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Introducing Buoy to Brown University
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How you look when you find out..

you didn't do so bad on that midterm exam. #MarchMadness
 
(p.s. Even if you didn't do so hot...don't fear. Spring Break is near! 
Get ready to relax your mind. You'll come back refreshed and ready to kick butt!)

The struggle is...fake?

 


Providence, Rhode Island native Joy Aso'19 might not agree with the twisted expression above but she has become well acquainted with "the struggle" -- in a real way. 
"Being one of the few black students AND a woman in engineering in the class of 2019, it often feels like if I’m not twice as good as my peers, I’ve failed and don't belong in the space."

Ever felt overwhelmed from the pressures of performing academically as an underrepresented minority? Fortunately for Joy she's discovered some important things on her path in engineering.

"I’ve learned that perfection does not need to be the absolute constant. It’s not what I’m here for. Instead I’ve learned HOW to learn, how to look at complex systems and break them down. How to take seemingly meaningless information and create a solution from it. And that has been remarkably powerful. A power of which fuels me to believe I can do literally anything and it’s this realization that pushes me to be involved in engineering outreach for marginalized groups.

If I, a low income Nigerian American girl have had the world opened up for me in a unique way, why shouldn’t I open the same door for other people who often feel left behind?"

What you and your friends plan to be doing...


this time next week. 
#SpringBreak18

Ever gotten into a fight?...for someone else!?

 

If we're honest with ourselves physical or verbal fighting is marked by temporary victory. New York native Kat DiCaprio('18) has found purpose in fighting for permanent victory for a cause far greater than herself. .
Having grown up observing her father who is an International Human Rights Lawyer, Kat recalls conversations at the dinner table being a bit different than most...

"My dinner conversations growing up centered on the injustices that the Ogoni people in Nigeria suffered at the expense of Shell Oil, that human trafficking victims faced while forced to work at labor camps in the Middle East, and that arbitrarily detained prisoners at Guantanamo Bay combatted in an effort to survive."

For Kat, coming to terms with global atrocities at a very young age left a lasting impact. 

"I dream of becoming an international human rights lawyer and an attorney for the greater global good. My Brown education has only reinforced my dream by fortifying the fervor with which I approach my dream.

I too am grateful to my fellow classmates who have shared with me their opinions, experiences, and ways of life. I appreciate those who have pushed back on my beliefs and were patient as I learned to contextualize and address my positionally."
 bu·oy | ˈbo͞oē,boi/ | Verb. to cause to become cheerful or more confident; to inspire
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