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In this week’s episode of The Bruno Brief, we hear from students studying remotely in Texas about their situations on the ground in light of the winter storm which hit the state hard two weeks ago. We talk to senior staff writer Liza Mullett ’22, who spoke to three students who grappled with online school while, in some cases, lacking electricity, heat and running water.

This week on The Bruno Brief, we hear from students who decided to take leaves of absence from Brown in light of the pandemic about the semesters they’ve created for themselves instead. We talk to contributing writer Kashif Ansari ’24, who spoke to these students currently spread across the globe.

Content Warning: This episode discusses topics that may be triggering to some listeners, including sexual violence. 

This week on the Bruno Brief: two Brown students, Carter Woodruff '21.5 and Amelia Wycoff '22, put posters up around campus lambasting the University's handling of sexual assault on campus. Their posters read "Brown University has a sexual violence problem." We talk to Senior Staff Writer Karlos Bautista and Investigations Editor Olivia George about the movement that has touched several campuses across the nation. 

This week on The Bruno Brief: Pawtucket is the only school district in Rhode Island to decide to keep all learning remote until September. We speak with reporter Sophie Butcher about the decision, and why community groups like Black Lives Matter Rhode Island are speaking out against it.


All music from Blue Dot Sessions. The Bruno Brief is a partnership between The Brown Daily Herald and WBRU. 

In the first-ever episode of the Bruno Brief, we give you the details on the two rounds of federal stimulus money that Brown has been deemed eligible for-- one that it has accepted, and another with a much more unclear status.