We invite the Brown community and our friends around the world to join together in observing a moment of silence to mark six months since the shooting that occurred on our campus on December 13, 2025.

Brown public health researcher Christopher Whaley testified before Congress on how greater transparency in health care pricing and ownership can help policymakers better understand and address rising health care costs.

With a focus on community connections, resilience and growth, Staff Development Day offered nearly 1,700 Brown staff members a full day of workshops, tours, community engagement opportunities and more.

As Brown moves toward a pledge to achieve net-zero greenhouse gas emissions by 2040, the University will take a major step toward decarbonization and energy resiliency by creating a modern, sustainable thermal energy system on its College Hill campus.

For nearly 40 years at Brown, Gordon S. Wood helped shape the study of early American history through his teaching, mentorship and award-winning scholarship. The Pulitzer Prize-winning historian leaves an extraordinary legacy, influencing generations of students, scholars and readers.

Thanks in part to donations from the Brown community, hundreds of dresses, suits, shoes and accessories found new homes through the Providence Public School District's "Prom for All" initiative, helping local students celebrate prom with confidence and joy.

Brown University researchers have created a previously unseen structural state of matter, capturing an elusive intermediate phase between two of nature's most common crystal arrangements. The discovery offers new insights into how materials transform at the nanoscale.

Brown University’s open sailing team charted a course to a national championship victory, capturing the 2026 College Sailing Open Fleet Race National Championship and reinforcing its place among the nation’s top collegiate sailing programs. 🔗 Read more about the historic win: buff.ly/iz6bfAT

New research by Brown University computer scientists may be a key step in bringing volumetric video — video that can be viewed from virtually any perspective in a 3D scene — to computers and smart televisions.

Nobel Laureate and Brown University physicist Michael Kosterlitz has been elected a Fellow of the Royal Society, joining the ranks of Isaac Newton, Charles Darwin and Albert Einstein in the world’s oldest continuously operating scientific society.

During its annual spring meeting in May, the Corporation of Brown University elected eight new members to its Board of Trustees. Each was invited to serve on Brown’s highest governing body based on their commitment to the University and its mission of education and research.

Founded on the eve of the American Revolution, Brown University (then called Rhode Island College), has been connected to generations whose lives were shaped by military service and sacrifice for more than 250 years.

Relive all the exciting moments from Sunday, May 24, of Brown’s 258th Commencement and Reunion Weekend! Congratulations, #Brown2026! youtu.be/T5W0HAiaiT4

During the University Ceremony held Sunday on the College Green, #Brown2026 graduates Zein Faheem and Caelle Joseph offered reflections and advice in addresses to their peers, family members and friends. buff.ly/WcGsIwU

To be successful and fulfilled, today’s doctors should consider how to heal with grace and humility: That was the message M.D. graduate Meylakh Barshay shared on Sunday, as 145 medical students received their degrees from Brown’s Warren Alpert Medical School. buff.ly/tiZXtsZ

In her address at the College Ceremony on Sunday, Brown University President Christina H. Paxson offered graduates a simple plea: Carry forward the resilience, compassion and sense of community forged during four years at Brown marked by both celebration and tragedy. buff.ly/DfpPhBz

At its 258th Commencement on Sunday, Brown conferred honorary doctorates on six candidates who have achieved great distinction in a variety of fields, including economics, civil rights, artificial intelligence, national security, business and community leadership. www.brown.edu/news/2026-05...

Brown's undergraduate Class of 2026 gathered on the grounds of the First Baptist Church in America on Sunday morning for the College Ceremony, and the conferral of their degrees. Central parts of Brown Commencement have been held at the church since it was built in 1775. #Brown2026

Brown celebrated 182 graduates earning Ph.D.s at the Doctoral Ceremony on Sunday. Student speaker Melanie Ortiz Alvarez de la Campa reflected on community, resilience and the people whose support shapes the futures of #BrownU graduates. #Brown2026 buff.ly/qC5smsl

Rain can’t stop this parade! Despite the damp weather on Sunday morning, the Class of 2026 proudly and joyously joined alumni and other members of the Brown community in participating in the Procession through the Van Wickle Gates. #BrownU #Brown2026 #BrownReunion

Relive the excitement from Friday and Saturday of Brown’s 258th Commencement and Reunion Weekend with highlights from Campus Dance, the Baccalaureate procession, the Master’s Ceremony and more! #Brown2026 #BrownU #BrownReunion www.youtube.com/watch?v=6GwU...

The #Brown2026 Master’s Ceremony on Saturday celebrated more than 1,000 master’s and professional program graduates from 68 different countries, with an address by Master of Science in Healthcare Leadership recipient Kenia T. Collins. buff.ly/OvDdlFB

Award-winning writer and Brown alumna Xochitl Gonzalez described the power of curiosity in her Baccalaureate address to the undergraduate Class of 2026 on Saturday. The service, held at the First Baptist Church in America, honors students’ many spiritual and cultural traditions. buff.ly/hXwOXhf

Last night, alumni, graduating students and guests enjoyed a night of dancing, celebration and revelry at Campus Dance as Brown wrapped up its first day of Commencement and Reunion Weekend. #BrownU #Brown2026 #BrownReunion buff.ly/VJiCZth

Thousands of Brown University graduates from across the generations kicked off Commencement and Reunion Weekend this afternoon. It's good to have you back on campus! 🔗 See more moments from the weekend: www.brown.edu/news/2026-05...

