Brown undergraduate Olivia Pichardo has become the first female athlete in NCAA Division I history to be named to a varsity baseball roster, marking a historic moment for women in sports and a personal milestone enabled by Olivia’s dogged determination.
Brown University
32.5K posts
Brown University
@BrownUniversity
Official X feed for Brown University. 🐻
- “Our world desperately needs you now. We need your new ideas because our old ones have made a big mess of things." –@DaveedDiggs '04
- .@WhiteHouse correspondent @Yamiche Alcindor will deliver Brown’s 2021 Martin Luther King Jr. Lecture, titled “A Legacy of Purpose, Truth and Justice,” on Feb. 25. Join the conversation ⬇️
- .@NASA astronaut and alum Jessica Meir ’99, who is currently orbiting Earth aboard the @Space_Station, will chat live with students and members of the greater Brown community via a video downlink on Thursday, Feb 13. brow.nu/meir1
- Brown University will suspend classes and other University exercises and offer employees a paid holiday on Tuesday, Nov. 3, 2020, as well as all future federal Election Days. brow.nu/election
- President Christina H. Paxson notified the campus community today that Brown will reinstate the varsity status of its men’s track, field and cross country teams.
- After nearly two decades at Brown University as a medical resident, graduate student, professor and academic leader, Dr. Megan L. Ranney (@meganranney) has been named dean of the Yale School of Public Health. @YaleSPH
- Congratulations to first-year student Dhruv Gaur for winning the @Jeopardy College Championship! #GoBruno 🐻 bit.ly/2JeI4Nh
- Brown University has added a provision to its nondiscrimination policy that explicitly prohibits caste oppression, underscoring protections for the University community and calling attention to a subtle, often misunderstood form of structural inequality.
- With a vote by its governing body to accept an advisory committee recommendation, Brown will not divest from 10 companies described in a student-led proposal as facilitating “the Israeli occupation of Palestinian Territory.”
- 3.1415926535897932384626433832795028841971693993751058209749445923078164062862089986280348253421170679821480865132823066470938446095505822317253594081284811174502841027019385211055596446229489549303819644288109756659334461284756482337867831652712019091456485669234603 #HappyPiDay
- On #NationalAstronautDay, we celebrate Jessica Meir ’99, chosen by @NASA in 2013 for the 21st astronaut class. @Astro_Jessica said of her Brown experience: "it provided me with a solid foundation for my STEM career, but perhaps more importantly, taught me how to learn." 📷: NASA
- Brown is out of this world! 🚀@NASA astronaut Jessica Meir ’99 gazes out of the @Space_Station, taking in the view of Earth and perhaps looking for her alma mater 👀, where she will soon be making a virtual visit on Feb. 13. Learn more & tune in: brow.nu/meir-live 📺
- Kim Cobb, an award-winning climate scientist whose research focuses on building capacity for climate solutions, has been appointed director of the Institute at Brown for Environment and Society, effective Friday, July 1. @BrownEnvt
