Image taken from Y Combinator’s YouTube channel Tom Brown, co-founder of Anthropic and one of the earliest employees at OpenAI, has become a quietly influential figure in the world of artificial intelligence. Yet, less than a decade ago, Brown was struggling with linear algebra, earning a B- in the course.Today, he sits at the helm…
(Andri Tambunan/The New York Times) California Governor Gavin Newsom has never been known to temper his words, but his latest salvo against America’s most prestigious universities, Harvard, Columbia, Brown, and the University of Pennsylvania, has triggered a fierce debate over whether the Ivy League and its peers are quietly sacrificing principle for survival.In an era…
Attending Brown University now comes with an eye-watering price tag: $96,284 per year, or more than $385,000 over four years, according to a recent analysis by GOBankingRates. One of the eight Ivy League institutions, Brown has long been seen as a symbol of academic excellence, but in 2025, it finds itself at the center of…
For all its chest-thumping about “protecting meritocracy,” the Trump administration has quietly engineered something far more consequential than a policy shift: A looming federal admissions surveillance regime—and it has bought the keys to elite university gates with hard cash. Columbia and Brown, two of America’s most storied universities, have just paid their way out of…
Columbia University and Brown University are set to disclose detailed admissions data, including standardised test scores, grade-point averages, and racial demographics of applicants, as part of recent settlements with the Trump administration. The move, which departs from typical university-government data sharing practices, is being viewed as a significant development in the national conversation around race-conscious…
Police have confirmed multiple fatalities following a shooting at The Owl Bar in Anaconda on Thursday. The suspect, 45-year-old resident Michael Brown, remains at large and is considered armed and extremely dangerous. Authorities say Michael Brown fled the scene in a 2007 white Ford F-150 pickup truck with Montana license plate DTY493. The vehicle was…
In a recent YouTube interview with Sonya Huang of Sequoia Capital, a candid conversation unfolded around a topic considered far-fetched: Whether artificial intelligence could eventually replace expert mathematicians in one of the most intellectually demanding tasks, creating International Mathematical Olympiad (IMO) questions.Sitting across from Huang were Alex Wei, Sheryl Hsu, and Noam Brown, a lean…
Brown University said on Wednesday it has reached an agreement with the Trump administration to resolve federal investigations into alleged discrimination and regain access to suspended research funding, a move that comes with significant policy concessions aligned with the president’s political agenda. The Ivy League institution will pay USD 50 million over 10 years to…
US universities fight back as NSF imposes 15% cap on research cost reimbursements (mit.edu) Brown University and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), along with 10 other institutions, have filed a lawsuit against the National Science Foundation (NSF), seeking to block newly announced limits on indirect cost reimbursements for federally funded research. The suit, filed…
Brown University to see half a billion in federal funding halted by Trump administration. (AP Photo) The Trump administration has announced plans to freeze $510 million in federal funding allocated to Brown University, as part of an ongoing review concerning antisemitism on campus. The freeze is part of a broader campaign targeting US universities accused…