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New site map SOURCE: Brown University Brown University has revised its plans for a new two-building residence hall near the southern end of its College Hill campus after criticism by neighbors. The newly revamped project will shift from a 400 student residential project down to 350. Beyond the issue of impacted empty lots on Power Street, the meeting was essentially a gripe session about Brown's imperiousness and lack of transparency. Complaints centered mostly on the questions of scale, and the inappropriateness of such a massive block (five stories and 80,000 square feet) in an older street...

Brown alumna Janet Yellen first woman to serve as treasury secretary The Class of 1967 Brown graduate and former Federal Reserve chair will advise President Joseph Biden and his cabinet on economic issues. Janet Yellen spoke at the 125 Years of Women at Brown Conference in 2017, where she was awarded the President's Medal — the highest award a Brown president can give — by Brown President Christina H. Paxson. PROVIDENCE, R.I. [Brown University] — Brown University alumna Janet Yellen was sworn in Tuesday, Jan. 26, as U.S. treasury secretary, becoming the first woman in the 232-year ...

Passages: Brown Chancellor Emeritus Artemis A.W. Joukowsky, Class of 1955 After a successful 30-year career in global business, Artemis Joukowsky returned to Providence in service of his alma mater, where he played an instrumental role for decades in leading and supporting Brown priorities. Chancellor Emeritus Artemis A.W. Joukowsky Jr., shown here at Brown's 2010 Commencement and Reunion Weekend with then-President Ruth Simmons, was a presence on College Hill and a leader on the Brown campus for many decades. PROVIDENCE, R.I. [Brown University] — Brown University Chancellor Emeritus Art...