Samantha Chambers

After over a year of renovations, Churchill House reopened to University faculty and students this fall. The renovations to the building — which houses the Department of Africana Studies and the Rites and Reason Theatre — started in July 2022. The $20 million project added 3,000 square feet of space to the building, as well as several modernizing and accessibility-improving updates, according to a Sept. 26 University report. During the renovations, Churchill occupants temporarily relocated to Andrews House for the 2022-2023 academic year. 

An anti-hazing and philanthropic organization, the fraternity currently serves 18 undergraduate members and several affiliated alumni.

Last month, the Title IX and Gender Equity Office released a series of revisions to their Title IX procedures, according to an Oct. 27 Today@Brown announcement.  Notable changes shared in the message include the implementation of a single-hearing officer model, an increase in the time frame of formal processes, changes to opening and closing statements in the hearing process and a ban on recording in most parts of the process. The changes were implemented amid a delay to the Biden administration’s planned release of general and athletics-related Title IX rules, at one point set for October. The University made these changes in an effort to “get a jump on” federal changes, according to Ebony Manning, Brown’s Title IX coordinator. 

Earlier this month, 20 members of the student group BrownU Jews for Ceasefire Now were arrested by the Brown Department of Public Safety under trespassing charges during a University Hall sit-in calling for divestment from “companies that enable war crimes in Gaza," The Herald previously reported.

Serving the Brown community since 1891

Serving the Brown community since 1891

Serving the Brown community since 1891

Serving the Brown community since 1891

Serving the Brown community since 1891

Serving the Brown community since 1891