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Learn MoreAmid the global COVID-19 pandemic, Brown’s plans for 2020-21 focus on protecting the health of our community while delivering world-class education and research, and remaining a valued neighbor in our city, state and region.
“Healthy Brown” is a goal and a core value guiding efforts to ensure the health, safety and well-being of the Brown University community.
President Christina H. Paxson shared Brown’s “Plan for a Healthy and Safe 2020-21” in July 2020, providing the roadmap for the steps Brown is taking to mitigate the impact of the global COVID-19 pandemic during the phased resumption of on-campus instruction and operations. Based on expert public health guidance, Brown is pursuing a three-term academic calendar that provides for a “de-densified” approach for the transition of students to campus starting in Fall 2020. On Aug. 11, the University outlined a phased approach to welcoming students back — graduate and medical students choosing to study on campus during the fall arrived in August, and most undergraduates returning for the fall arrived by late September.
We are committed to keeping our community informed with the latest updates on Brown’s COVID-19 planning and response.
The University will reduce the number of students studying in Providence, offer remote learning and instruction options, and implement extensive health and safety protocols and policies to mitigate the impact of the coronavirus pandemic on campus.
Every office and department across Brown is part of a campus-wide effort to protect community health while sustaining Brown’s world-class education, teaching, research and service. This website serves as a gateway to the policies, protocols and resources that will continue to inform academic instruction; research, scholarship and discovery; and campus operations.
We celebrate the fact that Brown is a community filled with people who care about each other. Now, in the midst of a pandemic, that culture of caring must translate into scrupulous attention to evidence-based public health practices. Caring as much about others as we do ourselves will be critical and essential.
In advancing its mission of education and research for the 2020-21 academic year and beyond, Brown is committed to the following guiding principles:
Brown’s “Plan for a Healthy and Safe 2020-21” provides the roadmap for the steps Brown is taking to mitigate the impact of the global pandemic during the phased resumption of on-campus instruction and operations.
