Gov. Lincoln Chafee ’75 P’14 P’17 signed an executive order Friday creating the Rhode Island Executive Climate Change Council. The newly formed council is charged with coordinating state environmental initiatives and advising Rhode Islanders and policymakers on how to combat the effects of climate ...
The Providence City Council approved a resolution in support of federal restrictions on the use of antibiotics in factory farms Feb. 6. The council may be the first in the country to pass such regulations. “It’s largely a symbolic act,” said Gus Fuguitt, spokesman for Food and Water Watch — ...
This year’s Panhellenic Council recruitment process, which kicked off Feb. 8, featured several changes, including a significant increase in participating students, a new online system and the first year of recruiting for the newest sorority, Kappa Delta. A total of 140 female undergraduates participated ...
As social entrepreneurship gains prominence around the world, 650 faculty members, students and social entrepreneurs from nearly 25 countries descended on Brown’s campus this weekend for the fifth annual Ashoka U Exchange to share ideas about creative solutions to complex issues. “This is the only ...
Six postdoctoral fellows will be appointed in the next two years as part of the President’s Diversity Postdoctoral Fellowship Program, said Kevin McLaughlin P’12, dean of the faculty. The hiring of these fellows is the first phase of a three-part program aimed at expanding the faculty’s diversity. Originally, ...
For Susan Alcock, professor of archaeology and classics, archaeology does not need to be practiced amidst dusty ruins in an exotic country. Her students explore the field from behind their computer screens in Alcock’s massive open online course, “Archaeology’s Dirty Little Secrets,” on Coursera. Alcock’s ...
Obama apologizes for negative comment on art history President Obama sent a letter of apology to Ann Collins Johns, a senior lecturer in art and art history at the University of Texas at Austin, after mocking art history degrees in a recent speech, the Chronicle of Higher Education reported Tuesday. During ...
Every Wednesday afternoon, the 11 BEST graduate students from a panoply of fields gather in Horace Mann House for discussions with some of the University’s leading administrators. They’re not there for their grades or scholarship, but they are distinct. The Brown Executive Scholars Training Program, ...
Following a decade of ranking among the top 25 medium-sized colleges and universities sending graduates to the Peace Corps, the University failed to make the list for a second consecutive year. There are 11 Brown alums currently serving in the Peace Corps, wrote Elizabeth Chamberlain, public affairs ...
Shoggy Waryn, senior lecturer in French studies, died at his home Tuesday. He was 53 and had been battling colon cancer. Waryn was on medical leave this semester but taught at the University in the fall. The Department of French Studies announced his death in a press release and email Wednesday. A ...
Just two graduate students attended a forum Thursday to gather graduate student input on the University’s ongoing search for a successor to Provost Mark Schlissel P’15, who was named president of the University of Michigan last month. President Christina Paxson, Sharon Krause, professor and chair ...
The Watson Institute for International Studies is hosting two lecture series this semester, with one devoted to security and the other exploring issues of governance and development, said Peter Andreas, associate director of the Watson Institute and professor of political science and international studies. The ...
Undergraduate Council of Students members described qualities they hope to see in the new provost, including attentiveness to undergraduate issues and a familiarity with Brown’s unique culture, at Wednesday’s open forum, which featured two members of the provost search committee. Wendy Edwards, ...
As students immerse themselves in the hunt for summer internships and full-time job offers, 72 companies will recruit prospective graduate and undergraduate employees from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. today at CareerLAB’s annual Spring Career Fair. The fair is divided into two sectors — 35 employers in Sayles ...
Mental health services, internship expansion, ethical spending standards and a possible University boycott of the Renaissance Hotel dominated discussion at the Brown University Community Council meeting Wednesday afternoon. Psych Services and Mental Health Psychological services clinicians ...
Many parents of Providence Public School District students have expressed concerns over student transportation issues this year, pointing to scheduling adjustments and budget cuts as problematic for elementary through high school students trying to get to school before the morning bell. The PPSD brought ...
The following is an account of crime events that took place this past week, reported to The Herald by Deputy Chief of Police for the Department of Public Safety Paul Shanley: February 12, 2014 The Department of Public Safety arrested and charged a juvenile in the case of the assault of a Brown community ...
Brown Dining Services and the outside firm Envision Strategies held focus groups last week as part of ongoing efforts to get student feedback on dining experiences, said Richard Bova, senior associate dean of residential life and dining services. The focus groups drew around 30 students and aimed ...
General Assembly activities were cancelled last Thursday due to a snowstorm. Rhode Island legislators also have this week off for the Assembly’s mid-winter recess and will reconvene Tuesday. Several bills proposing marijuana regulation, early voting procedures and the establishment of an official ...
Senate Majority Leader Dominick Ruggerio, D-Providence and North Providence, and Rep. Brian Patrick Kennedy, D-Hopkinton and Westerly, introduced legislation to limit the information employers and schools can obtain from social media sites, according to a General Assembly press release. The bill prohibits ...
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