and construction of the first building, The College Edifice, began. College Hill is a neighborhood in Providence Rhode Island, and one of six neighborhoods comprising the East Side of Providence and part of College Hill Historic This building was renamed University Hall in 1823. The University Hall at Brown University is the oldest building on campus The Brown family — Nicholas, John, Joseph and Moses — were instrumental in the move to Providence, funding and organizing much of the construction of the new buildings. John Brown (1736&ndash1803 was an American merchant and statesman from Providence Rhode Island and founder of Brown University. Moses Brown September 23, 1738 – September 6, 1836, was a New England abolitionist and industrialist who funded the design and construction The family's connection with the college was strong: Joseph Brown became a professor of Physics at the University, and John Brown served as treasurer from 1775 to 1796. John Brown (1736&ndash1803 was an American merchant and statesman from Providence Rhode Island and founder of Brown University. In 1804, a year after John Brown's death, the University was renamed Brown University in honor of John's nephew, Nicholas Brown, Jr., who was a member of the class of 1786 and contributed $5,000 (which, adjusted for inflation, is approximately $61,000 in 2005, though it was 1,000 times the roughly $5 tuition) toward an endowed professorship. Nicholas Brown Jr (1769-1841 was a Providence Rhode Island businessman and philanthropist In economics inflation or price inflation is a rise in the general level of prices of goods and services over a period of time In 1904, the John Carter Brown Library was opened as an independent historical and cultural research center based around the libraries of John Carter Brown and John Nicholas Brown. The John Carter Brown Library is an independently funded research library of the humanities located on the campus of Brown University in Providence Rhode Island. John Carter Brown (1797-1874 was a Book collector whose library formed the basis of the John Carter Brown Library at Brown University.

The Brown family was involved in various business ventures in Rhode Island, including the slave trade; the family itself was divided on the issue. The history of slavery uncovers many different forms of human exploitation across many cultures throughout history John Brown had unapologetically defended slavery, while Moses Brown and Nicholas Brown Jr. Moses Brown September 23, 1738 – September 6, 1836, was a New England abolitionist and industrialist who funded the design and construction were fervent abolitionists. Abolitionism was a political movement of the 18th and 19th century which sought to make Slavery illegal particularly in the United States and British West Indies In recognition of this history, the University established the University Steering Committee on Slavery and Justice in 2003. ^[13]

Brown began to admit women when it established a Women's College in 1891, which was later named Pembroke College. Pembroke College was the coordinate women's college for Brown University in Providence, Rhode Island. "The College" (the undergraduate school) merged with Pembroke College in 1971 and became co-educational.

American Revolution

Stephen Hopkins, Chief Justice and Governor of colonial Rhode Island, was later a Delegate to the Colonial Congress in Albany in 1754 and to the Continental Congress from 1774 to 1776. Stephen Hopkins (March 7 1707 &ndash July 13 1785 was an American political leader from Rhode Island who signed the Declaration of Independence. The Albany Congress, also known as the Albany Conference, was a meeting of representatives of seven of the British North American colonies in 1754 (specifically The Continental Congress was a convention of delegates from the Thirteen Colonies that became the governing body of the United States during the He was a signatory to the United States Declaration of Independence on behalf of the state of Rhode Island. The United States Declaration of Independence is a statement adopted by the Continental Congress on July 4 1776 announcing that the thirteen American colonies then He also served as the first chancellor of Brown (at the time called the College of Rhode Island) from 1764 to 1785. His house is a minor historical site, located just off the main quadrangle at Brown.

James Manning was also a delegate for Rhode Island to the Continental Congress in 1786.

In 1781, allied American and French armies under the command of General George Washington and the Comte de Rochambeau, who led troops sent by King Louis XVI of France, embarked on a 600-mile (970 km) march from Rhode Island to Virginia, where they fought and defeated British forces sent by King George III of the United Kingdom on the Yorktown, Virginia peninsula. George Washington (February 22 1732 December 14 1799 served as the first President of the United States of America (1789&ndash1797 and led the Jean-Baptiste Donatien de Vimeur, Comte de Rochambeau ( July 1, 1725 &ndash May 10, 1807) was a French Louis XVI ( 23 August 1754 – 21 January 1793) Louis-Auguste de France, ruled as King of France and Navarre The Commonwealth of Virginia ( is an American state George III (George William Frederick 4 June 1738 George III's long reign was marked by a series of military conflicts involving his kingdom much of the rest of Europe and places Yorktown is a Census-designated place (CDP in York County, Virginia, United States. The victory ended the major battles of the American Revolutionary War. In this article the inhabitants of the thirteen colonies that supported the American Revolution are primarily referred to as "Americans" with occasional references to "Patriots" Prior to the march, Brown University served as an encampment site for French troops, and the College Edifice, now University Hall, was turned into a military hospital. The University Hall at Brown University is the oldest building on campus ^[14]

New Curriculum

In 1850, Brown President Francis Wayland wrote: "The various courses should be so arranged that, insofar as practicable, every student might study what he chose, all that he chose, and nothing but what he chose. Biography Francis Wayland's father was an Englishman of the same name who was also a Baptist pastor "^[15] The adoption of the New Curriculum in 1969, marking a major change in University's institutional history, was a significant step towards realizing President Wayland's vision. The curriculum was the result of a paper written by Ira Magaziner and Elliot Maxwell entitled "Draft of a Working Paper for Education at Brown University. In formal education a curriculum (plural curricula) is the set of courses and their content offered at a School or University. Ira Magaziner (born November 8 1947) was born in New York City, New York. "^[16] The paper came out of a year-long Group Independent Study Project (GISP) involving 80 students and 15 professors. The group was inspired by student-initiated experimental schools, especially San Francisco State College, and sought ways to improve education for students at Brown. San Francisco State University (informally referred to as San Francisco State, SF State, State and SFSU) is a public University The philosophy they formed sought to "put students at the center of their education" and to "teach students how to think rather than just teaching facts. "^[17]

