With the new academic year underway, I look forward to continuing our work together on the many initiatives in graduate education at Brown. As always, I encourage you to engage with others on campus to help shape the graduate student experience. Feel free to meet with one of the deans in the Graduate School or to attend one of my mobile office hours across campus this Fall.

I am also pleased to highlight some of the many initiatives here, including a new 1.675 million, five-year grant from the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation to support the Open Graduate Education program. This and many other programs were inspired by and involve graduate students. All of them are dedicated to strengthening the experiences of our graduate students. By partnering with programs and units across campus, the Graduate School preserves and strengthens Brown’s commitment to supporting graduate students by providing a wide range of services, including new mentoring and advising resources; professional and co-curricular opportunities, such as Brown Executive Scholars and Graduate Community Fellows; a commitment to build a more diverse and inclusive graduate community; and increased student support.

I wish you all the best for the coming semester.