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In the third and final episode of Pandas on Ice, BDH Studios catches up with the Pandas at their reunion and hears about the legacy of the inaugural team today.

At a Monday night vigil for Hisham Awartani last week, students shouted President Christina Paxson ’19 P’MD’20 off the stage, calling for University divestment from companies affiliated with Israel and weapons manufacturing. In this episode of the Bruno Brief, we learn more about the details of this story as well as filling you in on other important stories from the week. Subscribe to the podcast on Spotify or Apple Podcasts or listen via the RSS feed. Send tips and feedback for the next episode to herald@browndailyherald.com. The Bruno Brief is produced in partnership with WBRU. Music: Denzel Sprak: https://app.sessions.blue/browse/track/203142 McCarthy: https://app.sessions.blue/browse/track/210992

In the second episode of The Herald’s new podcast series “Pandas On Ice,” podcast editor and metro editor Jacob Smollen speaks with former Pembroke Pandas to tell the story of how the first intercollegiate women’s ice hockey team in the country became a national powerhouse. Subscribe to BDH Studios on Spotify or Apple Podcasts or listen via the RSS feed. Send tips and feedback for the next episode to herald@browndailyherald.com. The Bruno Brief is produced in partnership with WBRU.

In this episode of the Bruno Brief, Tom Li and Ciara Meyer discuss their reporting on recent arrests and student activism at the Rhode Island School of Design surrounding the school’s relationship with Textron. Subscribe to the podcast on Spotify or Apple Podcasts or listen via the RSS feed. Send tips and feedback for the next episode to herald@browndailyherald.com. The Bruno Brief is produced in partnership with WBRU. Music Credits: Denzel Sprak: https://app.sessions.blue/browse/track/203142

In the first episode of The Herald’s new podcast series “Pandas On Ice,” podcast editor and metro editor Jacob Smollen speaks with former Pembroke Pandas to tell the story of how the first intercollegiate women’s ice hockey team in the country came to be. Subscribe to BDH Studios on Spotify or Apple Podcasts or listen via the RSS feed. Send tips and feedback for the next episode to herald@browndailyherald.com. Pandas on Ice is produced in partnership with WBRU. Photo courtesy of Nancy Schieffelin Music: Denzel Sprak: https://app.sessions.blue/browse/track/203142 Taoudella: https://app.sessions.blue/browse/track/215432 Borough: https://app.sessions.blue/browse/track/215433 Dorica Theme: Dorica https://app.sessions.blue/browse/track/215434 Palms Down: https://app.sessions.blue/browse/track/212466

On Wednesday evening, The Department of Public Safety arrested 20 student Jewish students who had begun a sit-in at University Hall that afternoon. The students had refused to willingly leave the building until President Christina Paxson ’19 P’MD’20 publicly committed to “include and support a divestment resolution in the next meeting of the Brown Corporation,” according to their demands. In this episode of the Bruno Brief, we learn more about this story and fill you in on other important stories from the week. Subscribe to the podcast on Spotify or Apple Podcasts or listen via the RSS feed. Send tips and feedback for the next episode to herald@browndailyherald.com. The Bruno Brief is produced in partnership with WBRU. Denzel Sprak: https://app.sessions.blue/browse/track/203142 McCarthy: https://app.sessions.blue/browse/track/210992

Ahead of this weekend’s Ivy League women’s soccer tournament, Bruno Brief podcast producer Carter Moyer speaks with Nicholas Miller, senior staff writer, about the program’s continued success over the last four years. In this episode of the Bruno Brief, we learn more about the details of this story and fill you in on other important stories from the week. Subscribe to the podcast on Spotify or Apple Podcasts or listen via the RSS feed. Send tips and feedback for the next episode to herald@browndailyherald.com. The Bruno Brief is produced in partnership with WBRU. Music Credits: Denzel Sprak: https://app.sessions.blue/browse/track/203142 Palms Down: https://app.sessions.blue/browse/track/212396

