Come and get your ducks in a row with DJSI! Join us in weekly journaling, discussions, and workshops centering the themes of intentional rest, organization, and building networks of support.
Snacks will be provided, and masks are strongly encouraged!
Join Vice President for Campus Life Patricia Poitevien, MD for office hours, during the Spring 2026 .
Vice President Poitevien’s Office Hours give both students and the Vice President an opportunity to meet and discuss a wide variety of subjects affecting them and the University.
Any student attending office hours must have a valid and current Brown University student ID and are welcome on a first-come, first-served basis. Office hours are on the 2nd and 4th Thursday of the month.
Pre-scheduled appointments are required. Please complete this form and a member of our Campus Life Staff will contact you.
If you have any questions, please email us at: Campus_Life@Brown.edu.
Are you interested in connecting with Brown University faculty, staff, and alumni? Are you curious about what can be learned from women in leadership roles? Please join the Office of Military-Affiliated Students (OMAS) and the Sarah Doyle Center for Women and Gender (SDC) for networking with women leaders across professional sectors.
Engage in interactive speed networking with women leaders from the Brown Community and learn about gender equity across disciplinary fields and careers. Open to all Brown undergraduate, graduate, and medical students. Light refreshments will be provided.
Join Malik Blue, Senior Associate Dean of the College for Study Abroad, and Adeline Wong, Director of Global Partnerships & Programs, for a discussion about how Brown students can integrate study abroad experiences into their time at Brown. During the session, attendees will learn key steps in the study abroad planning process, examples of program options, and the benefits of study abroad.
At Brown, it is important that study abroad is an accessible learning opportunity for all students. This session will also describe how we support students by taking into account their academic needs, personal interests, and identities.
The Trans and Gender Diverse Support Group will be starting on Thursday, January 29th! This group is open to all current Brown students (undergraduate, graduate, and medical students) and is designed to be a supportive space to talk, explore, connect, and simply be present in your gender identity without explanation or fear of judgment.
The group, facilitated by Jayden Thai, Ph.D. (he/him, CAPS) & Caitlin O’Neill (they/them, LGBTQ Center), will meet at Sarah Doyle Center for Women and Gender every Thursday, 12:00-1:00 pm.
Join us in building community, sharing experiences, and supporting one another!
The Trans and Gender Diverse Support Group is open to all current Brown students (undergraduate, graduate, and medical students)!
Contact Jayden_Thai@brown.edu for more information!
Sylvia Rivera (1952-2002) and James Baldwin (1924-1987) were prominent queer and trans activists in the struggle for equal rights and recognition for LGBTQ people of color. In the spirit of Rivera and Baldwin, this support group is a weekly space for undergraduate, graduate, and medical students to discuss intersections of gender, sexuality, race, and wellness. The Rivera-Baldwin Support group meets at Stonewall House (22 Benevolent St.) every Wednesday, 4:00-5:00 pm, beginning on January 28th, 2026.
The group will be co-facilitated by Sarah Doyle Center Assistant Director Madyson Crawford (she/her), LGBTQ Center Director Caitlin O’Neill (they/them), and CAPS Psychotherapist Corey Martin Fitzgerald (he/him). All students are welcome.
This session will provide an overview of how Brown approaches academic rigor alongside care for student well-being. Speakers will review key academic policies and options students may consider early in the semester—including add/drop, grading options, course load considerations, and advising support—while also discussing faculty norms around flexibility and the importance of proactive communication.
The conversation will emphasize what families should realistically expect, how students can navigate academic decisions thoughtfully, and how the University works to maintain consistency while responding to individual needs following the tragic events of December 13.
Vice President for Campus Life and Associate Professor of Pediatrics Patricia Poitevien will moderate the discussion. Ethan Pollock, Dean of the College; Gilda Mossadegh, Deputy Dean of the College for Academic Advising; and Timothy Shiner, Senior Associate Dean of Advising, will share perspectives on academic decision-making, advising resources, and how students can best position themselves for success this spring.
Vice President for Campus Life and Associate Professor of Pediatrics, Patricia Poitevien, will moderate this webinar. Interim Vice President for Public Safety Hugh Clements will provide updates on campus security protocols managed by the Department of Public Safety and Emergency Management (DPSEM). Bryant Ford, Director of Psychological Services, and Lisa Loar, Senior Associate Dean and Director of Student Support Services, will also detail the expanded mental health and holistic support network available to students, including urgent crisis care through Counseling and Psychological Services (CAPS) and Student Support Services (SSS).
In the wake of tragic events, families are often left wondering how to best support their children while navigating their own grief and concern. Join us for a vital conversation with a panel of nationally recognized experts in mental health, trauma and crisis response.
This webinar is designed to provide parents and caregivers with practical strategies for supporting student well-being, identifying signs of distress, and fostering resilience following the tragic events of December 13. Our experts will offer clinical insights and actionable advice on how to guide your family through the recovery process with care and compassion.
Join DJSI for a winter break before winter break! Warm up with hot chocolate and cider, enjoy some snacks, and decorate and fill your own box of cookies!
All undergraduate, graduate, and medical students are welcome!
Join the Gender & Sexuality Peer Counselors and the International Mentoring Program leaders for family-style dinner! Together we will chew on themes of queerness, found family, and navigating home during the holiday season. Through compiling a collective recipe book and discussing memorable meals, we’ll fill our pantries with the ingredients needed for fostering communities of care on campus. All undergraduate, graduate, and medical students are welcome! RSVP here.
Join the SDC Gallery Makerspace Coordinator every other Wednesday for Woven Together, a creative community space. This month’s activity will be embroidery!
Embroidering Our Histories is an opportunity to explore embroidery as a cultural celebration and a form of empowerment for women. By being in community for art-making, people can leave the event with a new skill and a reminder of the power of everyday crafting. This space is open to all Brown undergraduate, graduate, and medical students.
Boo! Join the Disability Justice Student Initiative and LGBTQ Center Graduate Coordinators and let’s paint pumpkins that are scarier than the semester is! Or bring your booooo and start spooky season the right way with a paintbrush and a spiked cider. Meet us at Stonewall House (22 Benevolent St) on October 23rd from 6-8pm to enjoy dinner, paint pumpkins, and build community.
Dinner will be served! Drinks will be offered! Only open to graduate, medical, and professional students.
