Adam Blumenthal, adjunct associate professor of the practice of computer science and virtual reality artist-in-residence, has been working with a team of students to create a virtual reality educational experience about the Gaspee Affair, a maritime attack that preceded the Revolutionary War. The work ...
In a press conference held Monday, Gov. Gina Raimondo announced an initiative to help in-state residents enrolled in the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program cover the application fee needed to renew their DACA status. To renew DACA status — which lasts for two years — prospective participants ...
Following President Donald Trump’s reversal of the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program earlier this month, Rhode Island congressmen issued statements condemning the policy change. U.S. Rep. Jim Langevin, D-R.I., and U.S. Rep. David Cicilline, D-R.I., both sponsor a 2017 version of the DREAM ...
State legislature to open for special session Tuesday The Rhode Island General Assembly will open this Tuesday for a special legislative session, the Associated Press reports. Proposals on the docket include: a bill that would require employers provide paid sick leave to their workers; a potential override ...
Since the Pokanoket Tribe began an encampment on University-owned property in August, contradictory claims to the land have clouded communications between the two entities, surfacing layers of complex ancestries and historical legal acts. The University offered a plan Aug. 30 to Pokanoket leaders outlining ...
A buzz of innovation and activity characterized this year’s Brown Hack Health, a hackathon in which teams gathered to develop implements for progress in the fields of medicine and healthcare. With a theme of “Reducing Health Disparities,” Hack Health’s second run furthered its mission of creating ...
Chair of the Democratic National Committee Tom Perez ’83 P’18 will lead a study group at the University this fall as part of his new role as a senior fellow at the Watson Institute for International and Public Affairs, the Watson Institute announced in early September. The group, entitled “Governance ...
When seeking fair, balanced reporting on the Brown community, we hope that you’ll turn to The Herald. In addition, our newspaper is a venue for several types of opinion pieces. We recognize that the two can often be confused — a trend we’re hoping to set straight as you continue to read The Herald ...
In addition to asking for an address and emergency contacts, the University also asks students to indicate their religious affiliation. The Office of the Chaplains and Religious Life uses the data to ensure accommodations for all religious identities — but the survey is “horrifically outdated” ...
This year, elementary school students throughout Providence Public Schools can get a free breakfast and lunch from their cafeterias. This change comes because the city’s school board decided to take part in the Community Eligibility Provision, a federal program under the United States Department of ...
“Pawtucket is home,” read the red shirts of Rhode Islanders who came out to the Senate Finance Committee Hearing Thursday to endorse the proposal for a new $83-million Pawtucket Red Sox Stadium at Slater Mill. After the PawSox received an offer in July to make Worcester, Mass. the team’s new home, ...
As shopping period continues and students decide what they want to concentrate in, many are turning to the computer science department. Computer science is currently the most popular concentration at the University, as 440 students declared the concentration in spring 2017. The department also graduated ...
Before Title IX Program Officer Rene Davis stepped into her role in July, the Title IX Office had been managed by a team of temporary administrators. Following the departure of former Program Officer Amanda Walsh in January, Liza Cariaga-Lo, senior advisor to the provost for academic development, ...
Following President Trump’s announcement that he would end the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program next March, the University announced its efforts to aid undocumented students on campus. In a community-wide email, President Christina Paxson P’19, Provost Richard Locke and Vice President ...
Ending a five-month period of interim leadership by internal administrators, Rene Davis began work as the new program officer for the Title IX Office in mid-July. Now leading the University’s oversight of cases involving sexual and gender-based harassment and violence, she brings to her position extensive ...
On July 1, Professor of Mathematics Jill Pipher became the new vice president for research for the University, in which she coordinates funding and monitors all research conducted at the University. The office aims to have a university-wide view of research on campus rather than a focus on a specific ...
Richard Cabral has worked in Food Services at the Sharpe Refectory for the past 19 years. Cabral’s most strenuous moments on the job do not come from the swarms of hungry college kids, nor from his eight-and-a-half hour shifts. It’s the ruthless summer heat that pushes him to the breaking point. “Whatever ...
It’s easy to conceptualize climate change as distant environmental shifts in the future. But a recent study led by University researchers, along with others, showed U.S. mortality rates will increase in coming decades as result of climate change. The study examined the relationship between temperature ...
In an effort to combat the growing international water crisis, 54 scholars and scientists from across the globe recently signed the Geneva Actions on Human Water Security, a document backed by the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization that stipulates clean water access as ...
Christina Phillips was appointed the new program director for the International Student Experience to serve both undergraduate and graduate students as an “adviser, programmer and advocate,” she wrote in a community-wide email June 23. For the class of 2021, about 17 percent of admitted students ...
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