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This Week in Higher Ed: Dec. 1, 2014

SDSU Greek life social events suspended after sexual harassment reports Greek life leaders announced Tuesday that 14 fraternities and sororities at San Diego State University have voluntarily suspended social events until their members complete a training program to prevent sexual assault, U-T San ...


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Alums’ startup lands $35 million investment

When Evan Stites-Clayton ’11, Walker Williams ’11 and Anthony Staehelin ’10 founded the custom apparel company Teespring, they never thought they would receive $35 million in venture capital and find themselves at the helm of a successful startup. Teespring recently gained this new funding in ...


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Designers create Ebola safety equipment

As the international community grapples with the Ebola epidemic in West Africa, 50 community members from Brown and the Rhode Island School of Design have partnered to design safety equipment that protects workers treating the disease. Students, professors and alums from both schools came together ...


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Dean T. remembered for 40 years of commitment to Brown

About 100 Brown community members gathered Friday to commemorate the life of Marjorie Thompson ’74 PhD’79 P’02 P’07 P’09 P’12 P’14 P’16, late associate dean of biological sciences, at a public memorial service in the First Unitarian Church of Providence. The service drew a crowd of ...


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Unsealed documents shed light on assault case

Documents unsealed by a R.I. Superior Court judge last week reveal new details about a case between a Providence College student and the two Brown undergraduates that she alleges sexually assaulted her last fall. Judge Alice Gibney allowed the Rhode Island Attorney General’s office to release dozens ...


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Three from Brown win Rhodes Scholarships

Two undergraduates and one recent alum were awarded the prestigious Rhodes Scholarships Saturday, marking only the second year since 1970 that more than one Brown applicant was chosen and the second year ever with more than two. David Adler ’14, Abi Kulshreshtha ’15 and Kate Nussenbaum ’15 are ...


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Broken sprinkler floods Chapin

A sprinkler head that was broken on the fourth floor of Chapin House Saturday night resulted in some flooding and subsequent water damage, said Richard Hilton, associate director of residential life. No students were injured, and Facilities Management, aided by a private contractor, is working on cleaning ...


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Torabi ’15 wins one of 12 Mitchell Scholarships

Tara Torabi ’15 was named one of 12 recipients nationwide of the George J. Mitchell Scholarship, a competitive fellowship that offers one year of graduate study in Ireland, this weekend. Torabi, a neuroscience concentrator originally from Granville, Ohio, who now resides in Sedona, Arizona, said ...


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U. announces new vice provost for the arts

Updated Monday, Nov. 24 at 2:41 a.m. Michael Steinberg, director of the Cogut Center for the Humanities and professor of history, will become the University’s first vice provost for the arts starting Jan. 1, Provost Vicki Colvin announced in a community-wide email late Friday afternoon. The mid-year ...


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R.I. boasts high rate of overweight adolescents

A Rhode Island Department of Health study that found that 11 percent of high school students had BMIs above the 95th percentile, qualifying them as obese. 16 percent of high school students had BMIs between the 85th and 95th percentiles, putting them in the overweight category. The study’s results ...


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U. financial aid squeezes middle-class families

When Amanda Ruggieri ’16 graduates from Brown, she estimates that she will owe between $40,000 and $50,000 in debt. Ruggieri receives a full tuition scholarship from the University, as well as federal Perkins loans and Pell grants. She also works 13 hours per week as a cashier and supervisor at the ...


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Judge unseals PC sexual assault case records

Police and court documents that were part of an investigation of two Brown undergraduates who allegedly sexually assaulted a Providence College student last November were released to the public Tuesday when a Rhode Island Superior Court judge unsealed them, WPRI reported Thursday. Judge Alice Gibney ...


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U. expects 28 percent increase in utility costs

Over the next five years, the amount that the University pays for utilities such as gas and electric is predicted to increase by about 28 percent, or $5 million, said Christopher Powell, assistant vice president for sustainable energy and environmental initiatives at the Department of Facilities Management. ...


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Initiative focuses on mental health on campus

As students prepare for finals period, BWell Health Promotion Week is offering a host of workshops, discussions and activities aimed at promoting students’ mental health. The series of events is the brainchild of Lauren Galvan ’16, who is pursing an independent concentration in mental health and ...


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State insurance exchange reopens for enrollment

HealthSource RI, the state health insurance exchange, opened its second enrollment period Nov. 15 to allow individuals and families not insured by their employers to renew their coverage.  The enrollment period will last until Feb. 15, 2015 and includes options from United HealthCare, Blue Cross and ...


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UTRA program adds interdisciplinary projects

As students grapple with funding their research, the University will expand the Undergraduate Teaching and Research Awards program by unveiling the new Interdisciplinary Team UTRA in December, said Oludurotimi Adetunji, director of Science Center outreach, associate dean of the College and director ...


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Panel examines role of race in medical care

Updated Sunday, Nov. 30 at 10:07 p.m. Race plays a lamentably larger role today than in the past in how doctors treat patients, said Lundy Braun, professor of medical science and Africana studies, at a talk Wednesday night. Many health disparities among individuals of different ethnicities have been ...


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