In the third episode of The Herald’s new podcast series, “On The Green,” podcast producer and contributing writer Jaanu Ramesh and Tevah Gevelber, podcast producer and staff writer, talk to fellow Brunonians about the stories behind their favorite photos at Brown. Subscribe to the podcast on Spotify or Apple Podcasts or listen via the RSS feed. Send tips and feedback for the next episode to herald@browndailyherald.com. “On The Green” is produced in partnership with WBRU. Music Credits: Hakodate Line: https://app.sessions.blue/browse/track/209076 A Pleasant Strike: https://app.sessions.blue/browse/track/210993 Dust Digger: https://app.sessions.blue/browse/track/210994 Palms Down: https://app.sessions.blue/browse/track/212466

Artist Heather McMordie launched the Providence Community Herbarium project to explore the relationships twelve Providence residents have with plants. Weaving these stories with artwork and local ecology, this initiative has fostered community as well as appreciation for plant life beyond scientific analysis. In this episode of the Bruno Brief, we learn more about the details of this story and fill you in on other important stories from the week. Subscribe to the podcast on Spotify or Apple Podcasts or listen via the RSS feed. Send tips and feedback for the next episode to herald@browndailyherald.com. The Bruno Brief is produced in partnership with WBRU. Denzel Sprak: https://app.sessions.blue/browse/track/203142 McCarthy: https://app.sessions.blue/browse/track/210992 Bauxite: https://app.sessions.blue/browse/track/210991

In the second episode of The Herald’s new podcast series, “On The Green,” senior staff writer and podcast producer Mikayla Kennedy talks to fellow Brunonians about how they met their best friends and partners. Subscribe to the podcast on Spotify or Apple Podcasts or listen via the RSS feed. Send tips and feedback for the next episode to herald@browndailyherald.com. “On The Green” is produced in partnership with WBRU. Music Credits: Hakodate Line: https://app.sessions.blue/browse/track/209076 A Pleasant Strike: https://app.sessions.blue/browse/track/210993 Dust Digger: https://app.sessions.blue/browse/track/210994

In the 2023 fiscal year, Brown’s endowment grew 2.7% to a value of $6.6 billion as of June 30. In this episode of the Bruno Brief, we learn more about the details of how Brown’s endowment works and fill you in on other important stories from the week. Subscribe to the podcast on Spotify or Apple Podcasts or listen via the RSS feed. Send tips and feedback for the next episode to herald@browndailyherald.com. The Bruno Brief is produced in partnership with WBRU. Music Credits: Denzel Sprak: https://app.sessions.blue/browse/track/203142 McCarthy: https://app.sessions.blue/browse/track/209942

In the first episode of The Herald’s new podcast series, “On The Green,” contributing writers and producers Maya Kelly ’27 and Rohey Jasseh ’27 talk to fellow Brunonians about their first years on College Hill. How were their experiences in communal bathrooms? What were their favorite memories? Subscribe to the podcast on Spotify or Apple Podcasts or listen via the RSS feed. Send tips and feedback for the next episode to herald@browndailyherald.com. “On The Green” is produced in partnership with WBRU. Hakodate Line: https://app.sessions.blue/browse/track/209076 The Crisper: https://app.sessions.blue/browse/track/209590 A Pleasant Strike: https://app.sessions.blue/browse/track/209547

The Herald conducted polling this summer to get a clearer picture of the class of 2027. Now, we analyze the data to get a picture of admissions, exploring test-optional policies, legacy impacts and the influence of athlete status on getting into Brown. In this episode of the Bruno Brief, we’ll dive into this data as well as filling you in on other important stories from the week. Subscribe to the podcast on Spotify or Apple Podcasts or listen via the RSS feed. Send tips and feedback for the next episode to herald@browndailyherald.com. The Bruno Brief is produced in partnership with WBRU. Music credits: Denzel Sprak: https://app.sessions.blue/browse/track/203142 Plate Glass: https://app.sessions.blue/browse/track/208105

Community Coordinators rallied on the Main Green this Tuesday requesting the University to voluntarily recognize their proposed union. In this episode of the Bruno Brief, we learn more about the details of this story and fill you in on other important news from the week. Subscribe to the podcast on Spotify or Apple Podcasts or listen via the RSS feed. Send tips and feedback for the next episode to herald@browndailyherald.com. The Bruno Brief is produced in partnership with WBRU. Editors’ Note: On Friday, Vice President for Campus Life Eric Estes informed the Labor Organization of Community Coordinators that the University was prepared to recognize the proposed union pending a check of authorization cards, The Herald previously reported. This podcast was recorded before that news broke. Music Credits: Denzel Sprak: https://app.sessions.blue/browse/track/203142 Bauxite: https://app.sessions.blue/browse/track/206800

