Brown University

Brown University

Motto	In Deo Speramus (Latin)
Motto in English	"In God We Hope"[1]
Type	Private research university
Established	September 15, 1764; 260 years ago (1764-09-15)
Accreditation	NECHE
Academic affiliations	AAU COFHE URA NAICU Space-grant
Endowment	$6.6 billion (2023)[2]
Budget	$1.28 billion (2023)[3]
President	Christina Paxson
Provost	Francis J. Doyle III
Academic staff	848[4]
Students	10,737[4]
Undergraduates	7,222[4]
Postgraduates	2,920[4] 595 medical students[4]
Location	Providence , Rhode Island , United States 41°49′34″N 71°24′11″W / 41.82611°N 71.40306°W / 41.82611; -71.40306
Campus	Midsize city, 143 acres (0.58 km2)
Other campuses	Groton Madrid
Newspaper	The Brown Daily Herald
Colors	Seal Brown, Cardinal Red, and White[5]
Nickname	Bears
Sporting affiliations	NCAA Division I FCS – Ivy League ECAC Hockey EARC EAWRC NEISA CWPA IRA
Mascot	Bruno the Bear
Website	www.brown.edu

Brown University is an American private research university in Providence, Rhode Island. It is a member of the Ivy League. It was founded in 1764 as the College in the English Colony of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations, early in the reign of King George III (1760–1820) and before American independence from the British Empire. It was founded by the Brown brothers, who were slave traders.^[6][7][8][9] Brown is the third oldest institution of higher education in New England and seventh oldest in the United States.^[10]

Brown is ranked as the 14th national university behind Princeton, Harvard, Yale, Columbia, Stanford, University of Chicago, Duke, MIT, University of Pennsylvania, Caltech, Dartmouth, Johns Hopkins, and Northwestern. Brown was the first college in the country to accept students of any religion.^[11]

It is the second last ranked Ivy League University with Cornell being the last.

1. ↑ "Brown University Admission Facts and Figures". Brown University. Archived from the original on 8 July 2012. Retrieved 8 October 2014.
2. ↑ As of October 18, 2023. "Positive investment return positions Brown endowment to advance support for academic priorities". Brown University. 18 October 2023. Retrieved 18 October 2023.
3. ↑ "Brown sees 2.2% increase in net assets, 2.7% return on endowment in 2023 fiscal year". The Brown Daily Herald.
4. ↑ ^{4.0 4.1 4.2 4.3 4.4} "Brown at a Glance". Brown University. Retrieved 4 April 2024.
5. ↑ "Brown Bears 2012 Style Guide" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 31 January 2016. Retrieved 12 April 2019.
6. ↑ "John Brown (1736-1803) Papers". Rhode Island Historical Society Manuscripts Division. 1995. Retrieved 28 January 2015.
7. ↑ "John Brown". Gaspee Virtual Archives. April 2013 [originally posted 2003]. Retrieved 28 January 2015.
8. ↑ The Charter of Brown University (PDF), Providence, RI: Brown University, 1945, retrieved 27 January 2015
9. ↑ "Report of the Brown University Steering Committee on Slavery and Justice" (PDF). Brown University. October 2006. Retrieved 28 January 2015.
10. ↑ "Encyclopedia Brunoniana | Bicentennial celebration". Brown University. Retrieved 9 July 2009.
11. ↑ "Get to Know Us: Our History". Brown University Admission Office.