As a first year student, you will live together with your brothers in Cushing Hall, the Whitehouse Complex, or Carpenter X or Y. You also have the the unique opportunity to participate in Living and Learning Communities designed to bring together students, academic advisors, faculty, and peer mentors with shared interests. Transfer students are usually housed together in one of the Carpenter dorms.
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Built in 1824 and updated in 1833, Cushing or "New College," which remains the oldest continuously used four-story dormitory in the United States, is currently used as a freshman residence hall. Cushing Hall was completely renovated in 1999.
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Built in 1990, Carpenter Dorms X and Y house freshmen, sophomores, and upperclassmen.
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Built in 1966, Whitehouse Complex is a freshman residence hall.
Assistant Dean of Students for Campus and Residential Life
309 Brown Student Center | 434-223-6667
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