During gusty fall nights, residents of Providence’s East Side might be feeling especially spooked. This could be because of the colder weather and darker nights, or perhaps it is because witches Winifred, Sarah and Mary Sanderson, have been spending an extended amount of time in Rhode Island. A ...
Brown transitioned to self-administered COVID-19 testing at One Davol Square today, according to a Nov. 4 email announcement. The new method of testing allows students and faculty to conduct their own PCR test with staff on site to facilitate the process.
A deer entered the entryway of the Morris Hall lounge on Pembroke campus Sunday afternoon, leading to a prompt student evacuation. The University’s Department of Public Safety and Rhode Island Department of Environmental Management officials arrived shortly after. They tranquilized and removed ...
Ever since former Title IX Program Officer Rene Davis left in June to become assistant head of an independent K-12 school, Jeana Horton has been serving as both Interim Title IX Program Officer and Institutional Equity Investigator.
Women’s rugby Head Coach and U.S. Rugby Hall of Fame Inductee Kathy Flores died at age 66 Oct. 21 after a year-long battle with cancer. During her 45-year career as a player and coach, Flores left an indelible mark on the sport of rugby and pioneered the growth of women’s rugby at Brown. The ...
Brown has reduced the locations and hours of its on-campus asymptomatic COVID-19 testing program, according to an email from Executive Vice President for Planning and Policy Russell Carey ’91 MA’06 to the Brown community Thursday.
Neil Shah ’25, a first-year from Edison, New Jersey, usually celebrates the South Asian festival Diwali at home with “fireworks, food and a whole lot of fun.” But this year, he joined students across campus in celebrating Diwali, also known as the festival of lights, on Thursday ...
Associate Dean of Student Development Vanessa Ryan, who chaired a rapid planning group that recommended policy changes to better support student parents, said that as a result of the group’s recommendations, Brown greatly expanded parental support in 2016. This included making all support programs ...
The nation has struggled with a labor shortage following the end of many pandemic restrictions, and businesses on Thayer Street are no exception — many saw shortened hours, delayed openings and management difficulties as a result of the shortage. Starbucks — which already shortened ...
Alex Jordon GS was elected president of the Graduate Student Council Wednesday evening after current GSC President Kathryn Thompson GS decided to step down after holding the role for the past two years.
Rhode Island received $8.5 million in September from the sale of emission permits as a result of its participation in the Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative, a cap-and-trade program that includes 11 northeastern states.
The inaugural “Taste of Thayer Street,” a promotional event sponsored by the Thayer Street District Management Authority that invited participants to sample from a variety of restaurants, garnered over 200 attendees Wednesday evening, offering new storefronts and Thayer mainstays a chance to ...
The Undergraduate Council of Students listened to a presentation by the Office of Information Technology about the BrownU app and myBrown portal at its general body meeting Wednesday evening.
Members of the Brown community react to recent news that peer institutions have done away with the criterion of legacy status in their college admissions decision-making. Some students see the policy change at schools like Amherst College as an important step toward a more inclusive admissions protocol ...
One year ago today, President Joe Biden was voted into office, ousting incumbent President Donald Trump. Biden inherited a country faced with a deadly pandemic and
Democrat Sam Zurier captured 90.08% of total unofficial votes to defeat Republican Alex Cannon in the State Senate District 3 special general election Tuesday, according to the Rhode Island Board of Elections. An attorney and former City Council member, Zurier won by an overwhelming ...
Members of Brown’s administration and faculty discussed the University’s financial position, the plan to host Afghan students who were granted asylum and COVID-19 updates at Tuesday’s faculty meeting.
Over 90% of adult Rhode Islanders have received at least one dose of a COVID-19 vaccine, according to an Oct. 25 announcement from Gov. Dan McKee and ...
Rhode Islanders chose Biden en masse. Now, nearly one year later, some residents have their share of concerns. A significant portion of the over 150 residents interviewed for this story said that they had not kept close tabs on the Biden administration in the news. Still, many expressed a wide array ...
The Herald asked four faculty members about their thoughts on the current state of the nation one year into the Biden administration. They praised some of Biden’s policy efforts but called for more dramatic action in certain areas.
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