On Jan. 21, the University officially opened Penner Field House, a 76,000-square-foot indoor turf facility named in recognition of a donation from the Penner Family Foundation, run by Carrie Penner P’22 P’24 P’26.5 and Greg Penner P’22 P’24 P’26.5.
The field house is open to student-athletes, members of the Brown community and local residents with Brown recreation memberships.
Plans for the turf facility were first announced in 2023 as part of an “athletics facility master plan,” according to Vice President for Athletics and Recreation Grace Calhoun ’92 P’26 P’26. But “it was really within the last two years that we did the fundraising, the architectural design and build,” she said in an interview with The Herald…