of Business relocated to the newly constructed BELC.
The center, located across the street from the existing campus, represents the most significant real estate gift to Bryant University since Earl Tupper gifted his farmland to create Bryant's Smithfield campus in 1967.
== Residence life ==
Bryant residence life guarantees housing for all four years, and 87% of the student body lives in university-provided housing as of Fall 2023. Bryant also has a strict drug policy, which involves the Smithfield Police Department in all cases of violations. In 2010, Smithfield Police arrested 34 Bryant students for possession of marijuana. This placed the school at number 4 on The Daily Beast's 2011 list of druggiest colleges. In 2010, the school placed at number 2 on the list. The university "unequivocally" rejected the characterization, called The Daily Beast's representations "without foundation," and considered the methodology "badly flawed."
== Academics ==
=== Schools and programs ===
Bryant University is divided …