Woonsocket Middle School has been closed for 14 years, but developers are working to breathe new life into the school and transform it into approximately 150 apartments. The project is just one of the new adaptive reuse projects underway in Rhode Island as developers work to repurpose unused buildings such as old schools and factories to address the state’s housing crisis. In this episode of the Bruno Brief, we learn more about the details of this story and fill you in on other important news from the week. Subscribe to the podcast on Spotify or Apple Podcasts or listen via the RSS feed. Send tips and feedback for the next episode to herald@browndailyherald.com. The Bruno Brief is produced in partnership with WBRU. Music Credits: Denzel Sprak: https://app.sessions.blue/browse/track/203142

Following years of student activism, Brown has officially launched the Critical Native American and Indigenous Studies concentration, which will see its first graduating students this spring. The concentration was part of five commitments adopted by the University in May 2022 alongside its official land acknowledgement statement. In this episode of the Bruno Brief, we learn more about the details of this story, and fill you in on other important news from the week. Music Credits: Denzel Sprak: https://app.sessions.blue/browse/track/203142 Our only Lark: https://app.sessions.blue/browse/track/203142

While Health Services has offered emergency and prescription contraceptives for over a decade, until recently students had to pay for or use their insurance in order to attain them. But, per a recent announcement, over the counter emergency contraceptives with be available for free at Health Services’s on-campus pharmacy. In this episode of the Bruno Brief, we learn more about the details of this story as well as filling you in on other important stories from the week. Subscribe to the podcast on Spotify or Apple Podcasts or listen via the RSS feed. Send tips and feedback for the next episode to herald@browndailyherald.com. The Bruno Brief is produced in partnership with WBRU. Music Credits: Denzel Sprak: https://app.sessions.blue/browse/track/203142 Our Only Lark Hakodate Line (piano lead)

In the finale of The Bruno Brief’s series on myths at Brown, Finn Kirkpatrick and Elysee Barakett discuss their reporting on the history of marijuana at the University. Though the National Institute on Drug Abuse found in 2020 that 44% of American college students used marijuana in the last year, Brown has gained the reputation of being a “stoner” school. Is this title earned? Where did it come from? What is happening on campus now? Subscribe to the podcast on Spotify or Apple Podcasts or listen via the RSS feed. Send tips and feedback for the next episode to herald@browndailyherald.com. The Bruno Brief is produced in partnership with WBRU. Music: Denzel Sprak by Blue Dot Sessionshttps://www.sessions.blue Crumpet by Blue Dot Sessions https://www.sessions.blue Our Only Lark by Blue Dot Sessions https://www.sessions.blue

In the fifth episode of The Bruno Brief’s series on myths at Brown, Producers Elysee Barakett and Samantha Renzulli talk about their reporting on happiness at the University. Brown is ranked by the Princeton Review as the 10th happiest campus in the country and the happiest school in the Ivy League, and has a general reputation for being the “Happy Ivy.” But why does Brown have this reputation? Is it really true? Subscribe to the podcast on Spotify or Apple Podcasts or listen via the RSS feed. Send tips and feedback for the next episode to herald@browndailyherald.com. The Bruno Brief is produced in partnership with WBRU. Listen to last week’s episode about the way income impacts students’ experiences at Brown here. KeoKeo by Blue Dot Sessions https://www.sessions.blue Denzel Sprak by Blue Dot Sessions https://www.sessions.blue Our Only Lark by Blue Dot Sessions https://www.sessions.blue Hakodate Line by Blue Dot Sessions https://www.sessions.blue Four Cluster by Blue Dot Sessions https://www.sessions.blue

In the fourth episode of The Bruno Brief’s series on myths at Brown, Matias Gersberg speaks with fellow Bruno Brief producer Carter Moyer about some of the ways in which class impacts social life, academics and admissions on College Hill. Subscribe to the podcast on Spotify or Apple Podcasts or listen via the RSS feed. Send tips and feedback for the next episode to herald@browndailyherald.com. The Bruno Brief is produced in partnership with WBRU.