Brown University
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| Motto | In Deo Speramus (Latin) |
|---|---|
Motto in English | "In God We Hope"[1] |
| Type | Private research university |
| Established | September 15, 1764 |
Academic affiliations | |
| Endowment | $6.6 billion (2023)[2] |
| Budget | $1.28 billion (2023)[3] |
| President | Christina Paxson |
| Provost | Francis J. Doyle III |
Academic staff | 848[4] |
| Students | 10,737[4] |
| Undergraduates | 7,222[4] |
| Postgraduates | 2,920[4] 595 medical students[4] |
| Location | , , United States |
| Campus | Midsize city |
| Other campuses | |
| Newspaper | The Brown Daily Herald |
Sporting affiliations | |
| Mascot | Bruno the Bear |
| Website | www |
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Brown University is an American private research university in Providence, Rhode Island. It is a member of the Ivy League. It was founded in 1764 as the College in the English Colony of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations, early in the reign of King George III (1760–1820) and before American independence from the British Empire. It was founded by the Brown brothers, who were slave traders.[5][6][7][8] Brown is the third oldest institution of higher education in New England and seventh oldest in the United States.[9]
Brown is ranked as the 14th national university behind Princeton, Harvard, Yale, Columbia, Stanford, University of Chicago, Duke, MIT, University of Pennsylvania, Caltech, Dartmouth, Johns Hopkins, and Northwestern. Brown was the first college in the country to accept students of any religion.[10]
It is the second last ranked Ivy League University with Cornell being the last.
Brown University Media
This 1792 engraving is the first published image of Brown. University Hall stands on the right while the President's House sits on the left.
Following the gift of Nicholas Brown Jr. (Class of 1786), the university was renamed in his honor.
Slavery Memorial was designed by Martin Puryear and dedicated in 2014.
The Van Wickle Gates stand at the crest of College Hill
The John Hay Library is home to rare books, special collections, and the university archives.
The John Carter Brown Library is one of the world's leading repositories of books, maps, and manuscripts relating to the colonial Americas.
The galleries of Brown's anthropology museum, the Haffenreffer, are located in Manning Hall.
Three dormitories, Metcalf Hall (1919), Andrews Hall (1947), and Miller Hall (1910), formed the heart of Pembroke College and now serve as freshman residences.
Robinson Hall (1878) was designed by Walker and Gould in the Venetian Gothic style to house Brown's library.
The List Art Center, built 1969–71, designed by Philip Johnson, houses Brown's Department of Visual Art and the David Winton Bell Gallery.
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References
- ↑ "Brown University Admission Facts and Figures". Brown University. Archived from the original on 8 July 2012. Retrieved 8 October 2014.
- ↑ As of October 18, 2023. "Positive investment return positions Brown endowment to advance support for academic priorities". Brown University. 18 October 2023. Retrieved 18 October 2023.
- ↑ "Brown sees 2.2% increase in net assets, 2.7% return on endowment in 2023 fiscal year". The Brown Daily Herald.
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 4.3 4.4 "Brown at a Glance". Brown University. Retrieved 4 April 2024.
- ↑ "John Brown (1736-1803) Papers". Rhode Island Historical Society Manuscripts Division. 1995. Retrieved 28 January 2015.
- ↑ "John Brown". Gaspee Virtual Archives. April 2013 [originally posted 2003]. Retrieved 28 January 2015.
- ↑ The Charter of Brown University (PDF), Providence, RI: Brown University, 1945, retrieved 27 January 2015
- ↑ "Report of the Brown University Steering Committee on Slavery and Justice" (PDF). Brown University. October 2006. Retrieved 28 January 2015.
- ↑ "Encyclopedia Brunoniana | Bicentennial celebration". Brown University. Retrieved 9 July 2009.
- ↑ "Get to Know Us: Our History". Brown University Admission Office.
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