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Brown’s flexible yet rigorous approach to education pushes undergraduates to be deeply creative thinkers, intellectual risk-takers and entrepreneurial problem-solvers.
Brown sponsors a number of fellowship and grant programs that support undergraduate research during the academic year and the summer.
Brown has earned a global reputation for its innovative undergraduate educational experience, rooted in its flexible yet academically rigorous Open Curriculum.
Scholarship that Transcends Boundaries
Brown brings people together in creative, unexpected ways. These are just a few illustrations of how Brown convenes the diverse range of perspectives, insights and expertise that today’s complex scientific and societal challenges demand.
Carney Institute
With researchers from departments ranging from neurology to engineering, computer science and more, the Carney Institute for Brain Science is deciphering the brain and pursuing breakthroughs for devastating diseases.
Carney Institute
Data Science Institute
The mission of the Data Science Institute (DSI) at Brown is to stimulate innovation and support people aspiring to improve lives in our data-driven world.
DSI
Brown and Providence
At the core of the Brown story is the story of Providence and Rhode Island. Across education, research, service, community engagement and the economy, Brown is deeply intertwined with the city we call home. For more than two and a half centuries, Brown has been deeply connected to the diverse and vibrant City of Providence — as a neighbor, employer and institution dedicated to a mission of education, research and service.
As a research university with the only schools of medicine and public health in the state, Brown contributes to world-class medical care, strong patient outcomes and innovative solutions for pressing health challenges facing communities across Rhode Island through its Warren Alpert Medical School, School of Public Health and affiliated programs.
For decades, Brown has worked closely with school leaders in Providence to support K-12 education through teaching, training and mentoring, research, volunteer efforts and financial investments aligned with the schools’ priorities.
Brown is an anchor institution that plays a vital role in the economic well-being of the City of Providence, the state and its people. The University is a top employer of Rhode Island residents and injects hundreds of millions of dollars into the local economy each year through research spending, visitors to campus, investments in new projects, entrepreneurial startups and spinoffs based on Brown research.
As a nonprofit academic institution driven by a mission of service, Brown students, faculty and staff regularly partner with local community organizations and groups to run after-school programs, address homelessness, assist refugees, provide health care, clean streets, curate museum exhibitions and much more.
At the heart of the relationship between the University and the people and organizations in the city and state is a commitment to productive engagement and partnership. In everything from improving medical care and public health, to community engagement activities, support for schools and our role in fueling the regional economy, we are deeply committed to investing in the success of our local community.
The mission of Brown University is to serve the community, the nation and the world by discovering, communicating and preserving knowledge and understanding in a spirit of free inquiry, and by educating and preparing students to discharge the offices of life with usefulness and reputation. We do this through a partnership of students and teachers in a unified community known as a university-college.
Founded in 1764, Brown is a leading Ivy League research university where students and faculty collaborate to address the defining challenges of a complex and changing world.
From brain science to biomedical engineering to the arts and humanities, Brown researchers fuel discovery, solve global problems and confront complex 21st century challenges with a relentless focus on the greater good.
Brown's senior leaders guide the University's work toward a set of ambitious goals to reach new levels of academic excellence through integrative research and innovative education in service to the community, nation and world.