The paper made a number of suggestions for improving education at Brown, including a new kind of interdisciplinary freshman course that would introduce new modes of inquiry and bring faculty from different fields together. In Academia, Pedagogy, Physical sciences, Earth sciences, Human sciences and Social sciences Their goal was to transform the survey course, which traditionally sought to cover a large amount of basic material, into specialized courses that would introduce the important modes of inquiry used in different disciplines. ^[18]

Following a student rally in support of reform, President Ray Heffner appointed the Special Committee on Curricular Philosophy with the task of developing specific reforms. These reforms, known as the Maeder Report (after the chair of the committee), were then brought to the faculty for a vote. On May 7, 1969, following a marathon meeting with 260 professors present, the New Curriculum was passed. Events 558 - In Constantinople, the dome of the Hagia Sophia collapses Year 1969 ( MCMLXIX) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Its key features included the following:^[17]

• Modes of Thought courses aimed at first-year students
• Interdisciplinary University courses
• Students could elect to take any course Satisfactory/No Credit
• Distribution requirements were dropped
• The University simplified grades to ABC/No Credit, eliminating pluses, minuses and D's. Furthermore, "No Credit" would not appear on external transcripts.

Except for the Modes of Thought courses, a key component of the reforms which have been discontinued, these elements of the New Curriculum are still in place.

Additionally, due to the school's proximity and close partnership with the Rhode Island School of Design (RISD), Brown students have the opportunity to take up to four courses at RISD and have the credit count towards a Brown degree. The Rhode Island School of Design (abbreviated as RISD, pronounced /ˈrɪzdi/ is a Fine arts college located in Providence Rhode Island. Likewise, RISD students can also take courses at Brown. Since the two campuses are effectively adjacent to each other, the two institutions often partner to provide both student bodies with services (such as the local Brown/RISD after-hours and downtown transportation shuttles). ^[19][20] A joint degree program has been announced which would allow students to pursue an A. B. degree at Brown and a B. F. A. degree at RISD simultaneously, taking five years to complete this course of study. ^[21]

As recently as 2006, there has been some debate on reintroducing plus/minus grading to the curriculum. Advocates argue that adding pluses and minuses would reduce grade inflation and allow professors to give more specific grades,^[22] while critics say that this plan would have no effect on grade inflation while increasing unnecessary competition among students and violating the principle of the New Curriculum. ^[23] Ultimately, the addition of pluses and minuses to the grading system was voted down by the College Curriculum Council. ^[24]

The University is currently in the process of broadening and expanding its curricular offerings as part of the "Plan for Academic Enrichment. " The number of faculty has been greatly expanded. Seminars aimed at freshmen have begun to be offered widely by most departments. ^[25]

As a part of the re-accreditation process, Brown University is undergoing an expansive reevaluation of its undergraduate education offerings through the newly appointed Task Force on Undergraduate Education. This Task Force is charged with assessing the areas of general education, concentrations, advising, and pedagogy and assessment. ^[26]

Brown, the Ivy League and slavery

In 2003, 18th Brown University President Ruth J. Simmons appointed the Steering Committee on Slavery and Justice, which included Brown faculty members, undergraduate and graduate students and University administrators. ^[27] This Brown Steering Committee produced the first ever internally produced Ivy League report regarding the commercial ties between the origins of one of the Ivy League institutions and the Triangular Trade in slaves taken from various regions in Africa. The Ivy League is an Athletic conference comprising eight private institutions of higher education in the Northeastern United States. Triangular trade is a historical term indicating Trade between three ports or regions The Report of the Brown University Steering Committee on Slavery and Justice is a historic first for the Ivy League which comprises several member universities whose currently unexamined initial financial endowments were financed in some measure by wealth accumulated through the Triangular Trade. The Ivy League is an Athletic conference comprising eight private institutions of higher education in the Northeastern United States. The carefully researched report offers several recommendations for Brown which are addressed in the official University response. ^[28]

The Report of the Brown University Steering Committee on Slavery and Justice also offers a wealth of historical records and teaching materials^[29] available to the public worldwide regarding an important period in the history of the Ivy League, pre-Revolutionary New England and Triangular Trade contributions to the ascendance of Great Britain's leading universities, including the University of Oxford and the University of Cambridge, prior to the 1807 Act of Parliament which outlawed the use of British ships in any aspect of the slave trade. History See also History of New England New England's earliest inhabitants were Algonquian -speaking Native Americans including the The University of Oxford (informally "Oxford University" or simply "Oxford" located in the city of Oxford, Oxfordshire, England is the The University of Cambridge (often Cambridge University) located in Cambridge, England, is the second-oldest university in the St. John's College, Cambridge has received funding to conduct inquiries similar to those led by the Brown Steering Committee on Slavery and Justice but naturally focused on the benefits flowing from the Triangular Trade which accrued to the British Empire and the United Kingdom's most prestigious institutions of learning, including those of Oxbridge. St John's College, an institution known formally as The Master Fellows and Scholars of the College of St John the Evangelist in the University of Cambridge is a The British Empire was the largest empire in history and for over a century was the foremost global power. The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, commonly known as the United Kingdom, the UK or Britain,is a Sovereign state located Oxbridge was originally a fictional composite of the University of '''Ox'''ford and the University of Cam'''bridge''' in England, and the term is now ^[30] As part of the commemoration of the Bicentenary of the Act of 1807 at Cambridge, President Simmons gave a public lecture at St. The city of Cambridge (ˈkeɪmbrɪdʒ is a university town and the administrative centre of the county of Cambridgeshire, England John's College entitled "Hidden in Plain Sight: Slavery and Justice in Rhode Island. "^[31]

