Former Rhode Island Gov. Lincoln Chafee ’75 P’14 P’17 announced Thursday that he has formed an exploratory committee to consider a 2016 presidential run. His potential bid is not anticipated to gain much traction in a race for the Democratic nomination that would pit him against frontrunner Hillary ...
The new Rhode Island Commission on Women, comprising 26 businesswomen, community leaders and government officials, met for the first time Tuesday. Gov. Gina Raimondo reinstated the commission last month to address women’s issues after it dissolved in 2010 due to funding reductions. “It was great ...
“This is the official takeaway for tonight: Do not panic!” said Dean of the College Maud Mandel at an event titled “Don’t Fear Sophomore Year” held in Salomon 101 Monday evening. The presentation attracted a small number of first-year students interested in learning more about the transition ...
Sexual misconduct claims filed against former Yale nephrology professor Rex Mahnensmith, a former nephrology professor at the Yale School of Medicine, has been accused of committing several acts of sexual assault between 2002 and 2013, while he was director of the New Haven Dialysis Clinic, the New ...
Legislators, lobby groups debate gun control in Rhode Island The House Judiciary Committee will hear firearm reform legislation Tuesday, with a range of proposed bills attempting to create both more stringent and looser restrictions. Gun control advocates support efforts to ban guns on public school ...
A swarm of about 40 students dressed in teal shirts converged on the Main Green Sunday to raise awareness about sexual assault at Brown in the second annual March Against Sexual Assault. The students, whose shirts read “not on our campus,” paraded around and chanted slogans during the event, which ...
In response to student feedback, administrators extended Rockefeller Library access to 24 hours Monday through Thursday. Students expressed discomfort with studying in the Sciences Library after Hyoun Ju Sohn GS jumped out of a 12th-floor window of the building April 1, said University Librarian Harriette ...
Common Sense Action, a group founded by two Brown students that seeks to involve millennials in the U.S. political process, recently merged with Run For America, a group with similar goals, to create a joint organization called Run For America Action. Last week, RFAA launched the Week of Action, its ...
“In this Internet age, any progress made in the West will no doubt also put wind in the sails of the Chinese LGBT communities and their supporters,” Li Yinhe, one of China’s leading scholars on issues of sexuality, told a packed Foxboro Auditorium Thursday. Li’s talk addressed the legal history ...
Sazzy Gourley ’16 won the Undergraduate Council of Students presidency, while Alana Bhatla ’16 claimed the vice presidency, announced UCS Elections Board Chair Heather Sabel ’17 just after midnight Friday on the steps of the Stephen Robert ’62 Campus Center. With 50.5 percent of the vote, Gourley ...
Following the closure of Manning Hall over spring break due to unstable supports, several student groups have been forced to relocate their activities from the non-denominational chapel on the second floor. Engineers with the Department of Facilities Management found the unstable secondary supports ...
Last month, XOI Juice, founded by Myron Lam ’15 and Linh Tran ’15, earned one of the Swearer Center for Public Service’s three Embark Fellowships, which support ventures founded by graduating students, said Alan Harlam, director of the Swearer Center’s Social Innovation Initiative. XOI is a ...
Travel and Leisure Magazine readers ranked Providence second on a list of America’s Best Cities for Sweet Tooths released April 1, as determined by an online survey of 38 cities in a variety of culinary categories. Besting nearby neighbors New York City and Boston by three and 18 spots, respectively, ...
Chancellor Thomas Tisch ’76 P’18 accepted a position Wednesday on the six-person external advisory board of Point72, the investment firm founded by emeritus Corporation Trustee Steven Cohen P’08 P’16 almost two years after his former hedge fund SAC Capital Advisors L.P. faced five counts of ...
Students will have free access to the entire Adobe Creative Cloud Suite on their personal computers in two to four weeks, said Ravi Pendse P’17, vice president for computing and information services and chief information officer, at the Undergraduate Council of Students general body meeting Wednesday. ...
The student group Liberation in North Korea is holding its first-ever Choco Pie gram fundraiser Tuesday through Thursday to spread awareness about the country’s political corruption and raise money for North Korean refugees. Choco Pie grams are small bags stuffed with candies and a Choco Pie — a ...
Rhode Island continues to have one of the highest unemployment rates in the nation as a result of education levels, household wealth and extension of unemployment benefits, according to a recent report by the College and Research University Collaborative of Rhode Island. The Collaborative released its ...
Students presented their first forays into international reporting as part of their academic spring break trip to Nicaragua at the Watson Institute for International Studies Wednesday. Led by former New York Times correspondent Stephen Kinzer, a journalist in residence at the Watson Institute, the trip ...
The status of auto insurance coverage for drivers employed by Transportation Network Companies such as Uber and Lyft faced scrutiny at the State House Tuesday, as a joint legislative commission reevaluated the state’s Public Motor Vehicle Act, which passed in 2013. The congressional committee was ...
Rutgers temporarily bans Greek parties Rutgers University barred all of its 86 fraternities and sororities from holding parties for the rest of the spring semester, the New York Times reported Tuesday. The ban follows “a number of alcohol-related incidents” tied to Greek life this semester, Rutgers ...
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