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As students commenced their academic careers at Brown, University President Christina Paxson and Professor of Anthropology Daniel Jordan Smith urged them to listen carefully, seek new perspectives and reject an “us vs. them” mentality to advance and repair the world.

In an era when everyone is a photographer, these stunning photos taken by members of the Brown University community offer some new perspectives of Spring 2017 on College Hill. See Photos. 

This year, as the University conferred honorary, graduate, medical, and undergraduate degrees to its newest graduates and family, friends, and generations of alumni gathered to cheer them on and reconnect with other Brunonians, the theme of courageously working to bridge societal divides emerged in the addresses given by students, honored guests, and President Christina Paxson.

“In the Heights,” written by Lin-Manuel Miranda — best known for the Broadway hit “Hamilton” — is the penultimate show in Brown University Theatre’s 2016-17 season. The centerpiece shows performed each year are selected by Sock and Buskin, a 116-year-old board made up of faculty and students who read through hundreds of possibilities before planning the season in a cooperative decision-making process. Though Sock and Buskin has long been attentive to issues of representation in their selection process, last year’s University-wide conversations around diversity and inclusion — as well as protests and teach-ins about race and social justice at Brown and on campuses nationwide — inspired them to more formally reflect on those subjects through this year’s choice of plays, writers, directors and casting, said Patricia Ybarra, chair of Brown’s Department of Theatre Arts and Performance Studies.

A roundup of social media, events and lectures surrounding Black History Month at Brown University. #BlackHistoryMonth

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Congratulations to Professor J. Michael Kosterlitz for winning the Nobel Prize in Physics! http://bit.ly/2dtyKGM

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