The records are maintained by the Center for Digital Initiatives at Brown. ^[32]

As one feature of the official February 2007 Response of Brown University to the Report of the Steering Committee on Slavery and Justice, President Simmons announced Brown's decision to create a U. S. $10 Million Endowment (£5,043,100. 00; €7,400,000. 00; ¥1,192,950,000. 00) intended to benefit public schools in Providence, Rhode Island in part by funding graduate fellowships in urban education. ^[33] This initiative echoes recommendations of former Brown University president Vartan Gregorian who suggested in several public addresses that the best remedy for the United States in its efforts to address the legacies of slavery and racial discrimination was to redouble commitments to K-12 education nationally. Vartan Gregorian (born April 8, 1934 in Tabriz, Iran) is an American academic currently serving as the President In that spirit, Dr. Simmons noted: "Lack of access to a good education, particularly for urban schoolchildren, is one of the most pervasive and pernicious social problems of our time. Colleges and universities are uniquely able to improve the quality of urban schools. Brown is committed to undertaking that work. "^[34]

Brown's response to the Report of the Steering Committee on Slavery and Justice was published in the year marking the 200th anniversary of the abolition of the slave trade by the British Empire following a lengthy campaign by the Committee for the Abolition of the Slave Trade and the successor Society for the Abolition of the Slave Trade, as reported by the Oxford Today magazine and presented at Rhodes House in Oxford. The Society for effecting the abolition of the slave trade was a British abolitionist group formed on May 22, 1787, when twelve men gathered together at Rhodes House is part of the University of Oxford in England. It is located on the south of South Parks Road in central Oxford, and was built Oxford is currently bidding for the 2010 Wikimania Conference Oxford () is a city, and the County town of Oxfordshire, ^[35]

Organization

College and Graduate School

Main article: College and Graduate School (Brown University)

Further information: Category:Brown University faculty

The College and the Graduate School are by far the largest parts of the school, spanning 100 undergraduate concentrations (majors), over 50 graduate school programs, and offering around 2,000 courses each year. The Sciences Library at Brown University is a 1971 high-rise building in Providence, Rhode Island. The most popular undergraduate concentrations are Biology, History, and International Relations. ^[36] Brown is one of the few schools in the United States with a major in Egyptology available and the only school in the world with a History of Math major. Egyptology (from Egypt and Greek grc -λογία -logia. علم المصريات مصر شناسی is a major field of Archaeology The area of study known as the history of mathematics is primarily an investigation into the origin of new discoveries in Mathematics and to a lesser extent an investigation Undergraduates can also design an independent concentration if the existing standard programs do not fit their interests.

Watson Institute for International Studies

Main article: Watson Institute for International Studies

The Watson Institute for International Studies, usually referred to as the Watson Institute, is a center for the analysis of international issues at Brown University. History The Watson Institute was founded in 1981 as the Center for Foreign Policy Development by Thomas J Its original benefactor was Thomas J. Watson, Jr., former Ambassador to the Soviet Union and president of IBM. Thomas John Watson Jr ( January 14 1914 &ndash December 31 1993) was the president of IBM from 1952 to 1971 and the eldest son of Since 1780 the United States has maintained diplomatic relations with Russia. International Business Machines Corporation abbreviated IBM and nicknamed "Big Blue", is a multinational Computer Technology The Watson Institute is currently led by Dr. Barbara Stallings.

Warren Alpert Medical School

Main article: Alpert Medical School

The University's medical program started in 1811, but the school was suspended by President Wayland in 1827 after the program's faculty declined to live on campus (a new requirement under Wayland). The Warren Alpert Medical School of Brown University (formerly known as Brown Medical School) is the medical school of Brown University. In 1975, the first M. D. degrees from the new Program in Medicine were awarded to a graduating class of 58 students. In 1984, Brown endorsed an eight-year medical program called the Program in Liberal Medical Education (PLME). The Warren Alpert Medical School of Brown University (formerly known as Brown Medical School) is the medical school of Brown University. The majority of openings for the first-year medical school class are reserved for PLME students. Each year, approximately 60 students matriculate into the PLME out of an applicant pool of about 1,600. In 1991, the school was officially renamed the Brown University School of Medicine, then renamed once more as simply "Brown Medical School" in October 2000. ^[37] It is currently ranked 34th among U. S. medical schools according to US News and World Report. USNews & World Report is an influential weekly American Newsmagazine published in Washington D [2]

In addition, Brown offered a joint program with Dartmouth Medical School called the Brown-Dartmouth Medical Program. Dartmouth Medical School ( DMS) is the Medical school of Dartmouth College, located in Hanover New Hampshire, in the United States Approximately 15 students at Dartmouth Medical School enrolled in the program annually, spending the first two basic medical science years at Dartmouth and the next two years in clinical education at Brown, where they received their M. Dartmouth College ( is a private, Coeducational University located in Hanover, New Hampshire, U D. degree. The Brown-Dartmouth program accepted its final class in the fall of 2006, their respective deans stating that the institutions desired to move in their own directions.

