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Brown University, Rhode Island
Brown University is a private research university in Providence, Rhode Island. Brown is the seventh-oldest institution of higher education in the United States, founded in 1764 as the College in the English Colony of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations. Brown is one of nine colonial colleges chartered before the American Revolution. Admissions at Brown is among the most selective in the United States. In 2022, the university reported a first year acceptance rate of 5%. It is a member of the Ivy League. Brown was the first college in the United States to codify in its charter that admission and instruction of students was to be equal regardless of their religious affiliation. The university is home to the oldest applied mathematics program in the United States, the oldest engineering program in the Ivy League, and the third-oldest medical program in New England. The university was one of the early doctoral-granting U.S. institutions in the late 19th century, adding m ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Coat Of Arms Of Brown University
The Brown University coat of arms is the Assumed arms, assumed Achievement (heraldry), heraldic achievement of Brown University. The achievement in its current iteration was adopted in 1834. The blazon of the achievement is History First Seal (1765-1784) Brown's first seal was procured in 1765 by Reverend Samuel Stillman following the second meeting of the University Corporation in Newport, Rhode Island, Newport. This seal, produced in Boston for a cost of ten pounds thirteen shillings sterling, featured busts of George III and Charlotte of Mecklenburg-Strelitz—then the English monarchs—in profile. The outer edge of this seal read "Sigillum Collegii in Colony of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations, Colonia Ins. Rhod. & Provid. Plant". This seal is featured on Marston Hall and a western-facing pendentive of the Sharpe Refectory. Second Seal (1784–1805) In September 1782, the University Corporation resolved to reconcile matters of the charter "inconsistent with our ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
