Editing Brown University (section)

===Alpert Medical School===
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[[File:Alpert Medical School, Providence, Rhode Island.jpg|thumb|The [[Alpert Medical School]] building on Richmond Street]]Established in 1811, Brown's Alpert Medical School is the fourth oldest medical school in the Ivy League.<ref name=":13"/>{{Efn|The school's founding was preceded by that of [[Columbia University Vagelos College of Physicians and Surgeons|Columbia College of Physicians and Surgeons]], [[Harvard Medical School]], and [[Dartmouth Medical School]]. While Yale chartered a medical school in 1810, instruction did not begin for another three years.}}

In 1827, medical instruction was suspended by President [[Francis Wayland]] after the program's faculty declined to follow a new policy requiring students to live on campus. The program was reorganized in 1972; the first M.D. degrees from the new Program in Medicine were awarded to a graduating class of 58 students in 1975. In 1991, the school was officially renamed the Brown University School of Medicine, then renamed once more to Brown Medical School in October 2000.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://med.brown.edu/timeline/ |title=History of the Brown Medical School |publisher=Med.brown.edu |access-date=June 6, 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130504102538/http://med.brown.edu/timeline/ |archive-date=May 4, 2013 |url-status=live}}</ref> In January 2007, entrepreneur and philanthropist [[Warren Alpert]] donated $100 million to the school. In recognition of the gift, the school's name was changed to the Warren Alpert Medical School of Brown University.

In 2020, ''[[U.S. News & World Report]]'' ranked Brown's medical school the 9th most selective in the country, with an acceptance rate of 2.8%.<ref name="usnews.com">{{cite web |last1=Smith-Barrow |first1=Delece |title=10 Medical Schools With the Lowest Acceptance Rates |url=https://www.usnews.com/education/best-graduate-schools/the-short-list-grad-school/articles/2014/03/27/10-medical-schools-with-the-lowest-acceptance-rates |publisher=U.S. News & World Report LP |date=March 27, 2014 |access-date=August 25, 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150316192021/http://www.usnews.com/education/best-graduate-schools/the-short-list-grad-school/articles/2014/03/27/10-medical-schools-with-the-lowest-acceptance-rates |archive-date=March 16, 2015 |url-status=dead |df=mdy-all}}</ref> ''U.S. News'' ranks the school 38th for research and 35th for primary care.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.usnews.com/best-graduate-schools/top-medical-schools/primary-care-rankings?int=af3309&int=b3b50a&int=aac509 |title=Best Medical Schools (Primary Care) Ranked in 2019 – US News Rankings |publisher=Grad-schools.usnews.rankingsandreviews.com |access-date=December 15, 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170808235910/https://www.usnews.com/best-graduate-schools/top-medical-schools/primary-care-rankings?int=af3309&int=b3b50a&int=aac509 |archive-date=August 8, 2017 |url-status=live}}</ref>

Brown's medical school is known especially for its eight-year [[Program in Liberal Medical Education]] (PLME), an eight-year combined baccalaureate-M.D. medical program. Inaugurated in 1984, the program is one of the most selective and renowned programs of its type in the country, offering admission to only 2% of applicants in 2021.<ref name=":6">{{Cite web |last=Kubzansky |first=Will |date=2021-04-06 |title=Brown admits record-low 5.4 percent of applicants to the class of 2025 |url=https://www.browndailyherald.com/2021/04/06/brown-admits-record-low-5-4-percent-applicants-class-2025/ |access-date=2021-04-11 |website=Brown Daily Herald |language=en-US |archive-date=April 6, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210406235148/https://www.browndailyherald.com/2021/04/06/brown-admits-record-low-5-4-percent-applicants-class-2025/ |url-status=live}}</ref>

Since 1976, the Early Identification Program (EIP) has encouraged Rhode Island residents to pursue careers in medicine by recruiting sophomores from [[Providence College]], [[Rhode Island College]], the [[University of Rhode Island]], and [[Tougaloo College]]. In 2004, the school once again began to accept applications from premedical students at other colleges and universities via [[AMCAS]] like most other medical schools. The medical school also offers M.D./PhD, M.D./[[Master of Public Health|M.P.H.]] and M.D./[[Master of Public Policy|M.P.P.]] dual degree programs.