2024 Summer Program Schedule*
Saturday, June 22, 2024 • 12:30 – 1:30 PM • Join us at Providence Public Library for Summer With Your PVD Libraries official kick-off! Brown University students, Will and Aaron, will lead Where Does Water Go? a hands-on program for families to understand what materials absorb water.
Location: 150 Empire Street Providence. Parking is available on-street. Bus accessibility.
Monday, June 24, 2024 • 10:30 – 11:15 AM • Storytime with K9 Elvy and Brown Department of Public Safety Officer Dustin Coleman. Join us for stories featuring working dogs and meet Elvy.
Location: Brown University Quiet Green – Intersection of College Street and Prospect Street. Across from the Rockefeller Library. Bus accessibility
Saturday, July 6, 2024 • 11:00 AM – 12:00 PM • Brown Arts Institute Public Art Tour. Supported through Brown Arts Institute’s ArtsCorps workforce development initiative, these curated student-led tours feature a personal selection of bear statues from Brown’s wide-ranging public art collection of over 30 pieces. This tour is exclusively for Summer With Your PVD Libraries families.
Location: Bronze Bruno Statue – 79 Waterman St, Providence, RI 02912. Bus accessibility
Saturday, July 13, 2024 • 9:30 – 10:30 AM • Storytime with Bruno and Brown Athletics. Meet Bruno, our beloved bear mascot of Brown University.
Location: Ittleson Quad, 235 Hope St., Providence. Parking is on-street. Handicapped parking is available in the athletic complex lots. Bus accessibility.
Thursday, July 18, 2024 • 3:00 – 3:45 PM • Mindfulness Storytime with Brown University CAPS. Taking time to breathe and identify our emotions is essential for mental health. Join us for stories and activities to check in with ourselves.
Location: Brown University Quiet Green – Intersection of College Street and Prospect Street. Across from the Rockefeller Library. Bus accessibility
Thursday, July 25, 2024 • 10:45 – 11:30 AM • Music Storytime with Brown University’s Orwig Music Library. Learn what’s inside a music library, visit the decomposing piano, and enjoy music-themed stories in the beautiful outdoor green space.
Location: Brown University Orwig Music Library – 1 Young Orchard Avenue Providence, RI 02906. Parking is available on-street. Bus accessibility
Tuesday, July 30, 2024 • 9:00 – 10:30 AM • Visit the Ladd Observatory Brown University’s home of our 19th-century telescope and astronomy. Tours will be available, followed by a space-themed storytime at 10:00 a.m.
Location: 210 Doyle Ave., Providence. Parking in the lot and on-street. Bus accessibility
Saturday, August 3, 2024 • 11:00 AM – 12:00 PM • Brown Arts Institute Public Art Tour. Supported through Brown Arts Institute’s ArtsCorps workforce development initiative, these curated student-led tours feature a personal selection of bear statues from Brown’s wide-ranging public art collection of over 30 pieces. This tour is exclusively for Summer With Your PVD Libraries families.
Location: Bronze Bruno Statue – 79 Waterman St, Providence, RI 02912. Bus accessibility
Monday, August 5, 2024 • 10:00 – 10:45 AM • Storytime with author Kyle Lukoff. In partnership with the Sarah Doyle Center for Women and Gender and the LGBTQ Center at Brown University, we are excited to welcome Kyle to Brown. An RSVP is required for this event.
Location: Details will be sent to registrants.
Tuesday, August 13, 2024 • 12:00 – 2:00 PM • “a lot of curiosities”: an introduction to creative writing. In partnership with the Native American and Indigenous Studies Initiative at Brown University, we are excited to welcome Danielle Shandiin Emerson, a Diné writer from Shiprock, New Mexico on the Navajo Nation. Her clans are Tłaashchi’i (Red Cheek People Clan), born for Ta’neezaahníí (Tangled People Clan). This event will be held at Providence Public Library.
