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Brown University

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NameBrown University
Latin nameUniversitas Brunensis
MottoIn Deo Speramus (Latin)
Motto in EnglishIn God We Hope
Established1764
TypePrivate
EndowmentUS $2.01 Billion
ChancellorThomas J. Tisch
PresidentRuth J. Simmons
Faculty689 full-time
Students8261
Under graduates6,013
Post graduates2,248 (416 medical)
CityUS Providence
StateRhode Island
CountryUSA
CampusUrban
143 acres (579,000 m2)
Sports37 varsity teams
Ivy League
NCAA Division I
Brown Bears
ColorsSeal brown  , cardinal red  , and white  
Websitewww.brown.edu

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Brown University is a private university located in Providence, Rhode Island and is a member of the Ivy League. Founded in 1764 prior to American independence from the British Empire as the College in the English Colony of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations early in the reign of King George III (1760 � 1820), Brown is the third-oldest institution of higher education in New England and seventh oldest in the United States.

Brown was the first college in the nation to accept students regardless of religious affiliation. Academically, Brown consists of The College, Graduate School, and Alpert Medical School. Brown's international programs are organized through the Watson Institute for International Studies. The New Curriculum, instituted in 1969, eliminated distribution requirements and allows any course to be taken on a satisfactory/no credit basis. In addition, there are no pluses or minuses in the letter grading system. The school has the oldest undergraduate engineering program in the Ivy League (1847). Pembroke College, Brown's women's college, merged with the university in 1971.

Brown’s main campus is located on College Hill on the East Side of Providence. The university's 37 varsity athletic teams are known as the Brown Bears. The school colors are seal brown, cardinal red, and white. Brown's mascot is the bear, which dates back to 1904. The costumed mascot named "Bruno" frequently makes appearances at athletic games. People associated with the University are known as Brunonians.

Since 2001, Brown's 18th president has been Ruth J. Simmons, the first permanent female president of the university. She is also the first African American and second female president of an Ivy League institution.

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Brown University

SchoolsThe College of Brown University * Brown University Graduate School * Alpert Medical School
Research CentersPembroke Center for Teaching and Research on Women * Watson Institute for International Studies
AthleticsIvy League * Brown Bears * Brown Stadium * Meehan Auditorium * Pizzitola Sports Center * Stevenson Field
CampusBuildings * Statues * Haffenreffer Museum of Anthropology * Ladd Observatory * John D. Rockefeller, Jr. Library * Sciences Library * John Carter Brown Library * John Hay Library * University Hall * Van Wickle Gates
HistoryHistory of Brown University * List of Brown University people * Alumni * Faculty * Presidents
Student LifeTraditions * Alma Mater * Brown Daily Herald * Brown Journal of World Affairs * WBRU * Brown Student & Community Radio * Brown Television * The Brown Jug
OrganizationsBrown Band * University Orchestra * Opera Productions * The Chattertocks of Brown University * Badmaash Dance Company * Sarah Doyle Women's Center * University Mock Trial

Ivy League

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ECAC Hockey

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Association of American Universities (AAU)

PublicArizona * University of California (Berkeley, * Davis, * Irvine, * Los Angeles, * San Diego, * Santa Barbara) * Colorado * Florida * Georgia Tech * Illinois * Indiana * Iowa * Iowa State * Kansas * Maryland * Michigan * Michigan State * Minnesota * Missouri * Nebraska * State University of New York (Buffalo, * Stony Brook) * North Carolina * Ohio State * Oregon * Penn State * Pittsburgh * Purdue * Rutgers * Texas * Texas A&M * Virginia * Washington * Wisconsin
PrivateBrandeis * Brown * Caltech * Carnegie Mellon * Case Western * Chicago * Columbia * Cornell * Duke * Emory * Harvard * Johns Hopkins * MIT * Northwestern * NYU * Penn * Princeton * Rice * Rochester * USC * Stanford * Syracuse * Tulane * Vanderbilt * Wash U * Yale
CanadianMcGill * Toronto

Universities Research Association (URA)

United StatesAlabama * Arizona * Arizona State * Boston University * Brown * Buffalo * University of California (Berkeley, * Davis, * Irvine, * Los Angeles, * Riverside, * Santa Barbara, * San Diego) * Caltech * Carnegie Mellon * Case Western Reserve * Chicago * Colorado * Columbia * Cornell * Duke * Florida * Florida State * Harvard * Hawaii * Houston * IIT * Illinois * Indiana * Iowa * Iowa State * Johns Hopkins * LSU * Maryland * MIT * Michigan * Michigan State * Minnesota * Nebraska * New Mexico * New Mexico State * North Carolina * North Texas * Northeastern * Northern Illinois * Northwestern * Notre Dame * Ohio State * Oklahoma * Oregon * Penn * Penn State * Pittsburgh * Princeton * Purdue * Rice * Rochester * Rockefeller * Rutgers * SMU * South Carolina * Stanford * Stony Brook * Syracuse * Tennessee * University of Texas (Arlington, * Austin, * Dallas) * Texas A&M * Texas Tech * Tufts * Tulane * UIC * Utah * Vanderbilt * Virginia * Virginia Tech * Washington * Washington University * Wayne State * William & Mary * Wisconsin * Yale
InternationalMcGill * Pisa * Toronto * Waseda

568 Group

Amherst * Boston College * Brown * Claremont McKenna * Columbia * Cornell * Dartmouth * Davidson * Duke * Emory * Georgetown * Haverford * MIT * Middlebury * Northwestern * Notre Dame * Penn * Pomona * Rice * Swarthmore * University of Chicago * University of Rochester * Vanderbilt * Wake Forest * Wellesley * Wesleyan * Williams

Presidents of Brown University

Manning * Maxcy * Messer * Wayland * Sears * Caswell * Robinson * Andrews * Faunce * Barbour * Wriston * Keeney * Heffner * Hornig * Swearer * Gregorian * Gee * Simmons

Ivy League presidents

Ruth J.
Simmons
Brown
Lee
Bollinger
Columbia
David J.
Skorton
Cornell
Jim Yong
Kim
Dartmouth
Drew Gilpin
Faust
Harvard
Shirley M.
Tilghman
Princeton
Amy
Gutmann
Penn
Rick
Levin
Yale

Colleges and universities in Rhode Island

Public institutionsCCRI * Naval War College * Rhode Island College * University of Rhode Island
Private institutionsBrown * Bryant * Johnson & Wales * New England Tech * Providence * RISD * Roger Williams * Salve Regina
Graduate and professional
institutions
Alpert Medical School * Brown University Graduate School * Roger Williams University School of Law

Eastern Association of Rowing Colleges

BU * Brown * Columbia * Cornell * Dartmouth * Georgetown * Harvard * Holy Cross *
MIT * Navy * Northeastern * Penn * Princeton * Rutgers * Syracuse * Wisconsin * Yale

Colonial Colleges

Brown * Columbia * Dartmouth * Harvard * Penn * Princeton * Rutgers * William & Mary * Yale



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