Vicki Colvin, vice provost for research and professor of chemistry and chemical and biomolecular engineering at Rice University, replaced Mark Schlissel P’15 as Brown’s 12th provost July 1, the University announced in May. Colvin’s selection as the University’s top academic administrator concluded a ...
The College Curriculum Council approved contemplative studies as Brown’s newest concentration at its meeting last week. The concentration will become the University’s 79th field of study, excluding independent concentrations. Contemplative studies will be among the first college majors of its ...
Roger Nozaki MAT’89, director of the Swearer Center for Public Service and associate dean of the College for community and global engagement, will leave the University this week to work for the U.S. Department of Education, he told The Herald. Associate Director of the Swearer Center Kate Trimble ...
About 1,570 of the 2,619 students offered admission to the class of 2018 have committed to the University, leading to a current yield rate of around 59.9 percent, said Dean of Admission Jim Miller ’73. The final yield rate and class size will fluctuate over the summer, but the Admission Office expects ...
A brilliant intellect, witty sense of humor and devotion to teaching and mentorship will mark the legacy of Professor Emeritus of Economics George Borts, who passed away Friday at the age of 86. Borts retired in the fall after 63 years of teaching at the University, which he called a “fruitful” ...
Faculty members voted unanimously to establish a new joint Executive Masters of Business Administration program with the IE Business School in Madrid at a faculty meeting Tuesday. The faculty also voted to change the name of the Department of Egyptology and Ancient West Asian Studies and to amend the ...
City and University officials announced several planned changes to the Thayer Street commercial district — including new green space, a trash compactor, re-paving and re-lining, signage and changes to curbs — at a press conference Tuesday morning. The public announcement, led by President Christina ...
The Brown University Task Force on Sexual Assault will begin work in the fall, submitting recommendations by December, President Christina Paxson announced in a campus-wide email Friday. The University will also immediately begin searching for a full-time Title IX coordinator, she wrote. Paxson also ...
Following days of student protests, graduate students and administrators packed Barus and Holley 166 Tuesday night to discuss sixth-year funding for grad students as well as the future of the Graduate School. President Christina Paxson and Dean of the Graduate School Peter Weber held the event to offer ...
President Christina Paxson sent a campus-wide email Saturday afternoon responding to student outcry surrounding the University’s sexual misconduct policy. Her email came four days after a press conference in which Lena Sclove ’15.5 revealed the details of her sexual assault case and criticized the ...
One hundred and four seniors were elected this week to the Rhode Island Alpha chapter of Phi Beta Kappa, the nation’s oldest undergraduate academic honor society, Chapter Administrator Mary Jo Foley wrote in an email to The Herald. Since the College of William and Mary founded the first Phi Beta ...
Two versions of history were recounted Thursday afternoon, as students and faculty members packed into Salomon 101 to contemplate the role of the United States in the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. But determining which version of history was correct was a question on which Noam Chomsky, professor emeritus ...
Rachel Black ’16 was teaching 10th grade students at Providence’s E-Cubed Academy about voter registration last October when one student, eyes wide with terror, asked, “If I fill out this form, will they force me to vote?” Black, who is one of four chapter directors at Brown for Generation ...
The Undergraduate Council of Students voted unanimously to establish a fifth subgroup called the Outreach and Advocacy Committee tasked with working on student group resolutions at its last general body meeting of the semester Wednesday night. The committee was formed from a working group comprising ...
Winners of the 2014 Alfred H. Joslin Award were announced Wednesday. The award is given annually to 10 to 12 seniors to recognize their contributions to the quality of life of Brown through their leadership and involvement, according to the Office of Campus Life and Student Services’ website. The ...
The University of Rhode Island announced its intent to arm its campus police officers April 14 following a year of school-wide discussion. According to a statement released by URI President David Dooley, the URI Department of Public Safety is developing a plan to implement the arming process. This ...
Seeking to increase police authority to seize weapons, preclude prisoners serving life sentences from receiving public pensions, and bolster local ordinances through increased littering and zoning-related fines, Mayor Angel Taveras testified before the Senate Judiciary Committee in support of the city’s ...
Jocelyn Samuels, acting assistant attorney general, announced an agreement between the U.S. Department of Justice and Rhode Island April 8 calling for an end to the discriminatory pay practices associated with workforce training programs for the developmentally disabled. The programs, called sheltered ...
The Admission Office welcomed 767 admitted applicants from as far away as Brazil to A Day on College Hill Tuesday, a two-night event to present prospective students with a comprehensive idea of Brown’s academic and student life. This year’s schedule included more events than in previous years, ...
Undergraduates are divided on President Christina Paxson’s proposal in her strategic plan to increase the total student and faculty population by approximately 1 percent each year over the next decade, according to a Herald poll conducted April 14 - 18. Almost 34 percent of respondents approved of ...
Solutions by The State News
