Brown Urban Legends

  • Josiah Carberry is the fabled professor of psychoceramics (cracked pots) at the University. Many things around campus, such as Josiah's cafĂ© and the Brown online library catalog are named after him.

  • There are several secret societies at Brown.

  • There is a book bound in human leather in the John Hay Special Collections Library.

  • If guys step on the Pembroke seal, they will never graduate. If girls step on it, they will become pregnant.