Today@Brown
Officially named Sharpe Refectory, this is the popular nickname for Brown's main dining hall.
What is The Ratty?
Brown University was founded in this year.
What is 1764?
Before serving as the current Secretary of Commerce, she was the 75th governor of Rhode Island.
Who is Gina Raimondo?
A member of the class of 2014, she played Hermione Granger in the Harry Potter movies.
Who is Emma Watson?
The Writing Center shares the 5th floor with this identity center.
What is UFLi?
Established in 1950, this event series is an annual spring music festival for students.
What is Spring Weekend?
Serving as Brown's 18th president from 2001-2012, she was the first African American president of an Ivy League university.
Who is Ruth Simmons?
Rhode Island is the second most densely populated state, following this other state.
What is New Jersey?
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A member of the class of 2004, he played both Thomas Jefferson and the Marquis de Lafayette in the hit musical Hamilton.
Who is Daveed Diggs?
The Brown University Writing Center was founded in the first year of this decade.
What is the 1980s?
Appointed in 2023, he is the 14th provost of Brown University.
Who is Frank Doyle?
In this decade Pembroke College, Brown's associated women's institution, was merged with the university.
What is the 1970s? (Exact: 1971)
The current home of the world's best writing center director, this is the state's second most populous municipality.
What is Cranston?
A member of the class of 2001, he played Jim Halpert in the sitcom The Office.
Who is John Krasinski?
The Writing Center is part of the Harriet W. Sheridan Center for Teaching and Learning. Harriet W. Sheridan held this role at Brown from 1979-87.
What is Dean of the College?
At its founding, Brown tuition was $12/year. This is the current full tuition for Brown undergraduate studies (rounded to the nearest thousand, and not including fees, housing, etc.).
What is $66,000? (Exact: $65,656)
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Founded as College in the English Colony of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations, Brown's first campus was located in this town.
What is Warren, Rhode Island?
With about 15,000 employees, this is the state's largest employer.
What is the State of Rhode Island?
A member of the class of 1967, she was appointed by President Biden to serve as the current Secretary of the Treasury.
Who is Janet Yellen?
The Writing Center is part of which hub (staffed by Charlie, Anne, Jenna, and Joy) within the Sheridan Center?
What is the Writing and English Language Support Hub?
Rounded to the nearest hundred, this is the number of undergraduate students currently enrolled at Brown.
What is 7,300? (Exact: 7,273)
This man was the first president of Brown University and is the namesake of the building that currently houses the Graduate School.
Who is James Manning?
Found only in the Blackstone Valley, Cumberland, and in small traces around Narragansett Bay, this slightly magnetic igneous rock is the state rock of Rhode Island.
What is Cumberlandite?
A member of the class of 1996, he made an unsuccessful bid for the Democratic primaries in 2020. During his campaign, he was known for his proposal of a universal base income of $1,000/month.
Who is Andrew Yang?
Prior to moving to the SciLi, the Writing Center was last located in this building on Waterman Street.
What is Page-Robinson? (Then called J. Walter Wilson Hall.)