Join the SDC Gallerymaker Space Coordinator every other Wednesday for Woven Together, a creative community space. This month’s activity will be bracelet-making!
Woven Together is an opportunity to explore various arts through the lens of womanhood. By being part of a community in art-making, people can leave the event with a reminder of their shared time, as well as the history embedded in every thread. This space is open to all Brown Undergraduate, graduate, and medical students.
The Sarah Doyle Center is celebrating our 50th anniversary this year! Join us for an open house to learn more about our center’s resources, meet our staff, and view an exhibition from our archive. Families and students welcome!
Warm up your vocals, set up the stage, and get ready to shine, because we are doing karaoke night! Join the Gender and Sexuality Peer Counselors and DJ Dayglow on Wednesday, October 16th from 6:00 - 8:00PM at Stonewall House for an evening of love, laughter, and lyrics! A delicious taco bar dinner will be served! Request your songs ahead of time using the Song Request Form!
Love music? Love crafts? Come to Stonewall House every Wednesday from 5:30-7:30pm to watch queer Tiny Desk with other avid listeners and engage in journaling, scrapbooking, zine-making, etc! Every week we will be watching and creating something new, so feel free to come in and let your creativity flow! This event is open to everyone (all Brown undergraduate, graduate, and medical students), so tell a friend to tell a friend!!
The Sarah Doyle Center first opened its doors fifty years ago in September 1975. Please join us for an open house to wish the SDC a happy 50th Birthday! Light refreshments will be served and on display is an exhibition from the center’s archive.
Please join us on Wednesday, September 10, from 5pm-7pm at Stonewall House for Game Night!
You will have the opportunity to connect with the Student Accessibility Services (SAS) Peer Mentors and the Disability Justice Student Initiative (DJSI) Coordinators. Food and games will be provided.
Masks are encouraged for this event and will be provided!
Division of Campus Life will recognize the 2025 Joslin Award winners on Friday, May 23rd at 3:00 pm during a ceremony in the Salomon Center for Teaching, DeCiccio Auditorium (Room 101). All are welcome to attend or to attend virtually by watching live on Zoom.
A full list of this year’s recipients can be found using the link below. The Joukowsky Scholar-Athlete Award, the Tow Prize, and the Pilch Friedman Award will also be presented at this ceremony.
Recipients of the Graduate Student Contribution to Community Life Award will be presented earlier in the day at 1:30 pm at the Faculty Club. Please join us in sharing your congratulations with all of the winners and the Class of 2025!
The Pembroke Center Publics Lecture Series
The Panic Defense: How Trans Misogyny Fueled The Rise of The Far Right.
Gillian Branstetter
Monday, Monday, April 14, 2025
4:00 p.m.
Pembroke Hall 305
Over the course of the last decade, few issues have been more galvanizing and unifying for the far-right in the U.S. and abroad than animus and fear toward transgender people. Because trans people threaten a fundamental pillar of nationalist ideologies and reactionary thought–a naturalized gender hierarchy they claim is innate yet in need of a police state to enforce–leaders of the far-right are driven to animate public anxieties against transgender people, enacting policies that police their bodies, their families, and their lives as a means of normalizing their anti-gender panic.
This talk by Gillian Branstetter, a writer and media strategist based in Washington, D.C., will detail how this campaign targeting transgender people escalated over the course of Donald Trump’s rise and return to the U.S. presidency. It will address what all women have at stake in discussions about transgender people’s freedom to determine what’s right for their own bodies and lives. And it will discuss how the principles and lessons of trans feminism can free all of us from the roles we’ve been assigned.
Branstetter is Communications Strategist for the ACLU’s LGBTQ & HIV Project. Formerly of the National Women’s Law Center and the National Center for Transgender Equality, she works with advocates, storytellers, reporters, and artists to fight for a feminist world, one built upon the safety and dignity of queer people. She is an experienced spokesperson and writer featured on CNN, MSNBC, The New York Times, and the Washington Post, as well as a writer and reporter with work in The Atlantic, Newsweek, Out Magazine, Reuters, and her newsletter The Autonomy.
Free and open to the public.
Event accessibility information: To bypass stairs, visitors may enter via the automatic doors at the rear of the building, where there is a wheelchair-accessible elevator.
Co-sponsored by the LGBTQIA+ Thinking Initiative.
You’re a student composer looking to assemble a group of musicians to record a score you’ve written for a friend’s short film. You’ve heard that there are some really talented musicians on campus, you have no idea how to reach them. And even if you did, where would you record? Help!
OR
You’re a faculty member at Brown who plays in a Cape Verdean function band around Providence. The band needs a new percussionist and maybe a couple of backing vocalists. You know that there is a big Cape Verdean community on staff at Brown and you’d love to find out if there are any musicians among them. But you have no idea who to ask. Help!
OR
You’re a staff member at Brown who used to play a lot of old-time music before you moved to Providence, and you’re looking to get back into it. Someone told you about a banjo player who works at the Watson, a sophomore who plays the mandolin, a graduate student who plays upright bass, and a fiddle player who teaches physics. But you’ve never put together a group from scratch before and wouldn’t know where to start. Help!
Join us at MIXDOWN to meet fellow Brown University students, staff, and faculty who are passionate about writing, making, producing, performing, and listening to music. Gatherings will take place twice per semester and include time to make announcements, share RI-based resources, and build connections. Open to all Brown University faculty, staff, and students.
Developed by Elias Muhanna, Associate Professor of Comparative Literature and History, with support from Brown Arts Institute.
Taking as our starting point the changing political and social landscape in the United States, the panel will explore how the elevation of patriarchal and traditional family roles, relationships, and values will affect the hard-fought gains for women, LGBTQIA+ people, and people of color in our country. We envision a conversation that lays out the vulnerable areas where rights are likely to be rolled back, and how this referendum will play out on the ground during the year ahead and beyond.
This virtual program will feature Kate Shaw ’01, Professor of Law, University of Pennsylvania Carey Law School, and Deva Woodly, Professor of Political Science at Brown.
The moderator will be Juliet Hooker, Royce Family Professor of Teaching Excellence in Political Science and Co-Director of the Democracy Project.
This program is sponsored by the Friends of the Pembroke Center.