Several other admission pathways exist. The Early Identification Program (EIP) encourages Rhode Island residents to pursue careers in medicine by recruiting sophomores from Providence College, Rhode Island College, the University of Rhode Island, and Tougaloo College to BMS. This page refers to a college in Rhode Island. For the college in Manitoba, see Providence College and Theological Seminary. This article is about the current institution that has used this name since 1960 The University of Rhode Island, commonly abbreviated as URI, is the principal public research university in the State of Rhode Island, with its main campus in Tougaloo College is a private co-educational Liberal arts institution of higher education founded in 1869 in Madison County, on the northern edge of Jackson In 2004, the school once again began to accept applications via the "standard route", from pre-medical students at any college or university. For the Class of 2009, nine students were accepted via this route.

Combined degree programs leading to the M. D. /Ph.D., M. "PhD" redirects here for other uses see PhD (disambiguation. D. /M.P.H. and M. The Master of Public Health ( MPH or MPH) is a professional Master's degree awarded for studies in areas related to Public health. D. /M.P.P. degrees are also offered. The Master of Public Policy (MPP, one of several Public policy degrees, is a master's level Professional degree that provides training in Policy

In January 2007, self-made entrepreneur Warren Alpert, having made previous contributions to Harvard Medical School and the Mount Sinai School of Medicine, donated the sum of $100 million to Brown Medical School on behalf of the Warren Alpert Foundation, tying Sidney Frank for the largest single monetary contribution ever made to the University. Harvard Medical School ( HMS) is one of the graduate schools of Harvard University and currently the #1 medical school in America as ranked by U This page is about a medical school in New York For other uses please see Mount Sinai (disambiguation Mount Sinai School of Medicine Sidney E Frank ( October 2, 1919 – January 10, 2006) was an American businessman who became a Billionaire through his In recognition of the gift, the faculty of Brown University approved changing the name of the Brown Medical School to The Warren Alpert Medical School at Brown University. The Warren Alpert Medical School of Brown University (formerly known as Brown Medical School) is the medical school of Brown University. The funds are expected to contribute to the construction of a new, exclusive medical school building, medical student scholarships (through the Warren Alpert Scholars Program), support for biomedical research and faculty recruitment, and new endowed professorships. ^[38]

University Library System

The John Hay Library is the second oldest library on campus. The John Hay Library is the second oldest library on the campus of Brown University in Providence Rhode Island. The John Hay Library is the second oldest library on the campus of Brown University in Providence Rhode Island. It was named for John Hay (Class of 1858), the private secretary and assistant to Abraham Lincoln, at the request of Andrew Carnegie, who contributed half of the $300,000 cost of the building. John Milton Hay ( October 8, 1838 – July 1, 1905) was an American statesman diplomat author journalist and private secretary Abraham Lincoln (February 12 1809 &ndash April 15 1865 the sixteenth President of the United States, successfully led his country through its greatest internal Andrew Carnegie (properly kɑrˈneɪgi but commonly /ˈkɑrnɨgi/ or /kɑrˈnɛgi/ (25 November 1835 – 11 August 1919 was a Scottish -born American Industrialist The United States dollar ( sign: $; code: USD) is the unit of Currency of the United States; it has also been ^[39] Constructed with Vermont white marble in an English Renaissance style, the library was dedicated on November 10, 1910 and had an estimated collection of 300,000 volumes. Vermont ( is a state in the New England region of the northeastern United States of America. Marble is a nonfoliated Metamorphic rock resulting from the Metamorphism of Limestone, composed mostly of Calcite (a crystalline form of The English Renaissance was a cultural and artistic movement in England dating from the early 16th century to the early 17th century Events 1444 - Battle of Varna: The crusading forces of King Vladislaus III of Varna (aka Ulaszlo I of Hungary and Wladyslaw Year 1910 ( MCMX) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link will display calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common year starting ^[40] Amongst other things, the library contains three books bound in human skin. ^[41]

Presidents of Brown University

Main article: Presidents of Brown University

The current president of the University is Ruth J. Simmons. The following is a list of presidents of Brown University. The first president was James Manning, from which Manning Street on campus and Manning Hall are Ruth J Simmons (born 1945 in Grapeland Texas) is the 18th president of Brown University and the first black president of an Ivy League She is the 18th president of Brown University and first black president of an Ivy League institution. According to a November 2007 poll by the Brown Daily Herald, Simmons enjoys a more than 80% approval rating among Brown undergraduates. The Brown Daily Herald is the Student newspaper of Brown University in Providence, Rhode Island. ^[42]

Campus

Brown is the largest institutional landowner in Providence,^[43] with properties in the East Side and the Jewelry District. ^[44] Unlike some other schools, there are also no clear physical landmarks to determine where Brown's campus begins or ends. ^[43]

There is no official designation of different campus areas from the University, but the institution's buildings can be roughly categorized as follows.

Main Campus

Brown's main campus is located atop College Hill, in the East Side, across the Providence River from downtown Providence. College Hill is a neighborhood in Providence Rhode Island, and one of six neighborhoods comprising the East Side of Providence and part of College Hill Historic This is the original site where the University was founded in the 1700s. The main campus consists of 235 buildings and covers 143 acres (0. The following is a list of buildings at Brown University. Six buildings are listed with the United States Department of Interior 's National Register of Historic Places 58 km²). A salient feature of Brown's campus is that many of the academic departments reside in smaller, Victorian-era houses that the University has acquired over the years from the surrounding neighborhood.

The main campus area can be subdivided further into the inner, traditional campus greens and the outer neighborhood. The two greens, the Main Green and Lincoln Field, are large grass fields perpendicular to each other. These two areas contain many of the larger and more traditional academic and dormitory buildings, including University Hall (1770). The University Hall at Brown University is the oldest building on campus This part of the main campus is enclosed by brick and rod iron fence, with the Van Wickle Gates serving as the prominent entrance on College Street. The Van Wickle Gates at Brown University are the ornamental entrance to the main campus area at the corners of College Street and Prospect Street in College Hill. It is this area that is featured in most publications and photographs of Brown's campus.

