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University of Rhode Island faces civil rights complaint for 'pervasive' discrimination from scholarships

A legal nonprofit dedicated to combatting racism has brought forward a federal civil rights complaint against the U…

By Campus Reform
Dec 12, 2024

Brown announces new efforts to increase 'diversity and inclusion' after SCOTUS affirmative action ruling

Brown University has unveiled a plan to boost its minority student representation after more than one year since th…

By Campus Reform
Dec 6, 2024

Pro-abortion students at Brown experience 'fear' and 'resolve' following Trump victory

Despite President-elect Donald Trump's repeated insistence that he would not sign a federal abortion ban into law, …

By Jack Roberts
Nov 26, 2024

‘SICK TO MY STOMACH’: Brown University students depressed and shocked at Trump win

‘I am sick to my stomach. It is extremely upsetting,’ said one student.

By Maura Okula '26
Nov 15, 2024

Brown reinforces 'Public Statements Policy' after voting against divestment from Israel

In the wake of a vote against divesting from Israel, the Corporation of Brown University reinforced that the school…

By Campus Reform
Oct 28, 2024

Brown University suspends Students for Justice in Palestine group after reports of harassment and 'banging on a vehicle'

Brown University placed its Students for Justice in Palestine under a temporary suspension while it investigates al…

By Adam Sabes
Oct 28, 2024

'AUTOGRAPH THEIR T***': Rhode Island U spent thousands of dollars to host porn star

‘This is higher education in Rhode Island, folks. The lowest it's ever been,’ Nicole Solas wrote.

By Anthony D'Ellena '27
Oct 25, 2024

Art school's board of trustees agrees to listen to SJP divestment proposal

The Rhode Island School of Design (RISD) Board of Trustees will consider a proposal authored by Students for Justic…

By Benjamin Brown '26
Oct 24, 2024

Brown launches investigation into anti-Israel activists after latest divestment protest

Brown University is investigating anti-Israel student activists after their protest against the Brown Corporation f…

By Campus Reform
Oct 23, 2024

Brown votes against divesting from Israel

Brown’s leadership promised to consider divestment as part of negotiations with student protesters.

By Brendan McDonald '25
Oct 10, 2024

UN official defends Hamas, labels Israel a military dictatorship at Brown University

At a recent Brown University event, UN special rapporteur Francesca Albanese criticized Israel as a 'military dicta…

By Patrick McDonald '26
Sep 28, 2024

Brown University faces backlash over controversial speaker who attacked ‘Jewish lobby,’ excused Oct. 7 massacre

Albanese condemned Israel on X the day of the Oct. 7 massacre, and wrote regarding Hamas’s actions: ‘Today’s violen…

By Patrick McDonald '26
Sep 12, 2024

Brown University sees increase in Asian students after Supreme Court decision

Brown University saw an increase in Asian student enrollment for the fall of 2024 after the Supreme Court’s decisio…

By Patrick McDonald '26
Sep 11, 2024

‘MORALLY REPREHENSIBLE’: Brown trustee condemns school’s ‘appeasement’ of pro-Hamas protesters, steps down

‘I am concerned about what Brown’s willingness to hold such a vote suggests about the university’s attitude toward …

By Patrick McDonald '26
Sep 11, 2024

24 GOP state attorneys general warn Brown University about divesting from Israel ahead of pivotal vote

24 state attorney generals urged Brown University to reject a proposal to divest from companies linked to Israel, c…

By Patrick McDonald '26
Aug 30, 2024

BDS-supporting Brown prof was previously head of school that supported 'right of Palestinians to self-defense' after Oct. 7

Brown Professor Beshara Doumani was previously president of Birzeit University, a controversial Palestinian univers…

By Patrick McDonald '26
Aug 12, 2024

Brown offers pre-college summer course on 'emerging academic field' of Fat Studies

Students will look at ‘the pathologization of fatness in the medical community and the rising prevalence of eating …

By Brendan McDonald '25
Jun 17, 2024

‘NOT GUILTY’: 41 Brown students arrested during anti-Israel protest could have charges DROPPED if not rearrested in six months

The students were arrested on Dec. 11 for trespassing during an anti-Israel protest on campus.

By Emma Dayton '26
Jun 4, 2024

Brown University caves to pro-Hamas mob, promises to consider cutting ties with Jewish State

The Ivy League institution announced that university leadership will hold a vote this October regarding divestment …

By Elad Vaida
May 1, 2024

Students at Brown go on hunger strike to demand divestments from Israel

Brown University students have begun a hunger strike calling for the school’s divestment from companies that have c…

By Patrick McDonald '26
Feb 5, 2024

Brown University protesters disrupt Nikki Haley campaign event: 'Fossil Fuels Own Haley'

Two events hosted by Nikki Haley were disrupted by climate protesters at Brown University.

By Adam Sabes
Feb 1, 2024

Brown University to host 'anti-racist' seminar promoting 'equity' and 'inclusive diversity'

New 'anti-racist' seminar at Brown to promote teaching from an 'anti-racist' lens.