Co-sponsored by the Sarah Doyle Center for Women and Gender and the Brown Women’s Network.
Free and open to the public. Registration required.
This talk revisits Kimberle Crenshaw’s widely cited essay on “intersectionality” to trace how the term has moved through public discourse in uncharted ways, and how we might reorient our readings of Crenshaw and other Black feminist works towards the planetary challenges of the present moment. Using “intersectionality” to consider how water and oceanic journeys remap racial and gender violence onto Black bodies, this lecture argues for imagining the transnational scope of Black feminist inquiry amidst an age of global catastrophe.
Natassja B. Gunasena is Assistant Professor of International Studies at Trinity College, where her research emphasizes the transnational in African diasporic formations of gender and sexuality. She previously served as the Patricia C. and Charles H. McGill III Visiting Assistant Professor of International Studies at Trinity College. She teaches courses on war and empire, histories of the global south, and queer and feminist perspectives on diaspora and immigration, always drawing attention to the interconnectedness of race, gender, and sexuality. She is currently at work on her manuscript, Cobra Women: Reworking South Asian Femininity in the African Diaspora.
A reception with refreshments will follow the lecture.
This workshop dialogues with Haitian writer Edwidge Danticat’s essay “Create Dangerously: the Immigrant Artist at Work” to uncover the material histories that have shaped and continue to influence our relationship to writing and literature. Reflecting on our positionality as feminists and queer folks/of color, we will consider the stakes of our individual and collective desire to make art amid unthinkable injustice and encroaching repression. Finally, we will envision who and what we are writing towards, and strategize how we give words to livable futures for women and queer people/of color.
Natassja B. Gunasena is Assistant Professor of International Studies at Trinity College, where her research emphasizes the transnational in African diasporic formations of gender and sexuality. She previously served as the Patricia C. and Charles H. McGill III Visiting Assistant Professor of International Studies at Trinity College. She teaches courses on war and empire, histories of the global south, and queer and feminist perspectives on diaspora and immigration, always drawing attention to the interconnectedness of race, gender, and sexuality. She is currently at work on her manuscript, Cobra Women: Reworking South Asian Femininity in the African Diaspora.
This event is open to graduate students and medical students. Registration is required. Dinner will be provided.
Join the Sarah Doyle Center for Women and Gender for a special screening of Saving Face in celebration of Women’s History Month! This groundbreaking romantic comedy-drama explores themes of love, identity, and generational conflict through the lens of a Chinese-American mother and daughter navigating family and cultural expectations.
Following the film, we’ll host a lively discussion on feminism, intersectionality, and media representation, delving into how Saving Face challenges traditional gender roles and amplifies underrepresented voices in film.
This Active Listening workshop for students will introduce participants to the components of active listening, explore the different types of listening, identify what gets in the way of listening, and provide skills for becoming a better listener in a variety of academic and personal contexts.
Please Join the Sarah Doyle Center for Women and Gender as we kick off our month-long programming for Women’s History Month: Memory, Medium, and Myth: Feminist Pedagogies and Praxis.
Stop by the center for refreshments, music, and our annual WHM Calendars to learn more about what we have in store for this year’s Women’s History Month.
Have you ever felt like you aren’t ‘disabled enough’? Have you been told you don’t ‘look disabled’? Did you receive a late diagnosis for your disability? Join DJSI for our first community conversation of the year on February 25th in Sarah Doyle Center from 5:30 PM to 7 PM. Food and community will be served. Masks strongly encouraged.
Sponsored by Watson’s Diversity and Inclusion Committee, this event provides an opportunity for Watson students across disciplines to connect and foster a stronger sense of belonging, with a focus on the experiences of the undocumented, first-generation, and low-income (U-Fli) community. Faculty and staff will also be invited in an effort to strengthen dialogue and understanding around issues facing U-Fli students at Watson.
Kimberly Turner, Postdoctoral Research Fellow in International and Public Affairs
Kimberly Turner is an Assistant Professor of International Affairs and a Postdoctoral Research Fellow in International and Public Affairs at the Watson Institute. She was an International Security postdoctoral fellow at the Belfer Center at Harvard University from 2021-2023. Dr. Turner received her PhD in political science in 2021 from Southern Illinois University, Carbondale. Her research focuses on the causes and outcomes of mass movements. Her methodological work develops new measures of non-violent resistance efficacy, while her substantive work analyzes the linkages between skilled labor’s employment and wage grievance to the onset and outcomes of contentious politics within authoritarian settings. Dr. Turner’s work has been published in the Journal of Peace Research, American Political Science Association, Duck of Minerva, and the Global Post.
Kick off the spring semester with a Disability Justice Student Initiative (DJSI) game night on February 4th from 5-7 PM at Stonewall House! Meet the DJSI coordinators and learn more about the resources and programming we have in store! Whether you’re a card game connoisseur, a Monopoly master, or a Jackbox genius, there’ll be board games, video games, and good vibes galore. Game night food (like chicken tendies :P) will be plentiful. Masks are strongly encouraged and will be provided.
Graduate and medical students are welcome!
The accessible entrance for Stonewall House is located on the Benevolent St. entrance, and all floors are accessible through lift. Please DM us if you have any questions or additional accommodation needs.
In “Hope for Cynics: Discovering Common Ground and Building Cultures of Trust,” Jamil Zaki, professor of psychology at Stanford University, explores how empathy and connection can combat the pervasive cynicism that divides us. Drawing on research in psychology and neuroscience, Zaki demonstrates how we can bridge ideological divides, find shared values and foster trust in an era of fragmentation. He offers practical strategies for cultivating empathy, building stronger relationships and nurturing communities grounded in mutual respect. Zaki provides hope for a more unified, compassionate future.
Following Zaki’s talk, he will engage in conversation and Q&A with Brown University President Christina H. Paxson. This program is sponsored by the Office of the President and the Community Dialogue Project in Campus Life.
The first 100 attendees will receive a complimentary copy of “Hope for Cynics.” Copies will also be available for purchase through the Brown University Bookstore following the event.
Registration is required.
