A new committee is discussing possible changes to next year’s First Readings program, which requires incoming first-years to review the same book or film and discuss their thoughts with a faculty member and peers. Since Dean of the College Maud Mandel announced the committee’s creation in a Nov. ...
Updated Monday, Dec. 8 at 6:12 p.m. The third in a three-part series exploring race and racism at Brown. At a faculty meeting last month, President Christina Paxson announced her plans to double the percentage of underrepresented minority faculty members within the next decade — a goal Paxson calls ...
Over the past year, the administration has touted Brown’s 250th anniversary celebrations as opportunities to rally school spirit and reflect on the institution’s history. But the festivities also serve another purpose: an impetus for the whirlwind of fundraising and alum outreach currently underway ...
For the fifth consecutive year, Brown’s graduating class in 2013 had the highest student loan debt per borrower in the Ivy League. Students in the class who borrowed money graduated with an average $24,382 in debt, according to a report published by the Institute for College Access and Success, a ...
Rhode Island’s Medicaid program decided in September to ration the delivery of Sovaldi, a prescription drug approved by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration last year to cure chronic Hepatitis C, due to the drug’s high cost and the relatively high prevalence of the virus among Medicaid enrollees ...
The Episcopal Diocese of Rhode Island recently approved a plan to open the nation’s first museum devoted to examining the Episcopal Church’s historical role in slavery in northern states, including Rhode Island. The new museum would be built inside a renovated Cathedral of St. John, located on North ...
The second in a three-part series exploring race and racism at Brown. As leaders of classroom discussion, pedagogues and advisers, faculty members often must navigate their students’ beliefs and backgrounds, in many ways defining some students’ college experiences. But because white students and ...
With the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, “when you can’t solve everything, that doesn’t mean you solve nothing,” said David Makovsky, director of the Project on the Middle East Peace Process at the Washington Institute for Near East Policy, in a lecture Wednesday night. Makovsky served as an adviser ...
The Undergraduate Council of Students reviewed the projects that members worked on this semester at the UCS general body meeting Wednesday night, including committee reports on improvements to faculty diversity, mental health and sexual assault policy. UCS President Maahika Srinivasan ’15 briefed ...
This series will explore racism at Brown. This story, the first of three, will look at the role racism plays in relationships among students. Updated Wednesday, Dec. 3 at 11:59 a.m. “I feel like malicious racism is hard to find on campus, but there’s a large range of what people would consider ...
A crowd of about 30 students gathered Tuesday night in front of the steps of Faunce House to conclude a day of silence in memory of victims of police brutality. Many participants wore black clothing and a piece of tape over their mouths to symbolize their solidarity with individuals like Michael Brown ...
A task force will convene next semester to consider the implementation of a January academic term at the University, said Provost Vicki Colvin at a faculty meeting Tuesday. Faculty members and administrators also discussed a new U.S. Navy ROTC partnership, a faculty motion on free speech and the merging ...
A national search is underway for an additional health careers adviser, said Dean of the College Maud Mandel. The University currently does not employ an adviser solely for students interested in health careers — George Vassilev, assistant dean of the College and director of pre-professional advising, ...
December 2, 1898 A “college athlete” penned a column concerning “the great growth of interest” in football since its inauguration in the United States. As of the close of the 1897 football season, between 25,000 and 30,000 people played football in the country, the athlete wrote, adding that ...
In an effort to increase interaction between students and the administration, President Christina Paxson is preparing to hold virtual office hours next semester. The virtual access will provide an additional opportunity for “students to engage with President Paxson using a different platform,” said ...
Around 200 community members gathered on the Main Green Monday for a “die-in” protest in response to a grand jury’s decision last week not to indict police officer Darren Wilson, who shot and killed Michael Brown Aug. 9 in Ferguson, Missouri. Alpha Phi Alpha, a historically black fraternity, also ...
Mayor-elect Jorge Elorza sat on stage with crossed legs for just under two hours at the One Providence Listening Forum Monday at Nathan Bishop Middle School, taking note of Providence residents’ concerns on a range of topics including education, public safety, housing and transportation.
Despite cold and rainy weather, more than 100 community members gathered Monday night at Burnside Park in downtown Providence to join a nationwide movement protesting police violence. The event, advertised on Facebook as a “March Against Police Violence in Solidarity with Ferguson and Mexico,” ...
After almost five months of construction, the redesign of Kennedy Plaza is coming to a close. The $2.4 million renovation — funded by the Rhode Island Public Transit Authority and city bond money — is estimated to be completed by the end of December, said Robert Azar, Providence director of current ...
Fevers, runny noses, body aches, coughing classmates — these are all signs of the flu season descending on the country. In Rhode Island, health officials are taking measures to provide last-minute vaccinations. As of the latest update from the state Nov. 22, there was no reported influenza activity ...
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