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Corporation grants Paxson second five-year term

The Corporation, the University’s highest governing body, granted President Christina Paxson P’19  a second five-year term Thursday, extending her tenure to 2021. “The support for President Paxson was unanimous — there was never a thought of not renewing (her) contract,” said Chancellor Samuel ...


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Will Meek named CAPS director, effective in March

Will Meek, current assistant director of counseling and training at the University of Portland Health and Counseling Center, will join Brown as the new director of counseling and psychological services, effective March 20. In his role at the University of Portland, Meek was key in decreasing the stigma ...


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Student curates U.’s first zine collection

On Feb. 1, Malana Krongelb ’18 unveiled a zine collection that she had spent over a year curating to members of the Brown community. The collection, which will be stored in the Sarah Doyle Women’s Center, features hundreds of zines covering topics ranging from gender identity exploration to do-it-yourself ...


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Elorza gives State of City address

Heading into the third year of his first term, Mayor Jorge Elorza delivered his annual State of the City address Wednesday, making note of the various accomplishments and benchmarks reached during his time in office. “I stand before you today … with the message that we are building for the long ...


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U. aims to reduce burden of summer earnings

The University’s Summer Earnings Expectation is a continuous topic of debate on campus. While the administration has tried to lessen the burden of the SEE through increased access to compensated summer programs, students still protest against its role in financial aid packages. A student who receives ...


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Study illustrates U. class disparities

Students from the top 1 percent of the national income distribution attended Brown at roughly the same proportion as students from the bottom 60 percent from 2006 to 2013, according to a new study from the Equality of Opportunity Project titled “Mobility Report Cards: The Role of Colleges in Intergenerational ...


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RI education leaders speak out against DeVos nomination

President Donald Trump’s nominee for Education Secretary Betsy DeVos could seriously impact education in Rhode Island by privatizing public education or cutting federal grants used to help students pay for higher education, some advocates of federally-funded public eduation fear. DeVos “is interested ...


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Despite concern, liquefaction facility plans move forward

Updated on January 31, 2017 at 12:50 p.m. National Grid is waiting to receive its Federal Energy Regulatory Commission certificate, which will give the company permission to proceed with plans to install a natural gas liquefaction facility at its Fields Point site. After filing for a FERC certificate ...


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New seminar explores first-generation experience

This spring, Professor of Sociology Gregory Elliott is unveiling a new sophomore seminar, SOC 1872G: “First-Generation College Students: A Sociological Perspective.” The seminar examines the structural forces that impact first-generation students and their ability to succeed in college. The seminar ...


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U. fundraising continues ahead of schedule

The BrownTogether campaign has raised $1.25 billion in gifts and pledges — about 40 percent of a $3 billion goal — in over a year since its launch in October 2015, said President Christina Paxson P’19. Fundraising has been concentrated into four different areas: $278 million has been raised for ...


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Financial aid relieves Wintersession costs

The University’s pilot Wintersession program costs $6,278 per class for students, though around 75 percent of students received some sort of financial aid, said Dean of the College Maud Mandel. “The cost for one student’s Wintersession course is the cost of what they would be paying in their tuition ...


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Mosaic+ supports minority CS concentrators

Students of color studying computer science often feel underrepresented in their field, according to data from the National Science Foundation. The NSF found that only 18 percent of American students who receive bachelor’s degrees in computer science are non-white, while 36.4 percent of Americans ...



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