布朗大学（Brown University, Providence, R.I.）

布朗大学是一所建于1764年的著名私立大学，常春藤盟校之一。学校本科总招生6988人，学校建于城市中，校园面积146英亩。它使用基于学期的学习日历。布朗大学在2019年最佳大学排行榜上排名是全国14所大学。学费和费用为55656美元（2018-19年）。

布朗大学位于普罗维登斯的大学山上，有一个大学城的感觉，泰尔街是购物和就餐的活动中心。棕熊有超过35个NCAA的一级运动队和常春藤联盟竞争。布朗大学的所有学生都必须在学校住上六个学期，住宿选择包括传统的单人间、双人房、三人房和套房。校园里有大约400个学生组织，从《布朗壶》喜剧杂志到《布朗舞厅舞蹈》，学生们可以找到一种追求自己兴趣的方式。布朗还拥有一个小型但充满活力的希腊社区，有十几个分会，包括一些合作的希腊组织。

布朗大学通过其研究生院和排名靠前的沃伦阿尔珀特医学院提供了大量的研究生课程，该研究生院在英语和历史方面都享有很高的声誉。布朗大学范威克盖茨校区的中心区一年只开放两次：一次是让新来的学生进入校园进行集会，另一次是让刚毕业的学生在毕业典礼后离开校园。布朗每年举办一次庆祝“春季周末”，包括体育活动、音乐会和免费食物。著名的校友包括小约翰·D·洛克菲勒、小约翰·F·肯尼迪、CNN创始人和媒体大亨泰德·特纳。

Brown University is a private institution that was founded in 1764. It has a total undergraduate enrollment of 6,988, its setting is city, and the campus size is 146 acres. It utilizes a semester-based academic calendar. Brown University’s ranking in the 2019 edition of Best Colleges is National Universities, 14. Its tuition and fees are $55,656 (2018-19).

Located atop College Hill in Providence, R.I., Brown University has a college town feel with Thayer Street serving as a center of activity for shopping and dining. The Brown Bears have more than 35 NCAA Division I athletic teams and compete in the Ivy League. All students at Brown are required to live on campus for their first six semesters, and housing options include traditional singles, doubles, triples and suites. With around 400 student organizations on campus ranging from The Brown Jug comedy magazine to Brown Ballroom Dance, students can find a way to pursue their interests. Brown also has a small but vibrant Greek community with about a dozen chapters, including a few co-ed Greek organizations.

Brown offers a number of a graduate studies through its Graduate School, which offers well-regarded programs in English and history, and the highly ranked Warren Alpert Medical School. The center section of the Van Wickle Gates on Brown’s campus opens only twice a year: once to let incoming students onto campus for convocation and once to let recent graduates exit after commencement. Brown hosts an annual celebratory “Spring Weekend” with athletic events, concerts and free food. Notable alumni include John D. Rockefeller Jr., John F. Kennedy Jr. and CNN founder and media mogul Ted Turner.