By Brendan McDonald '25
Jan 9, 2024

41 anti- Israel student activists arrested in latest Brown divestment 'sit-in'

Led by the leftist Brown Divest Coalition, the students were reportedly arrested in University Hall around 6 p.m. o…

By Patrick McDonald '26
Dec 12, 2023

Brown caves to student activism, creates ‘Critical Native American and Indigenous Studies’ concentration

Brown has only committed to special investments, memorials, and education opportunities for Native Americans but ha…

By John Parker '25
Oct 15, 2023

Taxpayer-funded universities advertise name-changing resources to ‘trans and nonbinary students’

Campus Reform routinely tracks the activities of taxpayer-funded gender resource groups at colleges and universitie…

By Melanie Wilcox and Marya Ruth Dunning
Sep 27, 2023

Number of non-straight Brown students has doubled since 2010

A survery of Brown University students shows that 38% of students at the school identify as something other than he…

By Marya Ruth Dunning '25
Jul 14, 2023

URI gives students, faculty up to $1,000 to bring 'social justice' speakers to campus

'It is the hope of our office to fund programs and initiatives that echo our mission to create a diverse, equitable…

By Brendan McDonald '25
May 25, 2023

New bill would arm campus police for quicker response to active shootings

As news of campus shootings have remained in the headlines, Rhode Island State Rep. William W. O’Brien sponsored a …

By Shelby Kearns
Feb 16, 2023

These universities celebrated International Pronouns Day

International Pronouns Day was celebrated on Oct. 19.

By Kayley Chartier '25
Nov 2, 2022

Leftist professors take to Twitter to condemn Ben Sasse recommendation

Leftist professors took to Twitter to condemn the potential appointment of Republican Ben Sasse as the next Univers…

By Marya Ruth Dunning '25
Oct 19, 2022

University obtains artwork by convicted cop-killer to ‘advance research on incarceration’

The collection will become a part of the university’s ‘Voices of Mass Incarceration’ section.

By Kate Anderson
Sep 12, 2022

Brown offers ‘Teaching LGBTQIA History’ course this fall

According to the course description, '[s]tudents will...create their own unit plans on a topic in LGBTQIA history t…

By Amanda Mayer '24
Aug 16, 2022

Universities resume mask mandates... again.

Campus Reform compared the current mask mandates at four universities to the CDC’s COVID-19 community levels in the…

By William Biagini '24
Jun 14, 2022

SCHWERHA: Matt Walsh film forces academics to confront their hypocrisies on gender ideology

In Matt Walsh's Daily Wire documentary What is a Woman?, academics defend their advocacy for radical gender ideolog…

By Alexa Schwerha
Jun 5, 2022

From Rhode Island to Utah, these state lawmakers are introducing legislation to keep men out of women's sports

A number of states have proposed legislation to prohibit biological men from competing in women's sports.

By Alexa Schwerha
Mar 29, 2022

College hires 'faculty activist' as its new president

Crystal Williams has a history of being an activist at Reed College and Boston University.

By Alexa Schwerha
Jan 6, 2022

Law school group criticizes states banning Critical Race Theory

The Association of American Law Schools (AALS) recently stated its opposition to state bans on teaching Critical Ra…

By Ashley Carnahan
Aug 13, 2021

Brown U president issues pro-DACA letter after court ruling on the program's legality

The president of Brown University issued a letter of support for undocumented students and employees after a federa…

By Grant Fox '22
Aug 3, 2021

RI city pays Roger Williams University $99,000 to oversee 'reparations'

Providence has introduced a municipal reparations program for Black and indigenous people that RWU will manage.

By Leana Dippie '23
Jul 15, 2021

Law school introduces required course on race, 'white supremacy,' and 'racial hierarchy'

The Roger Williams University School of Law recently announced it will be introducing a required course on the subj…

By Ophelie Jacobson
Jul 4, 2021

Gates Foundation funds Brown University's K-12 tutoring initiative that presses 'implicit bias,' 'systemic racism,' 'privilege'

The university received $1 million for a tutoring 'toolkit' it launched that embraces equity and anti-racism.

By Ben Zeisloft
Jun 10, 2021

Rhode Island lawmakers introduce legislation fighting back against CRT

Republican lawmakers in Rhode Island introduced a bill that would ban Critical Race Theory at Universities.

By Alex Munguia '24
May 18, 2021

Conservatives celebrate as another university waves goodbye to its Confucius Institute

Bryan University in Rhode Island will close its Confucius Institute, becoming the latest U.S. college to do so.

By Dion J. Pierre
Mar 26, 2021

Providence College follows students with drone on first day of class

By Kaitlyn Schallhorn
Sep 4, 2014

RI health exchange urges parents use dating, hookup apps to nag children into Obamacare

HealthSource RI, Rhode Island's state-run Obamacare exchange, created a “Nag Toolkit” for dating sites.

By Kat Timpf
Mar 17, 2014