The Brown-Tougaloo Partnership welcomed students, faculty, and staff in September to kick off the new academic year at Brown with food, music, and opportunities to connect and build community.
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Discover updates, highlights, and milestones from the Brown-Tougaloo Partnership (BTP), featuring the people, programs, and experiences that continue to shape this long-standing collaboration.
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This year, Brown University and Tougaloo College are coming together to celebrate 50 years of the Early Identification Program (EIP), a cornerstone of the Brown-Tougaloo Partnership’s longstanding commitment to expanding pathways into medicine.
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The Brown-Tougaloo Partnership community gathered in July for its annual summer reception, hosted by Matthew Guterl, Vice President for Diversity and Inclusion. The gathering brought together BTP students, faculty, and staff on campus for Brown’s summer programs.
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Tougaloo-Brown EIP Marks 50 Years
The Warren Alpert Medical School of Brown University Announces 50th Anniversary of Landmark Early Identification Program with Tougaloo College
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Ahead of the spring semester, nine students traveled to Washington, D.C., and Jackson, Mississippi, as part of a community-engaged learning trip led by the Swearer Center and in partnership with Tougaloo College.
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Pioneering Brown-Tougaloo Partnership commemorates 60 years
In celebration of six decades of impact, community members from Brown and Tougaloo College, a historically Black college in Mississippi, honored the “historic and unparalleled” partnership’s enduring legacy and future.
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An innovative course is bringing together students in Rhode Island and Mississippi to conduct an impactful public health research project focused on a rural community in Gloster, Mississippi.
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The generous gift from Netflix CEO Reed Hastings and producer Patty Quillin will provide much-needed financial support to students from Tougaloo College, an HBCU in Mississippi, including many who come to Brown.
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A new Health Equity Scholars fellowship program from Brown’s School of Public Health and Tougaloo College is aimed at expanding diversity among public health leaders and addressing racism as a public health problem.
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Brown-Tougaloo in the Media
On April 14, 2026, Brown University and Tougaloo College launched their first of a series of celebrations commemorating the 50th anniversary of the Early Identification Program in Medicine.
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The Brown-Tougaloo Partnership has offered experiential learning opportunities both on College Hill and at Tougaloo College’s campus in Jackson, Mississippi, since the program’s official establishment in 1964, according to the partnership’s website. One of the partnership’s largest opportunities — the Brown-Tougaloo exchange semester — allows interested students from both schools to spend a semester away at the other institution.
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