At approximately 1:40 p.m. on Thursday, all participants in a Rhode Island School of Design sit-in for dissociation from Israel exited 20 Washington Place, known as Prov-Wash. Approximately 30 rallying protestors entered the building and escorted the sit-in demonstrators out.
On Wednesday, faculty affiliated with two departments at the Rhode Island School of Design released statements in support of the ongoing student demonstrations at 20 Washington Place, better known as Prov-Wash.
RISD President Crystal Williams released information regarding the college’s investment portfolio and responded to student protestors’ demands in a Tuesday evening email sent to students and faculty.campus-wide email.
At around 10 a.m. Tuesday, civilians in the Providence Superior Court and nearby buildings were told to evacuate by the Providence Police Department.
The 24 Rhode Island School of Design students staging an occupation of the second hall of 20 Washington Place, better known as Prov-Wash, have been given until 8 a.m. Tuesday to clear out their demonstration, student protestors announced early Tuesday morning. Administrators have not announced consequences ...
A group of 21 students at the Rhode Island School of Design announced an indefinite “building occupation” on the first floor of 20 Washington Place Building, the administrative building better known as Prov-Wash.
More than 300 students, faculty and community members rallied at the Rhode Island School of Design Wednesday morning, initiating a pro-divestment strike from classes that was organized by RISD’s chapter of Students for Justice in Palestine.
Mayor Brett Smiley announced the return of Eat, Play, Learn for this summer.
On Tuesday afternoon, students began to pack away their tents and supplies, disassembling a seven-day encampment for divestment that drew over 100 protestors.
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The Corporation, Brown’s highest governing body, will vote on divestment from companies affiliated with Israel at its October meeting following an agreement between encampment organizers and University administrators this afternoon. Organizers announced the agreement at a rally.
On Wednesday, the American Academy of Arts and Sciences announced 250 new members for 2024, including three Brown University academics: Provost Francis Doyle, Professor of Sociology Prudence Carter, and Professor of Earth, Environmental and Planetary Sciences Greg Hirth.
A letter by three City Council members — published Monday on Instagram and dated April 18 — urged the Solicitor's office to drop the charges against the 41 students arrested during a Dec. 11 sit-in at University Hall.
Brown University has agreed to hear a divestment proposal in May, according to a letter sent by President Christina Paxson P’19 P’MD’20 to encampment demonstrators at around 11:00 a.m. This requires the current encampment to be disbanded and no further unauthorized protest.
On Friday, Reps. Mike Lawler (NY-17) and Ritchie Torres (NY-15) introduced a bill to monitor antisemitism on college campuses, named the College Oversight and Legal Updates Mandating Bias Investigations and Accountability Act, or COLUMBIA act.
On Saturday morning, some students affiliated with the encampment received a disciplinary email from the Office of Student Conduct and Community Standards alleging that the students have violated five specific statutes in the Student Code of Conduct.
U.S. Representative Deborah Ross ’85 (D-N.C. 2) visited the Watson Institute on Thursday to discuss the 118th Congress.
At a Tuesday press conference, advocates and community members discussed homelessness in Rhode Island and Gov. Dan McKee’s budget amendment, which provides an estimated $31 million for housing navigation, housing production, stabilization services, housing subsidies and homelessness prevention.
About 40 protesters from Jewish Voice for Peace Rhode Island gathered in front of Senator Jack Reed’s (D-R.I.) Providence office at 8 a.m. Thursday to demand that he call for a ceasefire in Gaza, stop supporting military aid for Israel and restore funding for humanitarian aid organizations like the ...
For Jocelyn Foye, executive director of The Womxn Project, “Artivism” is more than an specific installation or project — it is an ever-growing conversation. Foye wields her background as a former lecturer of design and sculpture at Southern New Hampshire University to bond “public art with public ...
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