During an immersive, weekend-long visit to Brown, acclaimed musician Jon Batiste performed a concert, inspired students with a master class and hosted a screening of a documentary about his life.
The Tony and Grammy award-winning actor, writer, producer and Brown graduate joined Professor of Africana Studies Tricia Rose for a “Brown 2026” event exploring art, democracy and, of course, “Hamilton.”
When Brown University professors Sydney Skybetter and Stefanie Tellex first saw Spot, both instantly had visions of how the yellow quadruped robot from Boston Dynamics could revolutionize their respective fields.
Brown’s Percent-for-Art program has thoughtfully integrated site-specific public art onto campus since 2004. In honor of the 20th anniversary of this program, I sat down with the former director and artists involved to reflect on some of the program’s diverse projects and to gain insight into their perspectives on public art at Brown and beyond.
Brown University senior Elijah Golden pursues a varied academic and extracurricular life at Brown while also performing and touring with his family’s three-generation country music band.
A collection of silk and cotton prints created by Brown University students and community members is on display at the Granoff Center for the Creative Arts through Nov. 16.
Following research, development and community collaboration, a team of Brown and RISD students unveiled “The Blind Urban Subject,” where passersby can experience the streetscape through common ocular conditions.