brown.edu

Brown University is an Ivy League research university in Providence, Rhode Island, offering over 100 undergraduate and 50 graduate programs across engineering, sciences, humanities, and specialized fields like Egyptology. The university serves students seeking selective higher education and is known for its 1969 New Curriculum, which allows students to design independent concentrations with flexible grading options.

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No unexpired threat-feed result; name-similarity check available (recorded about 10 days ago); 3/3 transport and email checks available (oldest recorded about 10 days ago). This is evidence coverage, not a probability that a website is safe.

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Site history

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2006
First tracked by AboutUs (Jun 19, 2006); profile edited 18 times through 2013.
2013
Self-description at the time:
“Brown.edu is Brown University, an Ivy Leage college in Rhode Island”
2026
Checked today — All 4 safety checks passed (Sep 29, 2026).

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