This April, we are focusing on creativity and innovation. Innovation is not just for inventors or designers. It is a mindset that allows you to see problems differently, generate new ideas, and create opportunities in your work and life. This month is an invitation to explore curiosity, challenge assumptions, and embrace the what ifs that can spark meaningful change.

This March, we’re focusing on the part of learning that moves us forward: action. Take the next few weeks as an opportunity to take what you’ve been noticing, collecting, or questioning, and start testing it out in real time.

Form 1095-C is required by the Affordable Care Act. Brown University is required to provide this form to employees who were eligible or enrolled in a health insurance plan provided by Brown University in 2025.

To further support your well-being and healing journey, Brown has partnered with Spring Health to expand our Employee Assistance Program (EAP) benefits. In 2026, all employees will have access to 20 counseling sessions, an increase of 10 additional sessions.

We’re focusing this month on the practice of deeper learning – learning that doesn’t just pass by, but stays with you. Inspired in part by the idea of “marking what matters,” deeper learning asks us to engage with information rather than simply encounter it. It’s about giving yourself permission to slow down long enough for insight to take root.

The Brown community is ever true.

BCBS, Brown University, and Headway are offering assistance to help employees impacted by the recent tragedy at Brown University navigate behavioral health services. Learn more about available support and resources.

A new year brings fresh energy and a chance to reset. This January, Learning, Development & Engagement (LDE) encourages you to think not just about resolutions, but about rhythms: What daily practices help you stay grounded? What priorities will shape your time and energy this year?

It’s that time of year again- Open Enrollment! At Brown, we're entering a very significant Open Enrollment period, featuring three new medical plan options and other benefit changes and enhancements you should know about. Your cohosts, April O’Malley and Jen McKay, will help you navigate the Open Enrollment season with an informative interview with guests Jason Benoit and Kim Almeida.