Brown University faculty and staff affiliated with the Brown-Tougaloo Partnership gathered with Tougaloo College students in May to reflect on the spring semester, celebrate graduating students, and mark the close of the academic year.
Brown-Tougaloo Partnership
News & Stories
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.
Partnership Highlights
Brown University welcomed Tougaloo College partners in December to celebrate six decades of the Brown-Tougaloo Partnership, featuring program highlights, campus tours, and the launch of The Leadership Alliance book.
Partner Voices
Dr. Françoise Hamlin and Joshua Rodriguez share reflections on this year's Civil Rights Trip to Mississippi, highlighting how experiential learning, community engagement, and Brown's longstanding partnership with Tougaloo College deepen students' understanding of history, place, and community.
Director of the Brown-Tougaloo Partnership Dr. Juana Parillon shares reflections on Brown University partners' April visit to Tougaloo College, where the Partnership's biannual strategic planning meeting concluded with the launch of the 50th Anniversary celebration of the Early Identification Program in Medicine.
Student & Alumni Stories
Dr. Marshala Lee-McCall is a proud graduate of Tougaloo College and the Warren Alpert Medical School of Brown University. We recently caught up with Dr. Lee-McCall to reflect on her journey, the impact of the Brown-Tougaloo Partnership, and the advice she has for today's students.
Partnership Coverage in News from Brown
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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News from Brown
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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