“Brown's exceptional spring cohort brings to campus a wide array of academic accomplishments, personal talents and a commitment to serving the community, the nation and the world,” said Logan Powell, associate provost for enrollment and dean of undergraduate admission. “We are honored to welcome these outstanding young people to the Brown community.”
The incoming undergraduates come to Brown from a broad swath of institutions across the country, including Smith College, Clemson University, Vassar College, Swarthmore College and Northeastern University, among many others. With interests ranging from Slavic studies and philosophy to neuroscience and literary arts, Powell said Brown’s newest students bring an array of talents and personal qualities that promise to enrich the community.
“We look forward to their contributions as thoughtful leaders and creative problem-solvers in and out of the classroom,” he said.
The spring semester also ushered in the arrival of new graduate students, including 109 students who will begin master’s programs across disciplines including public health, health care leadership and technology leadership.
For the first time, 18 students will begin studies as the inaugural cohort of Brown’s fully online biostatistics master’s degree program. Designed and developed in tandem by School of Public Health and School of Professional Studies, the 20-month degree program aims to provide working professionals with a strong foundation in biostatistical and health data science methods, and rigorous training in applied skills.
Dozens of visiting and non-degree-seeking students will also begin their semester on College Hill, including 10 graduate and 30 medical students and two students who arrived as part of the Brown-Tougaloo semester exchange.
Through the exchange, undergraduates from Brown and Tougaloo College, a historically Black college near Jackson, Mississippi, spend a semester enrolled at the other institution’s campus. Since 1964, the Brown University-Tougaloo College Partnership has enriched both campuses through academic and cultural exchanges and research at the undergraduate and graduate level.
The majority of the Brown’s newest students will join their peers in classrooms when Brown’s spring semester courses begin on Wednesday, Jan. 22.
