Looming above the main room of Sayles Hall is an antique musical treasure: the largest remaining Hutchings-Votey pipe organ in the world.

The Commission on Memorials, established by the University in cooperation with the city of Providence and state of Rhode Island, has released a report containing six recommendations on how to acknowledge Brown’s and the community’s historical relationship to slavery.

The newly renovated bookstore on Thayer Street has reopened with a series of events and promotions this week.

The University’s first sexual assault response and prevention coordinator talks about her mission and explains why higher numbers of reported assaults can be a positive outcome.

In an e-mail to the Brown community, President Ruth J. Simmons reported on Feb. 21 Corporation actions including a 0.9% budget increase for FY10, cost-saving measures that will include staff cuts, and the lowest tuition increase in more than 45 years.

Constantine Gatsonis co-chaired a two-year effort to examine the state of the nation’s forensic science, an increasingly important part of collecting criminal evidence. The report, issued last week through the National Academy of Sciences, found U.S. forensic science badly in need of an overhaul.

A new program developed by the Graduate School and the Writing Center helps Ph.D. students stop researching and start writing.