Outside of the gates, but still considered part of the main campus, are other University buildings and libraries that have been built at Brown over the centuries. This includes the Wriston Quad to the south the Main Green, the John Hay Library and John D. The following is a list of buildings at Brown University. Six buildings are listed with the United States Department of Interior 's National Register of Historic Places The John Hay Library is the second oldest library on the campus of Brown University in Providence Rhode Island. Rockefeller, Jr. Library directly across the street from the Van Wickle Gates, and the Sciences Library and CIT adjacent to the Soldiers Memorial Gate. The Sciences Library at Brown University is a 1971 high-rise building in Providence, Rhode Island. Because this area is not confined by the gates, Brown has been able to acquire larger plots of land and construct much larger buildings as the University has expanded.

Adjacent to Brown's main campus, and further down the Hill to the west by the Providence River, is the campus of the Rhode Island School of Design. The Rhode Island School of Design (abbreviated as RISD, pronounced /ˈrɪzdi/ is a Fine arts college located in Providence Rhode Island. Thayer Street, which runs through Brown's campus, is a commercial district that hosts many restaurants and shops popular with students and faculty from Brown and RISD. Thayer Street in Providence, Rhode Island is a popular destination for students of the area's nearby schools of Brown University and RISD

Pembroke Campus

When Pembroke College merged with Brown in 1971, the campus was absorbed as part of Brown's overall campus. For the most part, the campus is made up of dormitories, although notable exceptions include Alumnae Hall, which houses a dance floor and a small University run diner known as the Gate, and Smith-Buonano hall, host to many classrooms. Furthermore, the campus has its own dining hall, Verney-Woolley Dining Hall, the second of Brown's main dining halls and often considered the superior one. Somewhere between 25 and 30% of the incoming Freshman class lives on Pembroke, though there are also many upperclassmen. The Brown Walk, currently under construction, will, when completed, connect Pembroke Campus to the main campus.

East Campus

The East Campus was originally the main campus location of Brown's former neighbor Bryant College. Bryant University is a four-year highly selective private University located in Smithfield Rhode Island. Brown purchased Bryant's East Side campus in 1969 for $5. 0 million when the latter school was moving to a new location. This added 10 acres of land and additional 26 buildings adjacent to the main campus area.

The area was officially designated the East Campus in 1971.

Other areas

Also on the Hill, but further to the south and away from the main campus area, is Wickenden Street, another commercial district offering restaurants and shops. Wickenden Street in Providence, Rhode Island is a popular destination for students of the area's colleges and schools Brown Stadium, built in 1925 and home to the football team, is located approximately a mile to the northeast of the main campus. More recently, Brown has expanded into the Jewelry District, located in southern downtown Providence, by acquiring and renovating five buildings to serve as administrative and research facilities. Outside of Providence, Brown also owns a 376-acre (1. 52 km²) property, the Mount Hope Grant, in Bristol, which is the setting of the Haffenreffer Museum of Anthropology. Bristol is a town in and the historic County seat of Bristol County, Rhode Island, United States. The Haffenreffer Museum of Anthropology is Brown University 's Anthropology Museum, set within 376 acres (1

Sustainability

Brown University has committed to “minimize its energy use, reduce negative environmental impacts and promote environmental stewardship. ”^[45] The Energy and Environmental Advisory Committee has developed a set of ambitious goals for the university to reduce its carbon emissions and eventually achieve carbon neutrality. The Brown is Green website collects information about Brown’s progress toward greenhouse gas emissions reductions and related campus initiatives like courses, research, projects and student groups. ^[46] Brown received a “B+” on the 2008 College Sustainability Report Card, developed by the Sustainable Endowments Institute. ^[47]

Boldly Brown

Under President Ruth Simmons, the University has launched a Campaign for Academic Enrichment. This campaign consists of re-evaluating the existing curriculum and raising $1. 4 billion for greater academic ambition. The money will be used for academic programs, research, new facilities, biology and medicine, students who need financial assistance, and expanding the faculty and staff. Currently, $1. 17 billion has been raised. ^[48]

Some ongoing projects: [3]

• The Sidney E. Frank Life Sciences Hall (completed Fall 2006)
• The Warren Alpert Medical School (in planning stages)
• The relocation and renovation of the Peter Green House (completed Spring 2008)
• Construction of the new Walk to connect Lincoln Field with the Pembroke Campus (ongoing; completion by 2009)
• A new Campus Center by renovating J. Walter Wilson Lab (will be completed by Fall 2008)
• Renovation of Faunce House (construction scheduled for Fall 2009 through Summer 2010)
• Renovation of Rhode Island Hall to house the Joukowsky Institute for Archaeology and the Ancient World^[49]
• The Nelson Fitness Center (will be completed by 2010)

Student life

Atmosphere

Princeton Review ranks Brown second among all American colleges for "happiest students," losing its previous spot at number one to Whitman College. The Princeton Review (TPR is an American educational preparation company Whitman College is a Co-educational, non-sectarian residential Undergraduate liberal arts college in Walla Walla Washington. ^[50] Brown was recently named "the most fashionable school in the Ivy League" by the fashion trade journal Women's Wear Daily on the basis that students on campus seem to have the strongest sense of personal style. Fashion refers to styles of dress (but can also include cuisine literature art architecture and general comportment that are popular in a culture at any given time ^[51]

