President Christina Paxson announced Friday that the University will require all its vendors manufacturing apparel in Bangladesh to sign the Accord on Fire and Building Safety. The accord, which went into effect Saturday, was created in response to the factory collapse that killed over 1,000 in Savar, ...
As the Office of Admission combs through applications to the class of 2018, staffers are considering a pool with a dramatically different geographic composition than even a decade ago, with a rapid increase in international applicants and a domestic shift out of the Northeast. The sheer volume of applications ...
Undergraduate Council of Students leaders are working to provide feedback on the Swearer Engaged Scholars initiative, which includes programs on gap years and integrating scholarship opportunities into the University’s surrounding community. The program was presented at the UCS general body meeting ...
Annie Buffington, Health Services’ registered dietitian, said she still gets chills when she recalls a patient saying, “I feel a weight has lifted.” Buffington’s patient, who suffered from an eating disorder, gained weight in the recovery process but actually felt lighter afterward, Buffington ...
The search for Provost Mark Schlissel’s P’15 successor took center stage in a faculty forum Thursday that offered attendees a chance to voice their thoughts on ideal qualities for the University’s next chief academic officer. About 20 faculty members attended the forum, held at the School of ...
Gourmet Heaven owner Chung Cho was arrested Monday on five violations of discrimination against workers and five violations of failure to keep wage records, according to Connecticut state court records. The grocery store, which has locations in Providence and New Haven, Conn., opened a branch on Meeting ...
“We are tired of being used and abused,” said Krystle Martin, a waitress at the Hilton Providence and one of many of the hotel’s employees rallied Feb.18 to petition the hotel’s management, the Procaccianti Group, for better working conditions. Police blocked the entrance to the hotel, thwarting ...
“One should not be afraid to try something new,” said Nobel laureate H. Robert Horvitz to an audience of high school students and University community members at the Providence Career and Technical Academy Wednesday. Horvitz received the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine in 2002 for research ...
Committees in the General Assembly reviewed several pieces of legislation this week, including budget proposals, a request to obtain evidence in the 38 Studios lawsuit and a bill to improve bus transportation for Providence students. Budget brief The Senate Committee on Finance met Feb. 25 to review ...
As a recognition of its leadership as an employer, the University was awarded the Seal of Distinction from WorldatWork’s Alliance for Work-Life Progress earlier this month. Brown is one of 13 colleges and universities to win the award, and one of 66 total organizations, said Kathie Lingle, executive ...
While Kindles and Nooks may be replacing printed pages and bound texts on bookshelves across the country, students at Brown have been slow to catch on to the e-book and e-textbook trend. “The transition is waiting,” said University Librarian Harriette Hemmasi. Though both older and younger generations ...
Colleagues and students remembered Shoggy Waryn as an engaging teacher, avid cinema lover and pioneer of integrating instructional technology into the classroom. Waryn, who was 53 when he died last week of colon cancer, was a senior lecturer in French studies and served as director of Providence’s ...
Department of Ed. investigates U. Michigan sexual assault response The Office for Civil Rights, a branch of the U.S. Department of Education, is currently investigating an alleged mishandling of a sexual misconduct case at the University of Michigan, multiple news outlets reported. Former professor ...
Ross Cheit, professor of public policy and political science, will discuss the 15-year process of compiling his new book, “The Witch-Hunt Narrative: Politics, Psychology and the Sexual Abuse of Children” in a talk Thursday at the Taubman Center for Public Policy and American Institutions. Cheit ...
A new strategic planning initiative to expand performing arts at Brown could yield increased performance space, greater collaboration with the Trinity Repertory Company and the hiring of new faculty members and artists, said President Christina Paxson. The initiative was originally developed by the ...
The trajectory of the Rhode Island gubernatorial race remains uncertain amid the entrance of new candidates in recent months, said the three members of a panel hosted Tuesday night by the Brown Democrats. The discussion came nearly two weeks after WPRI released a poll Feb. 12 that showed Mayor Angel ...
“Liberalism, at its core, is empty,” said Peter Katzenstein, professor of international studies at Cornell. “There’s nothing there. It’s like the wizard of Oz,” he said, adding that Americans have continually attempted to reinvent liberalism’s core values. Around 40 faculty members ...
When it comes to snow removal, it is the events — not the inches — that matter. For the University’s custodians and grounds crew, an “event” is any occasion when staff members must go out to remove ice or snow from campus walkways, stairs and athletic fields. This season, Brown’s crew has ...
United States Investigation Services, a federally contracted background check company transitively owned by Corporation Fellow Jonathan Nelson ’77 P’07 P’09, is amidst a U.S. Department of Justice lawsuit for “taking shortcuts” on at least 40 percent of its cases. The company handled background ...
“I’m not actually a bully, but I hope I did a convincing job,” said one of the young actors from the short film “Robot and Boy” during a question-and-answer session Sunday at the Providence Children’s Film Festival. For the first time, the annual festival included an official program featuring ...
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