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Pages in category "Brown University organizations" The following 23 pages are in this category, out of 23 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. B.
The Brown Debating Union has existed since 1824. It began to organize formal debate tournaments with peer institutions, as well as on-campus debates for student groups, during the early twentieth century. By the 1950s, the debate program had become part of the Brown University English Department.
Brown added rugby as a varsity sport for women beginning in the 2014–15 academic year, due in part to the growth of rugby across communities and at the high school level. [10] Brown women's rugby is led by Head Coach Kathy Flores. [11] Brown has offered men's rugby at Brown as a club sport since 1960. [12]
The Women's College in Brown University, known as Pembroke College, was founded in October 1891. Upon its 1971 merger with the College of Brown University, Pembroke's campus was absorbed into the larger Brown campus. The Pembroke campus is bordered by Meeting, Brown, Bowen, and Thayer Streets and sits three blocks north of Brown's central campus.
Brown University acquired the building in 1922 to house faculty and graduate students and converted the first floor into its faculty club. [6] [7] The new facility opened in March 1923 on Visiting Day in the presence of "more than 200 alumni, many members of the corporation and board of trustees, and practically all the faculty." [15] [16]
Brown University Women's Ice Hockey is widely regarded as being one of the premier collegiate programs globally. Several former players are Olympic medal winners. In 1964, the Brown Bears men's coach Jim Fullerton arranged for Nancy Schieffelin to attend a team practice. She was an experienced player and came to the practice disguised in full ...
The Franklin Society coat of arms consisted of three golden key intersecting each other, with the Brown crest in the background. [citation needed] The Brown crest serves as a tribute to the University, while the three keys are distinctly Franklin symbols. The three keys, partially references to Benjamin Franklin's electricity experiment ...
Brown International Organization (BRIO), sometimes wrongfully referred to as the Brown RISD International Organization, is a student-run cultural association at Brown University in Providence, RI, United States. BRIO was established in 1983.