About the Speaker:
Jamil Zaki is a full professor of psychology at Stanford University. He and his team at the Stanford Social Neuroscience Lab study social connection, including empathy, cooperation and trust, and develop tools to help people connect more effectively. In addition to publishing over 100 peer-reviewed articles, Zaki is the author of “Hope for Cynics” and “The War for Kindness.” Zaki received his B.A. in cognitive neuroscience from Boston University and his Ph.D. in psychology from Columbia University and conducted postdoctoral research at the Harvard Center for Brain Science.
About the Community Dialogue Project:
Launched in 2016 by the Division of Campus Life, Brown’s Community Dialogue
Project (CDP) helps students build the confidence, skills, and strategies needed
to productively engage in open inquiry and respectful dialogue. CDP training
modules and resources include training and skill building related to dialogue,
facilitation, and navigating disagreement. Through the CDP, students engage
with the diversity of thought and experiences within and beyond the Brown
community, building relationships across backgrounds, beliefs and viewpoints.
Because dialogue is the life blood of Brown University and core to its academic
mission, Discovery Through Dialogue has invested to expand student
participation and engagement in CDP programming, deepening students’
understanding of the world and its most pressing issues. Learn more: discovery-dialogue.brown.edu.
Students are invited to join Jamil Zaki, Stanford professor of psychology, director of the Stanford Social Neuroscience Lab, and author of Hope for Cynics and The War for Kindness, for a one-hour workshop that dives deeper into insights from his research on social connection. This session will explore how social connection helps prevent depression, how we often underestimate others’ desire for social connection, and interventions that can address disconnection. There will also be discussion relevant to participants’ roles in supporting social connectedness.
This workshop is open to the first 50 registrants.
Staff and faculty are invited to join Jamil Zaki, Stanford professor of psychology, director of the Stanford Social Neuroscience Lab, and author of Hope for Cynics and The War for Kindness, for a one-hour workshop that dives deeper into insights from his research on social connection. This session will explore how social connection helps prevent depression, how we often underestimate others’ desire for social connection, and interventions that can address disconnection. There will also be discussion relevant to participants’ roles in supporting social connectedness.
This workshop is open to the first 50 registrants.
Internationally acclaimed Grammy and Academy Award-winning artist Jon Batiste comes to Brown this January. Fresh off a North American tour for his latest studio album, World Music Radio, which was nominated for six Grammys, including Album of the Year, Batiste will bring his prolific and brilliant musicianship to The Lindemann’s Main Hall for an exclusive Brown-campus-only concert.
Brown University students, faculty, and staff are welcome to enter to receive two (2) tickets (one pair) to the Jon Batiste performance on Saturday, January 25, 2024, at 7:00 PM. Submissions must include a Brown University email address.
Welcome back, Brunonians Living Off Campus! Please join us for a low key launch of the new semester. Lunch is on us! Spend time with Dr. Ryan Solomon from Brown’s Community Dialogue Project as we examine some of the dynamics of resident neighbors and student living off campus and ways that perspective-taking might help mitigate potential conflict.
Join the Sarah Doyle Center and Stonewall House on MLK Day to honor Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.’s vision of the Beloved Community—a society rooted in love, justice, and equality. Stop by both centers between 12-2 p.m. for warm beverages and delicious treats! This relaxed gathering offers a space for students to reflect on the values of unity and service, and set an inspiring tone for the semester ahead. Stop by, grab a snack, and be in community with each other. Both centers will be open via card swipe access between 8:30 a.m.-5:00 p.m.
Sponsored by Watson’s Diversity and Inclusion Committee, this event is an opportunity for (U-Fli) undocumented, first-generation and low-income students at Watson, across disciplines, to develop connections and foster a greater sense of community. Faculty and staff will also be invited in an effort to strengthen dialogue and understanding around issues facing U-Fli students at Watson.
León Rodríguez ’84 served under appointment for former President Obama as Director of U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (“USCIS”) from 2014 to 2017. In that position, Leon directed the implementation of the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals policy and other elements of President Obama’s 2014 Executive Actions on Immigration Actions. Leon also oversaw USCIS’ refugee processing during the period of large-scale admission from Syria, Iraq and Somalia. Currently, Leon is a partner in the Washington, DC office of Seyfarth Shaw, LLP. He also serves on the board of HIAS, Inc., a refugee resettlement organization, and is chairs of its External Affairs Committee. In addition to his service at USCIS, Leon has served in various other government positions including as Director of the Office for Civil Rights at the U,S. Department of Health and Human Services from 2011 to 2014. Leon graduated with a B.A. from Brown and a law degree from Boston College Law School.
On November 11th Restaurateur, Chef and Alumna Suzanne Goin ’88 will take over the Ratty, so all students on the meal plan can try Suzanne’s feast!
There will also be a community dinner and conversation with Suzanne at 5:00pm that is open to students, faculty and staff and requires an RSVP as space is limited! Suzanne is a wonderful dinner companion, so we encourage those interested to RSVP soon. You do not need to be on the meal plan to attend this dinner.
Suzanne Goin is a four-time James Beard Award-winning chef and the author of two bestselling cookbooks, Sunday Suppers at Lucques and The A.O.C. Cookbook. She is the co-owner of several beloved Los Angeles restaurants.
Expertise: chef, restaurateur, cookbook author, farmers market advocate.
Experience: Suzanne Goin was born in Los Angeles to food-obsessed Francophile parents. A graduate of Brown University, Suzanne’s background includes positions at some of the most acclaimed restaurants in the United States, including Ma Maison and L’Orangerie in Los Angeles, Al Forno in Providence, Olives in Boston, Chez Panisse in Berkeley, and Alain Passard’s Arpège in Paris. Her work as executive chef at Campanile put her on the culinary map in Los Angeles and laid the groundwork for Lucques, her first restaurant, with business partner Caroline Styne. Suzanne’s food defines an inimitable Southern California style, reflecting her passion for seasonal cooking, ever-changing menus, and artfully presented dishes bursting with colors and flavors that embrace the beauty and decadence of California farms.
This annual ceremony celebrates the accomplishments of Brown community members who have served or currently serve in all branches of the military. A robust speaking program and a reception will be followed by a military-affiliated panel of recent alumni.
You’re a student composer looking to assemble a group of musicians to record a score you’ve written for a friend’s short film. You’ve heard that there are some really talented musicians on campus, you have no idea how to reach them. And even if you did, where would you record? Help!