Nightlife

Brown is home to an active on-campus nightlife. A wide array of parties take place on the weekends, most of them in dorms and off-campus houses. Some parties, such as SexPowerGod and Starf*ck, are annual occurrences. Both parties were massively scaled back, however, after Bill O'Reilly sent a clothed cameraman into SexPowerGod in Fall 2005 and aired footage of the party on his show, The O'Reilly Factor. William James O'Reilly Jr (born September 10 1949 is an American television / radio host, Author, Syndicated columnist, and The O'Reilly Factor is an American Talk show on the Fox News Channel hosted by commentator Bill O'Reilly, who discusses

Athletics

Main article: Brown Bears

Brown is a member of the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) Division I Ivy League athletic conference. The Brown Bears is a name shared by all sports teams at Brown University, a University located in Providence Rhode Island in the United States The National Collegiate Athletic Association ( NCAA, often pronounced "N-C-Double-A" is a voluntary association of about 1200 institutions conferences organizations Division I (or D-I) is the highest level of intercollegiate athletics sanctioned by the National Collegiate Athletic Association in the United States The Ivy League is an Athletic conference comprising eight private institutions of higher education in the Northeastern United States. It sponsors 37 varsity intercollegiate teams. In the United States and Canada, varsity sports teams are the principal athletic teams representing a College, University, High Its athletics program has been featured in the College Sports Honor Roll as one of the top 20 athletic programs in the country according to U.S. News & World Report. USNews & World Report is an influential weekly American Newsmagazine published in Washington D Brown Women's Rowing Team has won 5 national titles in the last 11 years and Brown Football won the 2005 Ivy League Championships and shared the 1999 Ivy League title with Yale. Brown's Men's Soccer program is consistently ranked in the top 25, has won 18 Ivy League titles overall, and 8 of the last 12 - recent graduates play professionally in Major League Soccer and overseas. Brown's Varsity Equestrian team won the Ivy League Championships for the past two years in a row, and has consistently performed extremely well within the team's zone and region. ^[52] Brown also features several competitive intercollegiate club sports, including its nationally ranked sailing, Taekwondo, Ultimate, and Rugby union teams. Sailing is the art of controlling a Sailing vessel. By changing the Rigging, Rudder and dagger or centre board a Sailor manages the force Taekwondo (Korean태권도thɛʔkwʌndo Englishˈteɪˈkwɒnˈdoʊ is a Korean Martial art and the National sport of South Korea Ultimate (often called Ultimate Frisbee in reference to the trademarked brand name) is a non-contact Team sport played with a 175 gram Flying Overview See also Playing rugby union A rugby union match lasts for 80 minutes (plus stoppage time with a short In 2005, the men's ultimate team, Brownian Motion, won the national championship, and the football team won its first-ever outright Ivy League title. Brownian Motion is the men's Ultimate team at Brown University. Brown's table tennis team finished in first place and were undefeated in the New England division of National College Table Tennis Association (NCTTA) in the 2006-2007 season and earned a spot in the National competition. In 2007, Brown won its first Ivy League baseball championship in school history. In the 2006-2007 season, the Brown Women's Rugby team won the Ivy League championship and currently ranked in the top ten of college teams.

Student groups

There are over 300 registered student organizations on campus with diverse interests. The Student Activities Fair, during the orientation program, is an opportunity for first-years to become acquainted with the wide range of clubs.

Residential / Greek

12. 7% of Brown students are in fraternities or sororities. Fraternities and sororities (from the Latin words la frater and la soror, meaning "brother" and "sister" respectively are fraternal There are eleven residential Greek houses: six all-male fraternities (Alpha Epsilon Pi, Delta Tau, Delta Phi, Theta Delta Chi, Sigma Chi, and Phi Kappa Psi), two sororities (Alpha Chi Omega and Kappa Alpha Theta), one co-ed literary fraternity (St. Anthony Hall), one co-ed fraternity (Zeta Delta Xi), and one co-ed literary society (Alpha Delta Phi). Alpha Epsilon Pi ( ΑΕΠ or AEPi) is the only international Jewish college fraternity in North America, with chapters in the Delta Phi ( ΔΦ) is a fraternity founded in 1827 at Union College in Schenectady New York. History Origins and growth Theta Delta Chi the eleventh oldest of the college fraternities was founded in 1847 at Union College in Schenectady NY by six Sigma Chi ( ΣΧ) is one of the largest and oldest all-male college Greek-letter social fraternities and a Secret society. Phi Kappa Psi (ΦΚΨ Phi Psi is a US national college fraternity. Alpha Chi Omega ( ΑΧΩ, also known as A-Chi-O or Alpha Chi) is a women's fraternity founded on October 15 1885. Kappa Alpha Theta ( ΚΑΘ) is an international women's fraternity founded on January 27, 1870 at DePauw University. St Anthony Hall, also known as Saint Anthony Hall and The Order of St Zeta Delta Xi ("Zete" is a local co-educational fraternity at Brown University in Providence, Rhode Island. The Split Since the 1992 split the Fraternity and the Society are completely separate and independent legal entities with separate governing bodies and are not separate or parallel All recognized Greek letter organizations live on-campus in University-owned dorm housing. Ten of the houses are overseen by the Greek Council and are located on Wriston Quadrangle. St. Anthony Hall, a co-ed fraternity that does not participate in Greek Council, is located in King House. St Anthony Hall, also known as Saint Anthony Hall and The Order of St

An alternative to fraternity life at Brown are the program houses, which are organized around various themes. As with Greek houses, the existing residents of each house take applications from students, usually at the start of the Spring semester. Examples of program houses include: Buxton International House, the Machado French/Spanish House, Art House, Technology House, Harambee House, Culinary Arts (Cooking) House, West House and Interfaith House. French ( français,) is a Romance language spoken around the world by 118 million people as a native language and by about 180 to 260 million people The term interfaith or interfaith dialogue refers to cooperative and positive interaction between people of different religious traditions (ie

Currently, there are three student cooperative houses at Brown. Two of the houses, Watermyn and Finlandia on Waterman Street, are owned by the Brown Association for Cooperative Housing (BACH), an independent non-profit corporation owned and operated by house members. The Brown Association for Cooperative Housing ( BACH) is a 501(c3 non-profit student Housing cooperative located in Providence Rhode Island. Founded by students in 1970, BACH is the only student owned and managed co-op in the nation and is famous for its annual naked party. ^[53]

The third co-op, West House, is located in a Brown-owned house on Brown Street. All three houses also run a vegetarian food co-op for residents and non-residents.

