Updated 12:15 a.m. on Dec. 31. Abbott “Tom” Gleason, professor emeritus of history and faculty member at the Watson Institute for International and Public Affairs, died Friday, President Christina Paxson P’19 wrote in a campus-wide email Saturday. Gleason, who began his “long and productive” ...
Visiting Scholar in Physics Stephon Alexander’s PhD’00 appointment to the faculty is under review following his arrest in a prostitution sting Thursday night. Alexander was charged with procurement of sexual conduct for a fee. Alexander, along with six other men, visited a hotel along the Coventry-West ...
Updated Dec. 10 at 9:15 p.m. The University admitted 22 percent of its early decision applicants to the class of 2020, marking the largest early decision class — 669 students — in recent years, said Dean of Admission Jim Miller ’73. “The pool is getting stronger,” Miller said. “We have ...
Updated Dec. 10 at 9:20 p.m. The Title IX Oversight Board will focus on reforming orientation programming, drug services related to sexual assault and the complaint process for faculty and staff among other projects in the coming semester, according to a community notification released Wednesday afternoon. The ...
Twelve faculty members released a revised version of the University’s diversity action plan, “Pathways to Diversity and Inclusion,” Thursday night. A draft of the University’s diversity and inclusion action plan was released Nov. 19, and the administration created a web form for members of the ...
“I like smoking and got into drug dealing that way,” Michael said, adding that he sells half a pound of marijuana in an average week. Like Michael, whose name has been changed due to fear of disciplinary repercussions, approximately 4.1 percent of undergraduates have sold illegal drugs for profit, ...
“Kill Wilson” is the fourth, and last, final project for PHP 1680I: “Pathology to Power: Disability, Health and Community.” This article is the final installment in a series covering students’ attempts to increase the visibility of disability on campus. Caroline Orr ’16 called out over the ...
The newly-commissioned Financial Aid Advisory Board will begin meeting next semester with the goal of increasing transparency in the process of receiving aid and enhancing communication between the Financial Aid Office and aid recipients, said leaders of the Undergraduate Council of Students. Staffed ...
Approximately 8 percent of undergraduates have cheated on a significant other, and about 13 percent have been cheated on by a significant other, according to a poll conducted by The Herald last month. Keiner Oliveira ’19, who has been cheated on, said he believes students who cheat on their significant ...
Students of color gathered outside President Christina Paxson’s P’19 office Thursday to serve as “diversity consultants” for the University after the release of a draft of the diversity and inclusion action plan Nov. 19. As part of the “Day of Reclamation,” they developed a list of demands ...
If the buck stops with President Christina Paxson P’19, it’s Provost Richard Locke ’17 who hands it off to her.
While many European and Asian countries take space in the University’s academic spotlight, a gap remains in students’ academic access to the world’s second largest continent: Africa. With the revamping of the Watson Institute for International and Public Affairs, the University is looking to become ...
As candidates for the 2016 presidential election debate and campaign for the nominations in their respective parties, Brown students remain strong supporters of Democratic candidates Sen. Bernie Sanders and former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, according a poll conducted by The Herald last month. About ...
The Official Providence Party Bus — a bus service that aims to provide an alternative to transportation staples such as Uber and the Rhode Island Public Transit Authority — opened for business last week, said OPPB owner Kristina Grande. The bus has a route and a fare that distinguish it from other ...
Tricia Rose MA’87 PhD’93, director of the Center for the Study of Race and Ethnicity in America and professor of Africana studies, delivered the opening presentation of a series of lectures and workshops titled “How Structural Racism Works” Wednesday evening. The series comes out of Rose’s ...
A substantial portion of the curriculum for first- and second-year students at Alpert Medical School contains racially biased information, according to the findings of a group of students. The students surveyed curricular material for a final project in a class on race and medicine taught by Professor ...
The University asked a judge to dismiss a hearing brought by a former member of the class of 2017 who believes he was discriminated against due to his gender in a sexual misconduct case heard by the Student Conduct Board in fall 2014, according to a University press release Tuesday. The University argued ...
Rhode Island may soon require all school buses to be equipped with seat belts. The General Assembly is set to consider a bill to that effect in its next session. The legislation would grandfather in existing buses without restraints but mandate that all new contracts between R.I. school districts and ...
Rhode Island’s new tax on short-term residence rentals, commonly known as the Airbnb tax, has generated less revenue for the state than expected this year. While it was intended to raise between $2 million and $3 million by the end of the first quarter of the fiscal year, the expanded sales tax only ...
“This isn’t to put you on the spot, but it’s to put you on the spot,” said Mae Verano ’17, addressing a panel of five University administrators at an open forum dedicated to the University’s recently released action plan for diversity and inclusion hosted by the Undergraduate Council of ...
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