OR
You’re a faculty member at Brown who plays in a Cape Verdean function band around Providence. The band needs a new percussionist and maybe a couple of backing vocalists. You know that there is a big Cape Verdean community on staff at Brown and you’d love to find out if there are any musicians among them. But you have no idea who to ask. Help!
OR
You’re a staff member at Brown who used to play a lot of old-time music before you moved to Providence, and you’re looking to get back into it. Someone told you about a banjo player who works at the Watson, a sophomore who plays the mandolin, a graduate student who plays upright bass, and a fiddle player who teaches physics. But you’ve never put together a group from scratch before and wouldn’t know where to start. Help!
Join us at MIXDOWN to meet fellow Brown University students, staff, and faculty who are passionate about writing, making, producing, performing, and listening to music. Gatherings will take place twice per semester and include time to make announcements, share RI-based resources, and build connections. Open to all Brown University faculty, staff, and students. Refreshments provided.
Developed by Elias Muhanna, Associate Professor of Comparative Literature and History, with support from Brown Arts Institute.
Meet HMA student staff who work behind the scenes, engage with archaeological objects from around the world in our CultureLab, learn about our programs and events, and enjoy light refreshments. View our current exhibit “A Verry Drunk Hunters Dream: Modernist Expressionism in Africa”
Admission is Free.
Please note: the date has changed for this event. HMA’s Archaeology Day Open House will be held on October 26th.
Join the SDC Librarians for a stimulating evening of Tea and Theory. We will be heading together to the RISD Fleet Library to attend a panel on Lesbian Artistic Expressions featuring Mev Miller of the Wanderground library.
In the next Tea and Theory event, we will be reading and discussing the work of Andrea Long Chu. Come ready with your opinions, perspectives, and reflections, on this session’s text. Be prepared to engage in a vibrant discussion in the community with others. Tea, texts, and treats will be provided. Please RSVP and/or visit the center to pick up the text before our first session!
The book that we will be reading for later Tea and Theory meetings (Andrea Long Chu’s Females) will be distributed at the end of the first session.
The Sarah Doyle Center’s Tea and Theory series is meant to engage with theory outside of the formalized environment of a classroom. Expect a relaxed atmosphere in a low-stakes and inclusive space.
The leaves are falling and the seasons are changing. We’re all spending more time indoors, so why not make our rooms cute and cozy? You’re invited to our BWell x U-FLi Room! Come over to learn about lighting, furniture, and spatial wellness from our beginner interior decorating experts, U-FLi PCs and BWell Wellness Peer Educators! We will be decorating paper lanterns, painting plant pots (plants included! ߌᩬ drinking hot apple cider and hot chocolate ☕️, and discussing our favorite ways to stay cozy✨!
RSVP here!
The Disability Justice Student Initiative, Disability Justice at Brown, and the Disability and Neurodivergence Alumni Collective (DNAC) invite you to join us for a Workshop with Yema Yang ’19. Yema Yang will share their experience as a Disability Justice student leader and organizer and provide students with the tools and knowledge to employ a Disability Justice framework in campus programming and organizing. This is a virtual event.
Disability justice as a framework and movement is rich with meaning and possibility, but what does it really look like? In theory, we know disability justice to elicit ideas of interdependence, solidarity, and liberation. However, what does that look like on the ground, especially regarding student activism?
In this workshop, we will explore what disability justice can look like in practice: event planning. Put differently, we will apply disability justice to the process of creating spaces and experiences for/with others. We will reflect and discuss how to integrate disability justice both into the values grounding an event as well as the logistics to plan it.
Together, let’s build our capacity and imagination to manifest pieces of collective liberation in the spirit of disability justice!
Note: This workshop will be interactive and have a substantial discussion portion. However, please feel free to attend and only listen or engage via Zoom chat—no verbal discussion participation is required! The camera does not need to be on. Camera off, lying down, eating—just come as you are!
As the midterm season approaches, sometimes it might be difficult to set aside intentional time to rest and prioritize care. Join the DJSI coordinators in the Sarah Doyle Center lounge on October 9th from 6 pm - 8 pm to relax, read, craft, and/or do whatever you need to do to ground yourself amid this busy time. Leave your schoolwork behind! This event is open to graduate students! Hot chocolate and donuts will be provided! Masks required and will be provided.
Join us on the Main Green to celebrate Korean Language Week. The Korean Language Program is hosting an event to play games and celebrate the creation of Hangeul, the Korean alphabet!
Join the Disability Justice Student Initiative and the Brown Counseling and Psychological Services for a cozy evening of bullet journaling. Join us for planning, crafts, and refreshments on Tuesday, October 8th, 5 pm-7 pm.
Created by Ryder Carroll as a way of organizing his life as someone with multiple learning disabilities, bullet journaling is a fun and highly customizable way of integrating your personal journal, daily to-do list, and yearly calendar all in one place. We’ll provide you with guidance and inspiration if needed! No previous knowledge or experience is necessary. All students are welcome, and food and supplies will be provided 😋📔
The Disability Justice Student Initiative invites students, student leaders, campus partners, faculty, and all those engaged in disability justice for dinner on October 7th, 5:00 pm-6:30 pm at Stonewall House. During this gathering, we will share and discuss experiences, feedback, and goals around disability justice at Brown. This will be a part of a series of community gatherings for the Brown University community invested in disability justice across campus throughout the upcoming academic year.
Masks are required and will be provided at the event. Food to go will be served.
Join the Haffenreffer Museum of Anthropology and the PVD World Music Institute for a performance by internationally respected musician Steven Sogo of the inanga–an important instrument from Africa’s Great Lakes region. The inanga is a trough-shaped string instrument, and is linked to the development of musical genres and linguistic practices that reach far back into the region’s past and continue today.
Following the concert, participate in a learning experience and demonstration with Chance Boas, founder of Providence World Music Institute and Haffenreffer Museum Head Curator, Thierry Gentis for a vibrant discussion of inanga’s history and use while engaging in close looking activities with inangas from the HMA collection!
1:00pm-2:00pm - Concert, outside Manning Hall on the Quiet Green
2:00pm-3:00pm - Learning Session and Reception
A collaboration between the Haffenreffer Museum of Anthropology and the PVD World Music Institute, with additional support from the Center for the Study of Race and Ethnicity in America.
Free and open to the public.
Rain date: Sunday, September 29, 2024.
