Student Experience

The Watson Institute houses several undergraduate and graduate programs that take an interdisciplinary, comparative approach to policy-relevant learning in the social sciences. Our programs are designed to inspire today’s engaged scholars and creative thinkers to become tomorrow’s leaders in international and public affairs.

  

When Brown’s campus closed on March 12 due to increasing concerns related to the COVID-19 pandemic, students dispersed around the globe. Once classes resumed virtually, many students were tasked with continuing projects they had begun prior to this great change, grappling with familiar themes in unfamiliar formats. 
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Three senior Development Studies Honors Students, Aubrey Calaway, Frishta Qaderi and Reda Semlani joined Professor Geri Augusto this spring to create a digital exhibit, "Development's Wayward Geographies," that showcases their research.
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On March 12, in response to the growing spread of the coronavirus, President Paxson announced that for the remainder of the Spring 2020 semester, Brown classes would take place remotely. Classes were canceled for the week of March 16 to enable students living on campus or in Brown-owned properties to pack and leave and to give faculty time to transition their courses to remote learning.
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On March 12, in response to the growing spread of the coronavirus, President Paxson announced that for the remainder of the Spring 2020 semester, Brown classes would take place remotely. Classes were canceled for the week of March 16 to enable students living on campus or in Brown-owned properties to pack and leave and to give faculty time to transition their courses to remote learning.
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On March 12, in response to the growing spread of the coronavirus, President Paxson announced that for the remainder of the Spring 2020 semester, Brown classes would take place remotely. Classes were canceled for the week of March 16 to enable students living on campus or in Brown-owned properties to pack and leave and to give faculty time to transition their courses to remote learning.
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