Secret societies

As at most other Ivies, secret societies have existed at Brown since the mid-18th century. They originated as literary clubs and organized disputes among their members, a forensic tradition that continues today in the Brown Debating Union. The Brown Debating Union is a student-run debating organization at Brown University in Providence RI One early literary society was Athenian at Queen's, which was founded in 1776 and later disbanded. ^[54] The Philermenian Society (founded as the Misokosmian Society) arose in 1794. ^[55] In reaction to the Federalist Philermenians, a Democratic-Republican society called the United Brothers Society was formed in 1806. The Federalist Party (or Federal Party) was an American political party in the period 1792 to 1816 with remnants lasting into the 1820s ^[56] In 1824 a third society, the Franklin Society, was formally recognized by the university president, and counted as honorary members Thomas Jefferson, John Quincy Adams, and Henry Clay. The Franklin Society is a Secret society based at Brown University, in Providence Rhode Island, and is one of the oldest student secret societies in the Thomas Jefferson (April 13 1743 – July 4 1826 was the third President of the United States (1801–1809 the principal author of the Declaration of Independence John Quincy Adams (July 11 1767 &ndash February 23 1848 was an American diplomat and politician who served as the sixth President of the United States Henry Clay Sr ( April 12, 1777 &ndash June 29, 1852) was a nineteenth-century American statesman and Orator who ^[57] All of these societies had libraries and meeting rooms on the top floor of Hope College, and few written documents were preserved in order to protect against inter-society espionage. However, by the mid-19th century, these organizations had diminished on account of the growth in the number of Greek letter fraternities. The Greek alphabet (Ελληνικό αλφάβητο is a set of twenty-four letters that has been used to write the Greek language since the late 9th or early Fraternities and sororities (from the Latin words la frater and la soror, meaning "brother" and "sister" respectively are fraternal ^[58]

Traditions

Main article: Brown University traditions

Though the early history of Brown as a men's school includes a number of unusual hazing traditions, the University's present-day traditions tend to be non-violent while maintaining the spirit of zaniness. This follow is the summary of the traditions of Brown University in Providence, Rhode Island Hazing is an often Ritualistic test and a task which may constitute Harassment, Abuse or Humiliation with requirements to perform random often ^[59]

Van Wickle Gates

Main article: Van Wickle Gates

The Van Wickle Gates, dedicated on June 18, 1901, have a pair of center gates and a smaller gate on each side. The Van Wickle Gates at Brown University are the ornamental entrance to the main campus area at the corners of College Street and Prospect Street in College Hill. The Van Wickle Gates at Brown University are the ornamental entrance to the main campus area at the corners of College Street and Prospect Street in College Hill. The Van Wickle Gates at Brown University are the ornamental entrance to the main campus area at the corners of College Street and Prospect Street in College Hill. Events 618 - Coronation of the Chinese governor Li Yuan as Emperor Gaozu of Tang, the new Emperor of China, initiating three centuries Year 1901 ( MCMI) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common year starting The side gates remain open throughout the year, while the center gates remain closed except for two occasions each year. At the beginning of the academic year, the center gates open inward to admit students during Convocation. At the end of the second semester, the gates open outward for the Commencement Day procession. ^[60] A traditional superstition is that students who pass through the gates for a second time before graduation do not graduate.

Josiah S. Carberry

Main article: Josiah S. Carberry

One of Brown's most notable traditions is keeping alive the spirit and accomplishments of Josiah S. Carberry, the fictional Professor of Psychoceramics (the equally fictional study of cracked pots), who was born on a University Hall billboard in 1929. Josiah Stinkney Carberry is a fictional Professor, created as a joke Josiah Stinkney Carberry is a fictional Professor, created as a joke The University Hall at Brown University is the oldest building on campus He is the namesake of "Josiah's", a University-run snackbar. "Josiah" is also the name of the University's electronic library catalog.

According to Encyclopedia Brunoniana, "on Friday, May 13, 1955, an anonymous gift of $101. Encyclopedia Brunoniana is an American reference work by Martha Mitchell covering Brown University. Events 1497 - Pope Alexander VI excommunicates Girolamo Savonarola. Year 1955 ( MCMLV) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link displays the 1955 Gregorian calendar) 01 was received by the University from Professor Carberry to establish the Josiah S. Carberry Fund in memory of his 'future late wife. ' A condition of the gift was that, henceforth, every Friday the 13th would be designated 'Carberry Day,' and on that day friends of the University would deposit their loose change in brown jugs to augment the fund, which is used to purchase 'such books as Professor Carberry might or might not approve of. '" Students have followed this tradition ever since, and the fund currently has over $10,000 in it. ^[61]