Family, friends, guests and elected officials gathered to celebrate Brown’s military community on Friday, May 22, at the 2026 Graduating Veterans and ROTC Recognition Ceremony, part of Commencement and Reunion Weekend. www.brown.edu/news/2026-05...

On Saturday and Sunday, May 23 and 24, the University will confer a total of 3,288 degrees in all categories — undergraduate, graduate, medical and honorary. #BrownU #Brown2026

Ahead of Commencement and Reunion Weekend, a group of students, faculty and staff planted a garden near Brown’s Engineering Research Center to provide space for community members to reflect on the lives impacted by the Dec. 13, 2025, mass shooting on Brown’s campus. Learn more: buff.ly/E768Bp2

Brown's Commencement and Reunion Weekend is almost here! One of the first signs of the celebration to come? The massive “2026” sign hung carefully above the entrance to Sayles Hall.

What was Brown University like during the U.S. bicentennial? Through a student-led oral history project, current Brown students are interviewing members of the Class of 1976 about what life on College Hill was like during a period marked by major social and political change across the country.

Created by members of the Brown University community, a temporary mural in Barus and Holley offers a space for healing, reflection and recovery following the tragic shooting that took place on Dec. 13, 2025.

Caps, gowns and cameras out can only mean one thing — Brown’s 258th Commencement and Reunion Weekend is almost here! 🎓📸

Dr. Francesca L. Beaudoin, a widely respected epidemiologist, emergency physician and addiction medicine specialist, has been appointed the next dean of @brownpublichealth.bsky.social, effective June 1, 2026.

The countdown is on. 🐻🎉 Brown’s 258th Commencement and Reunion Weekend starts this Friday!

Brown University will award the Susan Colver Rosenberger Medal of Honor — the highest distinction the Brown faculty can bestow — to renowned anthropologist, ethnographic filmmaker and professor emerita Lina Fruzzetti during the University’s 258th Commencement on May 24.

A daylong conference brought scientists from the Department of Energy’s National Laboratories to Brown to explore new collaborations and research pathways for faculty and students.

The juried group exhibition “Point of Entry” showcases sculptures and other works of art created from a beloved elm tree that once shaded Brown’s College Green. Public viewing hours: May 21, from 5 to 8 p.m. at the Lindemann Performing Arts Center.

Brown University researchers have developed genetically modified nematodes that could help scientists screen potential treatments for a rare neurogenetic disorder that currently has no cure.

Announcing a new initiative to increase the number of women in construction, leaders from Building Futures highlighted the higher-than-average proportion of tradeswomen working on Brown’s Danoff Laboratories project.

For Providence high school students in the Brown Collegiate Scholars Program, mentorship is about more than preparing for college — it’s about building confidence, finding connection and having someone who believes in their potential.

A study led by @brownpublichealth.bsky.social researchers found that expanded Medicaid coverage lowered death rates among young adults with kidney failure, suggesting broader health insurance access can significantly improve survival and quality of care for high-risk patients.

Four Brown University undergraduates, a medical student and a Class of 2025 graduate were named among this year’s classes of Goldwater, Oxford-Cambridge and Knight-Hennessy scholars.

During Commencement 2026, Brown University will bestow honorary degrees on a diverse group of leaders in fields ranging from artificial intelligence and national security to civil rights, economics and business.

Award-winning author Xochitl Gonzalez, a member of Brown’s Class of 1999, will deliver the Baccalaureate address when she returns to the University during Commencement and Reunion Weekend 2026. Learn more about Xochitl Gonzalez: buff.ly/uNl62Lk

Fashion@Brown staged its annual show of student-created designs, presented for the first time at Brown’s Lindemann Performing Arts Center. Check out some of the brilliant garments featured in the show. ⬇️

Melvin Rogers, a professor of political science at Brown University, has received a $200,000 fellowship from the Carnegie Corporation of New York to support research examining the intersection of political polarization and democracy in the United States.

In a visit to Brown University organized by the student-led Brown China Summit, renowned cellist Yo-Yo Ma shared how he finds humanity and purpose through music, offering a moving performance and thoughtful reflections during a conversation and audience Q&A.

Brown University senior Olivia Pichardo made history on April 25 when she became the first woman to pitch in an NCAA Division I baseball game — and got the final out in a key 16-4 win for the Bears over Cornell!

Through a self-designed concentration in disability and design, Brown University senior Rishika Kartik brings together her interests in art and robotics — combining science, art and advocacy to explore how design can better reflect the full range of human experience.

At the Warren Alpert Medical School ceremony during Brown University's Commencement and Reunion Weekend, fourth-year medical student Meylakh Barshay hopes to inspire classmates to find strength in community and to fix what they can, no matter how small.