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I'd like to avoid the academic boosterism so prevalent on Wikipedia. I don't think rankings have a place in encyclopedia articles; certainly not in the lead paragraph. See Talk.
'''Brown University''' is an American university located in Providence, Rhode Island. It is a member of the Ivy League, and was rated as the 15th best U.S. college in 2007 by U.S. News and World Report [http://www.usnews.com/usnews/edu/college/rankings/brief/t1natudoc_brief.php]. Brown was founded in 1764; the University motto is ''In Deo Speramus'', which means "In God We Hope" or "In God is our Hope". The current President of Brown is Ruth J. Simmons; it has 628 full-time faculty members and 7,595 students.
'''Brown University''' is an American university located in Providence, Rhode Island. It is a member of the Ivy League. Brown was founded in 1764; the University motto is ''In Deo Speramus'', which means "In God We Hope" or "In God is our Hope". The current President of Brown is Ruth J. Simmons; it has 628 full-time faculty members and 7,595 students.
==History==
==History==