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Brown Canvas hacked in nationwide cyberattack

Shortly after 4 p.m., Instructure, the parent company of Canvas, was hacked by ShinyHunters, a criminal hacker and extortion group. The Canvas webpage for many schools, including Brown, was placed ...
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GSC elects new executive board at May meeting, three spots left unclaimed

The Graduate Student Council elected its executive board for the 2026-27 school year at its general body meeting on Wednesday. Five positions on the GSC’s 13-member board were claimed in uncontested ...
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Brown U. Health must turn over gender-affirming care records to DOJ, judge rules

Brown University Health must turn over patient and administrative records related to gender-affirming care for minors to the U.S. Department of Justice, a federal judge in Texas ruled Thursday. The ...
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Three students injured in Dec. 13 shooting sue Brown over alleged security failures

Three students who were injured on campus during the Dec. 13 shooting are suing the University in three separate lawsuits over security failures, citing inadequate security measures and a failure to ...
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Herald poll finds nearly one in five Brown students receive accommodations through SAS

More than 18% of students at Brown receive some form of accommodations — including extra time to take exams and for housing — through Student Accessibility Services, according to The Herald’s Spring ...
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Hundreds protest Citizens Bank’s ties to ICE outside shareholder meeting

In front of the Citizens Bank headquarters in downtown Providence, hundreds gathered Thursday morning to protest the bank’s alleged financing of private prison companies operating federal Immigration ...
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‘Man on the Run’ depicts a Paul McCartney as wise as he is wild

Paul McCartney really never left — not in the ’70s and not now. “Man on the Run,” a new documentary directed by Morgan Neville, which Brown recently screened as part of an event at the Veterans ...
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After AI cheating concerns, economics professors see in-person exams as a path forward

Economics Professor Roberto Serrano normally holds in-person exams for his ECON 1170: “Welfare Economics and Social Choice Theory” class, but this semester he decided to assign a take-home, ...
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Gov. Mckee announces distribution of $156 million in grants for rural health care

Earlier this month, Gov. Dan Mckee announced that the federal government awarded $156 million to the state as part of the Rural Health Transformation Program. The grant will be distributed to 13 ...
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Rep. Ro Khanna details taxing billionaires, stance on funding for Israel at Brown talk

U.S. Rep. Ro Khanna (D-CA 17) discussed taxing the wealthy, the government’s role in addressing economic divides and his stance on funding for Israel’s Iron Dome at a Wednesday talk hosted by the ...
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Raye gives pop genre new hope with second studio album

On March 27, British singer-songwriter Raye released her second studio album, “THIS MUSIC MAY CONTAIN HOPE.” Seamlessly blending jazz and alternative pop, the album tells a personal story of ...
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Brown admits 5.35% of applicants to class of 2030

The University admitted 1,674 applicants to the class of 2030 on Thursday evening, bringing the overall acceptance rate to 5.35%. A total of 47,937 prospective students applied to join the incoming ...