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AP FILE PHOTO Mumia Abu-Jamal
August 25, 2022
Brown University has acquired a trove of records, writings and artwork from Mumia Abu-Jamal.
Columbia University Cancels Classes For Two Days After Faculty Member Is Exposed To Coronavirus
January 10, 2022
Attorneys say colleges including Columbia, Georgetown and MIT have overcharged 170,000 financial-aid recipients by 'hundreds of millions.'
May 13, 2021
For Brown University students, the Ivy League college’s next step in its yearslong quest to atone for its legacy of…
April 20, 2021
The historically-Black colleges and universities that comprise the AUCC want their in-person students to be vaccinated against COVID-19.
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April 2, 2021
Undergraduates at Brown University in Rhode Island voted on reparations to make up for historical racism at the school.
Police say Dr. Marsha Edwards (center) shot and killed her two children, Christopher Edwards, Jr. and Erin Edwards before turning the gun on herself. (WSB-TV)
September 11, 2019
Christopher Edwards is speaking out for the first time after his ex-wife, Marsha Edwards, committed a murder/suicide that also claimed…
October 25, 2015
The Brown University student newspaper, the Daily Herald, would like to apologize on behalf of its fellow students for the…
October 17, 2015
Last weekend, Malia Obama visited Brown University, and while she was there, she may have attended a party.
September 29, 2015
PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) — Brown University has rescinded the honorary degree it granted Bill Cosby, becoming the third university to…
April 8, 2015
theGRIO REPORT - Nik Bostrom has an awesome decision ahead of him. He has to decide which of seven Ivy…
February 6, 2012
The audiotape of Malcolm X's 1961 address in Providence might never have surfaced at all if 22-year-old Brown University student…
October 25, 2011
theGRIO REPORT - Minority elders are more frequently becoming nursing home residents compared to whites, a new study has revealed...
October 11, 2011
BROWN (US) - African-American nursing home residents are less likely to get flu shots than whites, even within the same…
September 15, 2011
PROVIDENCE, Rhode Island (AP) - Ruth J. Simmons announced Thursday that she will leave her position as Brown University's president…
October 20, 2010
NEW YORK (AP) - Achebe, whose "Things Fall Apart" is regarded as the founding work of postcolonial African fiction, has…
June 1, 2010
PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) - The accuser was a legacy student who, when first reporting trouble, mentioned her father was an…
September 5, 2009
VIDEO - Their work is part of a dream that began 15 years ago when Khary Lazarre-White and childhood friend…