Our off campus residing students and neighbors in College Hill and Fox Point are invited to join us to celebrate the start of the new year. We’ll have music, dinner, yard games, giveaways, and even a petting zoo. Dessert and drinks are provided by Sarcastic Sweets, a local Black- and women- owned business from our community. Celebrate the launch of Narragansett Brewery’s Hi NeighBEAR! brew, and be one of the first to try it… and keep an eye out for Bruno at this kickoff to a fantastic year in community with your neighbors!
Get your first day of school picture taken by a local professional photographer, with a sign celebrating your year: We’ll have My First Day of … Freshman, Sophomore, Junior, and Senior year; plus My First Day of Master’s Degree, Ph.D., and Medical School! Bring your ID to swipe in so we have your info and can share your photo with you!
In anticipation of Spring Weekend, representatives from the BLOC and BWell will make “house calls” door to door for Brown University students living in the Fox Point Neighborhood.
In addition to distributing BLOC merch and answering any off campus life questions our students may have, we’ve also partnered with BWell to share talking points and promotional items supporting healthier and harm reductive behaviors for Spring Weekend.
Students living in Fox Point, please be on the lookout for a reminder email about when BLOC & BWell team members will be on your block. We hope you’ll answer your door when we drop by so we can say hello, answer any questions you may have, discuss Spring Weekend opportunities, and of course give you and your housemates some BLOC and BWell items.
Faculty and staff, we’d love for your to join us! If you want to participate in House Calls, we’ll pair you a teammate and you can support this initiative from either 9:30-11:30 or 1:30-3:30. Please email Dr. Mary Jordan at Mary_Jordan@brown.edu for more information or to sign up!
48 hours after the solar eclipse, join together for an opportunity to reflect and consider the cosmos as scientific and spiritual people! Ben Eden, Physics ’24, will moderate a panel with Professor Sam Birch, Reverend Janet Cooper Nelson, Father Edmund McCullough, and Rabbi Jonah Winer.
The BLOC’s Virtual Lunch and Learn is a great fit for rising juniors, seniors, and graduate students considering living off campus next year. Log in with us via Zoom, review key information, ask any questions you may have, test your off-campus living knowledge, and win prizes!
U.S. legislation targeting transgender and non-binary young people’s health and freedom is at an all-time high. In this fraught context, how do parents and other caregivers support and encourage their children to be their fullest selves, particularly when those children are trans/non-binary? This panel discussion featuring experts in supporting trans/non-binary children and adolescents will explore the challenges of providing nurturing environments during extraordinary political challenges to trans/non-binary rights.
This panel will feature:
Free and open to the public. Children welcome. Activities and snacks for children will be available at the event.
This event is organized by the Brown University LGBTQ Center, Pembroke Public Health Collaborative, and the Sarah Doyle Center for Women and Gender with support from the C.V. Starr Foundation Lectureships Fund; Office of Institutional Equity and Diversity; the School of Public Health Office of Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion; the Office of Belonging, Equity, Diversity and Inclusion at the Warren Alpert Medical School of Brown University, and the Brown University Library.
This event will take place on the Brown campus. Attendees will be provided with a location via EventBrite.
The Parent and Family Welcome is an opportunity for parents and family members of newly admitted students to engage with faculty and senior administrators, experience the excitement of the start of the academic year, and meet each other while their students begin orientation.
Start your day with a continental breakfast. Registration check-in and information tables will be open to assist you and provide additional information.
Senior administrators representing Student Support Services, Residential Life, Health Services, and other Campus Life departments will participate in a panel discussion designed to provide you with information about resources for new students.
A detailed list of engagement opportunities will be provided in the registration.
A detailed list of engagement opportunities will be provided in the registration.
Join staff from a variety of Campus Life offices to discuss strategies to help your student successfully adjust to campus during their first few months.
End your day on campus with a farewell event at the Rockefeller Library. Staff will be on hand to answer questions about Library resources, collections, and facilities.
Relax after move-in with other new parents and family members under the tent located on the Ruth J. Simmons Quadrangle. The event will begin with a brief speaking program featuring senior administrators.
This webinar is for parents and family members of new Bown students. Participants are encouraged to submit a question to be answered live.
Closed captioning will be provided. To request additional accommodations or assistance for this event, please contact the Office of Parent and Family Engagement at family@brown.edu
Commencement
Presented in collaboration with the Office of the Provost, Faculty Spotlight presentations during the Parent and Family Webinar series will provide parents and families with an opportunity to hear about the innovative work of Brown University’s faculty.
Prof. Guterl will relate the story of a man who pretended to be the lost son of the superstar dancer and singer Josephine Baker in the fall of 1979. Drawing out the details of his elaborate con artistry and describing how he came to discover and decide that his story - hardly a blip in the newspapers - was important enough to research.
Prof. Guterl will also share how a certain kind of curiosity is the key to critical thinking in the Brown classroom - and in life.
Participants are encouraged to submit a question to be answered live.
Closed captioning will be provided. To request additional accommodations or assistance for this event, please contact the Office of Parent and Family Engagement at family@brown.edu
Live from College Hill… it’s Friday Night Live! Join us virtually or in person for an evening showcasing Brown University student organizations performing dance, music, a capella, improv, and much more.
The Friday Night Live! Student Performance Showcase will take place under a tent on the Ruth J. Simmons Quadrangle and will be broadcast live for those joining virtually. This event, presented by the Department of Parent and Family Engagement, allows friends and families around the world to get a taste of the performances that take place each spring, showcasing the wide variety of student groups on campus and spotlighting the talent of our students. This one-of-a-kind event will kick off our spring edition of the Parent and Family Webinar Series. In addition to the home viewing audience, we will have several seats available under the tent for Brown community members and any ADOCH attendees still on campus.
A link to the live event will be provided here before the event.
To request additional accommodations or assistance for this event, please contact the Office of Parent and Family Engagement at family@brown.edu
Spring Recess
Apply to be a Bruno Leader and be a part of the first-year experience! The application is live at https://housing.brown.edu/StarRezPortal, just login and click the button that says “Bruno Leader Employment Application”!
**The application closes on March 7th, 2023 at 11:59pm**
For more information about this position, see the job description here.
