⁴ᴷ⁶⁰ Walking Providence, RI: Brown University campus tour

June 30, 2024 - 12:30 PM
79°F / 26°C

Walking tour (without narration) of the campus of Brown University in Providence, Rhode Island, via the following route: Pembroke Campus → The Perelman Arts District → eastbound on Waterman Street → southbound on Thayer Street → Ruth J. Simmons Quadrangle → Main Green → Quiet Green → Robinson Hall. Filmed with GoPro Hero 12.

Highlights:
00:00 - Entering Pembroke Campus
00:43 - Smith-Buonanno Hall
01:45 - Metcalf Hall, Andrews Hall, Miller Hall
02:14 - Alumnae Hall
03:27 - Sidney E. Frank Hall for Life Sciences
04:20 - The Lindemann Performing Arts Center, The Perelman Arts District
05:07 - Churchill House
05:52 - "Circle Dance" by Tom Friedman
06:21 - Walking eastbound on Waterman Street, Arnold Laboratory
07:19 - Walking southbound on Thayer Street, Metcalf Research Building
08:16 - Soldiers Memorial Gate, entering Ruth J. Simmons Quadrangle
09:50 - Lyman Hall
11:07 - Sayles Hall, entering Main Green
11:44 - Friedman Hall
12:28 - John Carter Brown Library
13:33 - University Hall, Haffenreffer Museum of Anthropology
14:11 - Stephen Robert '62 Campus Center
14:50 - Bronze Bruno statue
17:03 - The Quiet Green
18:43 - Manning Hall
19:17 - Brown University Slavery Memorial
19:47 - Carrie Tower, Robinson Hall

From Wikipedia:
"Brown University is a private Ivy League research university in Providence, Rhode Island. It is the seventh-oldest institution of higher education in the United States, founded in 1764 as the College in the English Colony of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations. One of nine colonial colleges chartered before the American Revolution, it was the first U.S. college to codify that admission and instruction of students was to be equal regardless of the religious affiliation of students.

The university is home to the oldest applied mathematics program in the country and oldest engineering program in the Ivy League. It was one of the early doctoral-granting institutions in the U.S., adding masters and doctoral studies in 1887. In 1969, it adopted its Open Curriculum after student lobbying, which eliminated mandatory general education distribution requirements. In 1971, Brown's coordinate women's institution, Pembroke College, was fully merged into the university.

The university comprises the College, the Graduate School, Alpert Medical School, the School of Engineering, the School of Public Health and the School of Professional Studies. Its international programs are organized through the Watson Institute for International and Public Affairs, and it is academically affiliated with the Marine Biological Laboratory and the Rhode Island School of Design, which offers undergraduate and graduate dual degree programs. Brown's main campus is in the College Hill neighborhood of Providence. The university is surrounded by a federally listed architectural district with a concentration of Colonial-era buildings. Benefit Street has one of America's richest concentrations of 17th- and 18th-century architecture. Undergraduate admissions are among the most selective in the country, with an acceptance rate of 5% for the class of 2026.

As of March 2022, 11 Nobel Prize winners have been affiliated with Brown as alumni, faculty, or researchers, one Fields Medalist, seven National Humanities Medalists, and 11 National Medal of Science laureates. Alumni include 27 Pulitzer Prize winners, 21 billionaires, four U.S. Secretaries of State, over 100 members of the United States Congress, 58 Rhodes Scholars, 22 MacArthur Genius Fellows, and 38 Olympic medalists."