Location: Providence Public Library – 150 Empire St, Providence, RI 02903
Saturday, August 17, 2024 • 11:00 AM—12:30 PM • Visit the Plant Environmental Center (Greenhouse) at Brown University, located on the rooftop of the Institute at Brown for Environment and Society. The conservatory’s collection includes many plant families, including a diverse collection of Cycads, Orchids, Aroids, and plants from the Amazon region. Following a tour, we welcome you to our classroom to create art pieces with pressed plants and flowers.
Location: 85 Waterman St., Providence. Parking is metered on-street. Bus accessibility
*Please check back for additional programs – we are working on more opportunities to welcome you.
About Brown University
Brown was founded in 1764 — the third college in New England and the seventh in Colonial America. Originally located in Warren, Rhode Island, and called the College of Rhode Island, Brown moved to its current spot on College Hill overlooking Providence in 1770 and was renamed in 1804 in recognition of a $5,000 gift from Nicholas Brown, a prominent Providence businessman and alumnus, Class of 1786.
Visiting the Brown University Campus
Maps
- Digital visiting brochure with a campus map
- Interactive campus map
Public Transit
Brown University is accessible from anywhere in Rhode Island via the Rhode Island Public Transit Authority (RIPTA) bus. To visit the main campus green area, please use 75 Waterman Street Providence, RI 02906 as the address. Bus schedules can be found on the RIPTA website. The fare for both the bus and the trolley is $2. You may transfer at discounted rates; see the RIPTA website for detailed fare information.
Parking
The City of Providence has metered parking available surrounding the campus. Please pay close attention to parking signs. We encourage you to take advantage of RIPTA where possible.
Brown and Providence
Learn more about Brown’s commitment to Providence schools.
Information about Brown for Community Members
Brown admission
Many Rhode Island students attend Brown each year, including graduates of the Providence Public School District (PPSD) and other public schools. Financial aid is available for all families who qualify; many families who make below $60,000/ year will have no contribution expected from parents. More information on the Admission website.
Brown Pre-College
Brown Pre-College is a summer program for high school students. Special scholarships are available for PPSD students. Programs can be on campus in Providence during the summer, or in other locations nationally or internationally.
Brown Summer High School
Brown Summer High School (BSHS) is a summer enrichment program for Providence, Central Falls and other high school students on Brown’s campus. BSHS provides motivated local students with a chance to pursue study in areas that interest them most.
GirlsGetMath@ICERM
GirlsGetMath is a five-day non-residential summer mathematics program that is open to high schoolers, regardless of gender, who live in or near greater Rhode Island and who will be entering 10th or 11th grade. GirlsGetMath occurs in an encouraging environment that builds young students’ confidence in math and science, expands participants’ understanding and knowledge of mathematics through computations and experimentations, and provides expert mathematical training and mentoring. Full scholarships are available, including lunch.
Jobs@Brown
Jobs@Brown is the online listing of jobs available at Brown. Jobs are listed with salary grades. Brown is one of the largest employers in RI and has generous staff benefits, including financial assistance for college tuition for employees’ children.
Featured Events
Brown has a rich calendar of arts, culture, and educational events, many of which are free and open to the public. You can subscribe to the Featured Events newsletter.
Brown Athletics
Brown’s 30+ athletic teams compete throughout the academic year, offering something for any fan. Check the full schedule.
Brown Arts Institute
The Brown Arts Institute cultivates creative expression at Brown and hosts diverse performances, exhibits, and other arts events throughout the academic year, many of which are open to the public and free or low cost. You can sign up for their newsletter.
Brown University Library
The Brown University Library system consists of six campus locations as well as the nearby Library Collections Annex, an off-campus high-density storage facility. With a scholarly collection of approximately 7 million volumes, the University Library is one of the largest academic libraries in New England. Its holdings include nearly 3 million ebooks, more than 250,000 ejournals, and over 500 research databases; special collections include some 400,000 monographs, 1.5 million archival files and records, 500,000 pieces of sheet music, and 60,000 each of broadsides, photographs, and prints.