The Early Recovery Group (colloquially known by members as EROB) is our abstinence-based group. It meets Fridays at noon in Maddock Alumni Center in the Class of ’33 Room. We provide pizza and salad. The group is facilitated by Jason Roderick, who has a private practice and also serves as the Director of Counseling Services for Providence Country Day school, helping high schoolers to cope with challenges and transition into adulthood.
Are you applying to medical or dental school this cycle? Are you writing your personal statement for AMCAS, AADSAS or VMCAS? We are here to help! The Health Careers Advising is offering two workshops to guide you as you write. The first is entitled “Getting Started: Using Concept Maps to Find your Focus”. In this workshop, participants will create a concept map of their experiences and identify themes in the map which can unify the ideas in the personal statement. The second workshop, “The Pre-Health Personal Statement,” will offer participants information on how to best highlight the strengths of their application and avoid common pitfalls. You may attend either or both of these workshops to help you with your writing process. We will also record the workshops for those of you who are unable to attend.
Lifestyle Medicine is the use of evidence-based lifestyle therapeutic approaches as a primary modality for treatment and reversal of chronic disease.
This webinar, presented in collaboration with the Office of the Provost, will focus on the field of Lifestyle Medicine including current opportunities and future directions.
Participants are encouraged to submit a question to be answered live.
Closed captioning will be provided. To request additional accommodations or assistance for this event, please contact the Office of Parent and Family Engagement at family@brown.edu
This session is intended for parents and family members of transfer students. Participants are encouraged to submit a question to be answered live.
Closed captioning will be provided. To request additional accommodations or assistance for this event, please contact the Office of Parent and Family Engagement at family@brown.edu
Midyear Completion Celebration at 4:00 p.m. EST in Salomon De Ciccio Family Auditorium.
Claire Wardle is the Professor of the Practice and Co-Director, Information Futures Lab within the Department of Health Services, Policy, and Practice in the Brown University School of Public Health. This lecture will feature Prof. Wardle delivering the lecture “Online Misinformation: Why we’re all susceptible and what we can do about it.”
Presented in collaboration with the Office of the Provost, the Academic Innovation at Brown installments of the Parent and Family Webinar series will provide parents and families with an opportunity to hear about the innovative work of Brown University’s faculty.
This webinar is for parents and family members of current Brown students. Participants are encouraged to submit a question to be answered live.
Closed captioning will be provided. To request additional accommodations or assistance for this event, please contact the Department of Parent and Family Engagement at family@brown.edu
Closed captioning will be provided. To request additional accommodations or assistance for this event, please contact the Department of Parent and Family Engagement at family@brown.edu
It’s time once again for the celebration of the Día de los Muertos (Day of the Dead). This is a time of love, honor and memory. It is not the Mexican Halloween! In the spirit of this popular Mexican holiday, everybody is invited to partake in this joyful celebration of the family and friends who passed away. Learn about the rich traditions and customs surrounding the Día de los Muertos and similar practices in other cultures.
FAMILY ACTIVITIES: Face painting will be offered ($5) to help you fully get into the spirit of Día de Los Muertos. Children of all ages will be able to make paper flowers for the ofrenda.
COMMUNITY ALTAR: Bring flowers and a photo of a deceased loved one you wish to remember and place it on our ofrenda(community altar). You may bring a luminary, but an open flame is not recommended. The ofrenda will accept offerings on November 2nd all day, starting at 8 am.
PROCESSION: A fun-filled procession through the cemetery will begin at 6:30 pm. Bring a luminary to carry as we honor the dead who are buried at North Burial Ground.
FOOD: Please feel free to bring a picnic dinner to the event!
PARKING & DIRECTIONS: No cars will be allowed inside the cemetery gates during the program. Parking is available on North Main Street and space is reserved for elders in the cemetery circle near the main gates. Pedestrians should enter North Burial Ground at the cemetery’s main gates or at the pedestrian gate at Rochambeau Street.
FREE! Families, children welcome.
A partnership among Rhode Island Latino Arts, The North Burial Ground, and the Haffenreffer Museum of Anthropology at Brown University.
The Noah Krieger ’93 Memorial Lecture was named for Noah Krieger, a Brown undergraduate who was interested in political science, public policy, and economics, who died shortly after graduating from Brown. The series, established by his parents, brings distinguished public servants to campus.
The midterm elections will be just 15 days away!
Domestically, following the tragic shooting at Sandy Hook elementary school in 2012, Sen. Murphy became one of the leading proponents of common sense gun reform. This year, he led cross-aisle negotiations in the wake of the Uvalde mass shooting, and, against recent historical precedent, helped pass bipartisan gun safety legislation.
As the midterm elections draw closer many are not only wondering what the 118th Congress will look like. Many are wondering, what is the future of our American democratic experiment? You will not want to miss Sen. Chris Murphy live and in person as he gives the annual Noah Krieger ’93 Memorial Lecture. This event is cosponsored by Brown Votes.
Family Weekend 2022 will take place October 21-23.
We look forward to you joining us for this very special occasion!
Family Weekend is an important event in our community–a time when many students share their lives on campus with their families for the first time. We hope that your experience will give you a small taste of the intellectual and cultural vitality of your student’s home away from home.
More details regarding the weekend schedule and registration will be forthcoming on familyweekend.brown.edu.
Students, faculty, and staff, join us for Israeli Folk Dancing guided by Pazit Lahav of Brookline Folk Dancing. No experience necessary.
Join Betsy Shimberg, senior associate dean of the College for co-curricular and experiential learning, for a discussion about the development of new and expanded experiential learning opportunities at Brown. These programs provide students with opportunities to make fuller use of the Open Curriculum, explore interests beyond campus, and connect learning with purpose.
This webinar is for parents and family members of current Brown students. Participants are encouraged to submit a question to be answered live.
Closed captioning will be provided. To request additional accommodations or assistance for this event, please contact the Department of Parent and Family Engagement at family@brown.edu
Take a study break to dance with us on Sunday, September 18, 2022 at 4:30pm in the backyard at Hirschfeld House, 163 George Street. Pazit Lahav of Brookline Folk Dancing is back to guide us through a fun filled evening of dance. Bring a friend! Sponsored by the Hebrew Language Program in Judaic Studies.
Join representatives from Brown’s Division of Campus Life, for a discussion on strategies and support for your student’s health.
