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Brown University
Latin: Universitas Brunensis
Motto In Deo Speramus (Latin)
Motto in English
 In God We Hope
Type Private
Established 1764
Academic affiliations
  • AAU
  • URA
  • NAICU
  • 568 Group
Endowment US $3.5 billion (2017)
President Christina Paxson
Provost Richard M. Locke
Academic staff
 731 (2015–16)
Students 9,380 (Fall 2017)
Undergraduates 6,580 (Fall 2017)
Postgraduates 2,255 (Fall 2017)
Other students
 545 (medical)
Location
Providence
,
Rhode Island
,
U.S.

41°49′34″N 71°24′12″W / 41.8262°N 71.4032°W / 41.8262; -71.4032
Campus Urban
143 acres (579,000 m²)
Colors Brown, White, and, Cardinal
              
Nickname Bears
Sporting affiliations
 NCAA Division I – Ivy League
ECAC Hockey, EARC/EAWRC
Mascot Bruno the Bear
Brown University logo.svg
Ruth Simmons Quad Brown University
Memorial Park at Brown University

Brown University is an American private research university in Providence, Rhode Island, United States and 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. Brown is the third oldest institution of higher education in New England and seventh oldest in the United States.

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.

It is the second last ranked Ivy League University with Cornell being the last.


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  • Brown University 1792 engraving

    This 1792 engraving is the first published image of Brown. University Hall stands on right while the President's House sits on the left.

  • Nicholas Brown Jr by Chester Harding 1836

    Following the gift of Nicholas Brown, Jr. (Class of 1786), the university was renamed in his honor

  • Brown University Slavery memorial

    Slavery Memorial was designed by Martin Puryear and dedicated in 2014

  • The iconic Van Wickle Gates at Brown University, one of America's prestigious "Ivy League" colleges, in Providence, the capital of, and largest city in, Rhode Island

    The Van Wickle Gates stand at the crest of College Hill

  • Entrance to the John Carter Brown Library (cropped)

    The John Carter Brown Library is one of the world's leading repositories of books, maps, and manuscripts relating to the colonial Americas

  • Manning Hall, Brown University, Providence, Rhode Island - 20091108 straighten

    The galleries of Brown's anthropology museum, the Haffenreffer, are located in Manning Hall

  • Brown University Pembroke campus

    Three dormitories, Metcalf Hall (1919), Andrews Hall (1947), and Miller Hall (1910), formed the heart of Pembroke College and now serve as freshman residences

  • Brown university robinson hall 2009a crop and straighten

    Robinson Hall (1878) was designed by Walker and Gould in the Venetian Gothic style to house Brown's library

  • List Art Center, Brown University

    The List Art Center, built 1969–71, designed by Philip Johnson, houses Brown's Department of Visual Art and the David Winton Bell Gallery

  • Granoff Center (Brown)

    RISD Dual Degree exhibition

  • Marcus Aurelius statue and Lyman Hall at Brown University

    Lyman Hall, built 1890–92, houses the Department of Theatre Arts and Performance Studies

  • Computing Laboratory, Brown University (cropped)

    The Brown Computing Laboratory, designed by Philip Johnson

  • Brown University Engineering Research Center

    The Brown University Engineering Research Center, completed in 2018 and designed by KieranTimberlake

  • Pembroke Hall at Brown University

    Pembroke Hall (1897) houses the administrative offices of the Pembroke Center for Teaching and Research on Women

  • Brown's Open Curriculum 50 years picnic

    Sayles Hall on the Main Green

  • Main Green at Brown University

    Many Spring Weekend events are hosted on Brown's Main Green

  • Ladd Observatory2

    Ladd Observatory, built 1890–1891, is used by Brown Space Engineering, a student group focused on Aerospace engineering

  • Brown University band at Commencement 2009

    The Brown University Band was founded in 1924

  • Sarah Doyle Womens Center Brown University

    The Sarah Doyle Women's Center

  • The 1879 Brown University Baseball Team

    The 1879 Brown baseball varsity, with W.E. White seated second from right. White's appearance in an 1879 major league game may be the first person of color to play professional baseball, 68 years before Jackie Robinson

  • Southworth and Hawes - Horace Mann (Zeno Fotografie) (cropped)

    Horace Mann, class of 1819, regarded as the father of American public education

  • Samuel Gridley Howe

    Samuel Gridley Howe, class of 1821, abolitionist and advocate for the blind

  • John Hay, bw photo portrait, 1897

    John Hay, class of 1858, private secretary to Abraham Lincoln and U.S. Secretary of State

  • John D. Rockefeller Jr. cph.3a03736 (cropped)

    John D. Rockefeller Jr., class of 1897, philanthropist and developer of Rockefeller Center

  • Lois Lowry author 2014 (cropped)

    Lois Lowry, class of 1958, Newbery Medal-winning author of The Giver and Number the Stars

  • Ted Turner

    Ted Turner, class of 1960, founder of CNN, TBS, and WCW and philanthropist

  • John Sculley 2006 (closeup)

    John Sculley, class of 1961, former CEO of Apple Inc. and president of PepsiCo

  • Janet Yellen official Federal Reserve portrait

    Janet Yellen, class of 1967, first woman to serve as Chair of the Federal Reserve and U.S. Secretary of the Treasury

  • Andre Leon Talley at the 2009 Tribeca Film Festival (cropped)

    André Leon Talley, class of 1972, former editor-at-large and creative director of Vogue

  • Brian Moynihan FT CNBC Nightcap

    Brian Moynihan, class of 1981, chairman and CEO of Bank of America

  • Ira Glass at the 73rd Annual Peabody Awards ii (cropped)

    Ira Glass, class of 1982, radio personality and host of This American Life

  • Jim Yong Kim 2015

    Jim Yong Kim, class of 1982, 12th Pres. of the World Bank, 17th Pres. of Dartmouth

  • Conférence de Dara Khosrowshahi, CEO d’UBER à l'Ecole polytechnique en date du 24052018 (28529262558) (cropped, close up)

    Dara Khosrowshahi, class of 1991, CEO of Uber, former CEO of Expedia Group

  • John Kennedy Jr 1997 (cropped)

    John F. Kennedy Jr., class of 1983, lawyer, journalist, and magazine publisher

  • DavisGuggenheimJI1 (cropped)

    Davis Guggenheim, class of 1986, Oscar-winning documentary filmmaker

  • Laura Linney 2016 (cropped)

    Laura Linney, class of 1986, actress, recipient of 4 Emmy Awards and 3 time Oscar nominee

  • Jesse Tyler Ferguson, Jason Winer, Horace Newcomb and Julie Bowen, May 2010 (1) (cropped)

    Julie Bowen, class of 1991, actress, six time Emmy Award nominee

  • TraceeEllisRossbyErikMelvin (1)

    Tracee Ellis Ross, class of 1994, actress, model, comedienne, and television host

  • Andrew Yang by Gage Skidmore

    Andrew Yang, class of 1996, businessman and U.S. presidential candidate

  • MSNBC host Chris Hayes (8024131849) (cropped, closeup)

    Chris Hayes, class of 2001, political commentator and host of All In with Chris Hayes

  • John Krasinski and Josh Wood (cropped)

    John Krasinski, class of 2001, actor, director, producer, and screenwriter

  • Knight Foundation, A.G. Sulzberger 3 (cropped closeup)

    A. G. Sulzberger, class of 2003, publisher of The New York Times

  • Emma Watson interview in 2017

    Emma Watson, class of 2014, actress, model, activist

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