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Wednesday, January 5, 2011

Brown University

Brown, founded in 1764, is a private, Ivy League, liberal arts university.  Its 140-acre campus is located in Providence, 45 miles from Boston. Brown is the only major research university in the nation where undergraduates are the architects of their own course of study. The University's signature academic program for undergraduates encourages intellectual exploration and risk-taking and fosters rigorous multidisciplinary study in areas ranging from Brain Sciences and Planetary Geology to Creative Writing and Modern Culture and Media. Its unique, highly competitive Program in Liberal Medical Education provides the opportunity to receive an undergraduate degree and a Medical degree in an eight-year continuum.  Brown students are distinguished by their academic excellence, creativity, self-direction, leadership, and collaborative style of learning, while Brown's outstanding faculty is known for its singular dedication to teaching. 

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