Parents and families of new and returning students are invited to join us for a series of webinars to keep you informed as we begin a new academic year.
This webinar is for all parents and family members of newly admitted students and those of current Brown students. Participants are encouraged to submit a question to be answered live.
Closed captioning will be provided. To request additional accommodations or assistance for this event, please contact the Department of Parent and Family Engagement at family@brown.edu
The Office of Institutional Equity and Diversity invites you to attend the annual Martin Luther King Jr. Lecture on Tuesday, February 15 at 4:30 p.m. EDT.
This year’s lecture will feature a presentation by Dr. Elfred Anthony Pinkard, president of Wilberforce University, titled “The Danger of the Single Story: HBCUs in the Public Imagination.”
This event will take place in Salomon Hall, in the DeCiccio Family Auditorium, and will also be presented virtually via livestream. Closed captioning will be provided.
Registration is required for this event. To register, please visit: https://brownuniversitymlklecture2022.eventbrite.com/?aff=eventsatbrown
Speaker Bio
Elfred Anthony Pinkard is the 22 nd president of Wilberforce University in Wilberforce, Ohio.
President Pinkard has served in significant leadership positions including as provost, executive vice president and chief planning officer at several colleges and universities. Under his leadership, kindness, excellence and innovation have been the guiding principles to the transformation of Wilberforce University as a high performing, student-centered and operationally efficient institution. This institutional transformation has involved reimagining the academic enterprise and student engagement experience for Wilberforce University students.
Pinkard’s work and that of his leadership team has resulted in Wilberforce recently being removed from probation by its accrediting body, HLC, and significant financial support from Penn National Gaming, Dominion Energy, JP Morgan Chase, CompTech and VistaCorp and national attention from the BeyGood and Kanye West foundations. Wilberforce University was one of the first institutions to relieve student debt, and the announcement by Pinkard resulted in national and international focus on Wilberforce, the nation’s first, private, historically Black university (HBCU). That decision and subsequent announcement served as a model for other colleges and universities who similarly responded to their student debt.
Pinkard received his Doctor of Education degree and a Certificate in Human Development from Harvard University, a Master of Education from Howard University, and a Bachelor of Arts from Morehouse College.
Pinkard serves on the board of directors of the Council of Independent Colleges. In addition to his work in the academy, Pinkard serves on the leadership team at the Higher Education Leadership Foundation. His writings on popular culture, HBCUs and the African American experience can be found at anoldschoolperspective.com.
Pinkard is a member of Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity Inc. and is a native of Miami, Florida.
About the Martin Luther King Jr. Lecture
The Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. came to Brown University on multiple occasions in the 1960s, including an April 1967 visit less than one year before his death, where he delivered an impassioned speech on the Vietnam War and civil rights in the U.S. The Martin Luther King Jr. Lecture, organized by the Office of Institutional Equity and Diversity, was established at Brown in 1996, with former New York Mayor David Dinkins as the inaugural speaker.
Past lecturers have included author and activist Cornel West; activist and educator Angela Davis; President and CEO of the National Urban League Hugh B. Price; community therapist, poet and filmmaker Lee Mun Wah; Professor Emerita of Emory University and President Emerita of Spelman College Johnetta B. Cole; Professor of Law at Harvard Law School Randall Kennedy; President and CEO of the United Negro College Fund Michael Lomax; and Chicana activist and author Elizabeth Martinez.
Eric Estes, Vice President for the Division of Campus Life, will moderate a discussion that includes representatives from Residential Life, the Student Activities Office, the Sarah Doyle Center, the Brown Center for Students of Color, BWell Health Promotion, the Office of the Chaplain and the LGBTQ Center.
This webinar is for all parents and family members of newly accepted and currently enrolled students. Participants are encouraged to submit a question to be answered live.
Closed captioning will be provided. To request additional accommodations or assistance for this event, please contact the Office of Parent and Family Engagement at family@brown.edu
Want to build community around disability, mental illness, and neurodivergence in grad school? Join the Disability Justice Student Initiative on Wednesday, November 17th at 5pm in Grad Center E Room 222 for a conversation on identifying as disabled, teaching while disabled, using accommodations, and engaging with disability justice work in grad school! This event is open to all graduate students, including those who may be questioning or unsure about their identity with disability and/or mental illness. Additionally, there will be food and drinks, such as pizza, salad, soda, etc. Please fill out the brief RSVP form attached and we look forward to seeing you there!
Feel Good Friday Grab and Go Series, stop by the Main Green and pick up this week’s giveaway!
Feel Good Friday Grab and Go Series, stop by the Main Green and pick up this week’s giveaway!
Want to provide input to the Office of the Vice President for Campus Life on policies, processes, and decisions related to the campus community and student engagement? Attend an Information Session to learn more about the Campus Life Student Advisory Board (CLSAB) on Thursday, July 15th at 6PM ET or Tuesday, July 20th at 12PM ET. Note that applications are due July 26th!
Feel Good Friday Grab and Go Series, stop by the Main Green and pick up this week’s giveaway!
Feel Good Friday Grab and Go Series, stop by the Main Green and pick up this week’s giveaway!
Feel Good Friday Grab and Go Series, stop by the Main Green and pick up this week’s giveaway!
Feel Good Friday Grab and Go Series, stop by the Main Green and pick up this week’s giveaway!
As the summer term begins, we invite on campus students to participate in an in person resource fair on Wednesday, 5/19, to get to know some of the staff, resources, and services that are available for you. This will be an opportunity for students to interact in person with staff, while following all public health protocols. Please join us on the Main Green anytime between 11am and 2pm, we look forward to seeing you! This event is open to all students who are approved to be on campus for the summer term. Masks must be worn, and social distancing will be enforced.
USTADH UBAYDULLAH EVANS
Scholar-in-Residence
American Learning Institute for Muslims
SATURDAY MAY 1 • 3 PM ET
Join us April 24th on Zoom as we welcome Dr. Celene Ibrahim, who will discuss the Quranic story of God’s revelation to the mother of Moses (peace be upon them both).
God’s Revelation to a Woman: The Faithfulness of the Mother of Moses
April 24 • 3 pm ET
Special nightly Ramadan prayers. Isha prayer will begin at the time indicated followed by Tarawih. If you can’t make it in person you can tune in and listen.
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