"Professor Carberry has been the subject of articles in a number of periodicals, including the New York Times, which proclaimed him 'The World’s Greatest Traveler' on the front page of its Sunday travel section in 1974, and in Yankee magazine, where he was 'The Absent-Bodied Professor' in 1975. A recent honor which came to Professor Carberry was the award to him of an Ig Nobel Prize at the First Annual Ig Nobel Prize Ceremony in 1991. The Ig Nobel Prizes are a Parody of the Nobel Prizes and are given each year in early October — around the time the recipients of the genuine Nobel Prizes are At this event sponsored by M.I.T. and the Journal of Irreproducible Results, Carberry, the 1991 Ig Nobel Interdisciplinary Research Prize laureate, was cited as 'bold explorer and eclectic seeker of knowledge, for his pioneering work in the field of psychoceramics, the study of cracked pots. The Journal of Irreproducible Results ( JIR) is a magazine of science humor '"^[62]

Spring Weekend

Main article: Spring Weekend

Starting in 1950, Brown replaced the traditional Junior Week and Junior Prom, which were discontinued during World War II, with Spring Weekend, which featured athletic contests and dances. This follow is the summary of the traditions of Brown University in Providence, Rhode Island World War II, or the Second World War, (often abbreviated WWII) was a global military conflict which involved a majority of the world's nations, including Concerts featuring invited performers began in 1960, including Bob Dylan, Janis Joplin, and James Brown. Bob Dylan (born Robert Zimmerman, May 24 1941 in Duluth, Minnesota) is an American singer-songwriter author poet and painter who has been a major Janis Lyn Joplin ( January 19, 1943  – October 4, 1970) was an American singer songwriter and music arranger from James Joseph Brown Jr (May 3 1933 – December 25 2006 commonly referred to as "The Godfather of Soul" the "King of Funk" and "The ^{[63] [64]} Spring Weekend 2008 featured Lupe Fiasco, M.I.A., Girl Talk, Vampire Weekend, and Umphrey's McGee. Wasalu Muhammad Jaco (born February 16 1982 better known by his Stage name Lupe Fiasco, is a Grammy -winning American rapper. Mathangi "Maya" Arulpragasam (born July 17 1977 better known by her Stage name M Vampire Weekend is an Indie rock band from New York, formed in 2006 and signed to XL Recordings. Umphrey's McGee is an American Progressive rock / Jam band from Chicago Illinois (now residing in the Chicago area whose music is often referred to

Alma Mater

Main article: Brown University Alma Mater

The "Alma Mater" was written by James Andrews DeWolf (Class of 1861) in 1860, who named it "Old Brown" and set it to the tune of "Araby's Daughter" (which was later known as "The Old Oaken Bucket"). Brown University traditions hold that two songs are sung public events and gatherings related to the University Events March 16 - Marriage of Gioacchino Rossini and Spanish soprano Isabella Colbran. Samuel Woodworth ( January 13, 1784, Scituate Massachusetts – December 9, 1842, New York City) was an American The song was renamed "Alma Mater", after the incipit, in 1869. The incipit of a text such as a Poem, Song, or Book, is its first few words or opening line ^[65] It is sung and played after varsity athletic victories and at formal events such as Convocation and Commencement.

Computing projects

Several projects of note involving hypertext and other forms of electronic text have been developed at Brown, including:

• FRESS
• Brown University Interactive Language (BRUIN)
• Hypertext Editing System
• Women Writers Project

In addition, the Computer Science department at Brown is home to The CAVE, part of the Thomas J. For the English word "fress" derived from Yiddish see List of English words of Yiddish origin. Brown University Interactive Language (BRUIN was an introductory Programming language developed at Brown University in the late 1960s This article is about the computer technology See HES (disambiguation for other uses A Cave Automatic Virtual Environment (better known by the Recursive acronym CAVE) is an Immersive Virtual reality environment where projectors Watson, Sr. Center for Information Technology. This project is a complete virtual reality room, one of few in the world, and is used for everything from three-dimensional drawing classes to tours of the circulatory system for medical students. Virtual reality ( VR) is a technology which allows a user to interact with a Computer-simulated environment be it a real or imagined one This is an article about the rock music band "Circulatory System"

In 2000, a group of students from the university's Technology House converted the south side of the Sciences Library into a giant video display which allowed bystanders to play Tetris, the largest of its kind ever in the Western Hemisphere. Tetris (Тетрис is a Video puzzle game originally designed and programmed by Alexey Pajitnov in June 1985 while working for the Dorodnicyn Constructed from eleven custom-built circuit boards, a twelve-story data network, a personal computer running Linux, a radio-frequency video game controller, and over 10,000 Christmas lights, the project was named La Bastille and could be seen for several miles. A personal computer ( PC) is any Computer whose original sales price size and capabilities make it useful for individuals and which is intended to be operated Linux (commonly pronounced ˈlɪnəks ^[66][67]

Notable alumni, faculty and honoris causa laureates

Main article: List of Brown University people

See also

• List of Brown University buildings
• List of Brown University statues
• Alpert Medical School
• Program in Liberal Medical Education
• Watson Institute for International Studies
• Haffenreffer Museum of Anthropology
• Brown Stadium
• Ladd Observatory
• Encyclopedia Brunoniana

Student organizations

See also: Category:Brown University organizations

Publications

• Brown Daily Herald
• College Hill Independent
• Critical Review
• Brown Journal of World Affairs
• The Brown Spectator

Fine arts

• Brown University Band
• Brown University Orchestra
• Brown Opera Productions
• Brown Badmaash Dance Company
• Brown Fusion Dance Company

Other

• WBRU
• Undergraduate Council of Students
• Undergraduate Finance Board
• Brown University Mock Trial

External links

• Brown University
• Official Brown athletics site

• Brown University is at coordinates 41°49′34″N 71°24′12″W / 41.826167, -71.403250 (Brown University)Coordinates: 41°49′34″N 71°24′12″W / 41.826167, -71.403250 (Brown University)

Official campus maps

• Welcome Map in PDF or JPEG format
• Visitor Map in PDF format

References

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