In its final report released Tuesday, the Task Force on Sexual Assault proposed implementing a unified policy on sexual and gender-based violence, creating a Title IX Office and developing a clear trial process led by a Title IX Committee rather than the Student Conduct Board, President Christina Paxson ...
“The right to speech should not go to whoever shouts the loudest,” said Brian Hasegawa ’18, one of about 60 students present at the Brown Political Forum’s discussion on hate speech and safe spaces Monday night. The event, titled “Who Has the Right to Speak? Hate Speech and ‘Self-infantilization’ ...
A Brown-sponsored pre-college summer program on the Greek island Naxos has been “paused” due to low enrollment, said Rosario Navarro, director of language area studies and international programs. Other international pre-college programs in Rome, the Spanish city of Segovia and Costa Rica will continue ...
Karen Sibley MAT’81 P’07 P’12 P'17, dean of the School of Professional Studies, has been appointed vice president for strategic initiatives, Provost Vicki Colvin announced in a campus-wide email Thursday. A newly created role, the vice president for strategic initiatives is responsible for “creating ...
Technicians reach settlement with RISD After a five-day strike led by Rhode Island School of Design technicians that began Thursday, RISD administrators and President of the RISD Technical Association Tucker Houlihan reached an agreement Monday that includes a stipulation maintaining the tech workers’ ...
Over the past several years, Rhode Island’s infrastructure, especially its roads and bridges, have face chronic problems, which have been exacerbated by harsh winter weather and are proving difficult to address due to funding limitations. Such issues, though not unique to the Ocean State, have put ...
Forty-four Rhode Island School of Design technicians have been on strike since Thursday, shutting down many of the school’s studios and impeding access to certain buildings. The strike is a result of breakdowns in contract negotiations that have been ongoing between the technicians and the administration ...
Kiera Peltz ’16 is concentrating in happiness. As sophomores rush to declare their concentrations Monday, some may follow in the path of students like Peltz who have taken the opportunity to design their own independent concentrations, surpassing the boundaries of traditional academic tracks. Peltz ...
A few weeks before he died, Hyoun Ju Sohn GS emailed the students in his physics lab and told them not to be too hard on themselves. The email was characteristic of the support Sohn gave to his friends, colleagues and students. Sohn died March 31. He was 25 years old. Sohn completed his bachelor of ...
Actor and political activist George Takei will speak on campus April 27, leaders of Brown Lecture Board told The Herald. While best known for his role as Hikaru Sulu on the television series “Star Trek,” Takei is also a major proponent of LGBTQ rights and has won several awards for his commitment ...
Along with 80 inches of snow and two campus-wide closings, record-breaking snowfall this year also resulted in unprecedented costs to the University. The University spent $625,000 on snow removal alone this year, up from $435,000 last year and a marked increase from the $275,000 average spent annually ...
A bill introduced by Rep. Teresa Tanzi, D-Narragansett and South Kingstown, proposes to increase the legal age to buy or sell tobacco products in Rhode Island from 18 to 21 years old. After being introduced in February, the legislation entered the hearing stage last week, spurring debate between medical ...
Candidates for leadership positions on the Undergraduate Council of Students tackled the council’s role as a conduit between students and the administration, mental health resources and diversity support at a debate Thursday night in a packed Salomon 001. Mental health emerged as a major topic of ...
Amanda Walsh, staff attorney at the Victim Rights Law Center, has been appointed the University’s first-ever, full-time Title IX program officer, President Christina Paxson P’19 announced in a community-wide email Thursday. Walsh’s appointment concludes a national search that began in August and ...
The Mellon Mays Undergraduate Fellowship board announced Wednesday that this year’s awards will go to Zoila Bergeron ’17, Danii Carrasco ’17, Aditya Kumar ’17, Lovinia Reynolds ’17, Hassani Scott ’17 and Phoebe Young ’17. The MMUF program provides community support networks and grants ...
Students suggested expanding the University’s mental health resources in the wake of the death of Hyoun Ju Sohn GS Tuesday at an open forum Wednesday hosted by the Undergraduate Council of Students. Student representatives from the Mental Health Community Council attended the forum to discuss the ...
This series will explore the first 1,000 days of Christina Paxson’s presidency. This story, the final of three, will look at how Paxson interacts and contends with alums. As the public face of the University, President Christina Paxson P’19 must appeal to a number of varied interests. One major ...
Updated April 2, 2015 at 5:00 a.m. The search for a new director of the Writing Center recommenced March 20 following an unsuccessful search effort in the fall. The University hopes to place the director by the start of next academic year, said Kathleen McSharry, associate dean of the College for writing ...
A Superior Court decision Monday granted Shark Bar and Grille temporary receivership status — putting the establishment in the hands of a designated lawyer — which allows the Thayer Street business to keep its liquor license for now. In a statement after the ruling, Mayor Jorge Elorza declared his ...
More than 300 law enforcement officials, politicians, students and community activists confronted the costs and racial disparities of mass incarceration and probation in Rhode Island— and the nation as a whole — at a conference March 27 entitled “Sounding the Alarm on Mass Incarceration: Moving ...
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