Alex Morse ’11 has kicked off his campaign for reelection as mayor of Holyoke, Mass., with a platform of economic development and public safety. Morse, 24, is running for reelection in a nonpartisan election against businessman Jeff Stanek after becoming the city’s youngest-ever mayor when elected ...
The trial of a former Brown summer camp fencing coach who allegedly sexually assaulted a camper in 2012, originally scheduled for today, may be postponed because his whereabouts are unknown. No department is actively pursuing Gustavo Ducuing at this time, according to multiple sources within the Providence ...
Sonia Feigenbaum, a former official at the U.S. Department of Education, will assume the post of associate provost for international affairs Nov. 1. Professor of Anthropology Matthew Gutmann P'14 stepped down from the position, which he held since 2009, at the end of June, Gutmann wrote in an email ...
“What happens (to storytelling) in your generation?” Tom Ashbrook, host of WBUR’s “On Point,” asked in the first installment of the Swearer Center for Public Service Storytelling Speaker Series Thursday night. The award-winning journalist’s audience filled the seats of Smith-Buonanno Hall ...
The chorus of dissenting voices among Rhode Island students, parents and teachers regarding the use of high-stakes testing to evaluate teachers and students has joined a broader national debate over education reform and what many politicans, activists and students call the crisis in American schools. While ...
Faculty members and administrators said they expect to see a reinvigorated and inclusive Watson Institute for International Studies under the leadership of its new director, Richard Locke, who began his position in July. The institute faced a turbulent past decade, its leadership changing hands seven ...
The Blue Room, Ivy Room, Campus Market and Poppy’s will accept credit cards starting in early November, representatives from dining services and campus life said. The eateries will accept Visa, MasterCard, American Express and Discover credit cards. “There has been a growing interest in offering ...
The Undergraduate Council of Students explored how to help students network with alums for jobs and internships as part of a conversation with CareerLAB Director Andrew Simmons at the UCS general body meeting Wednesday. Several Council members criticized BRUNet, an online platform meant to help students ...
Planning for the University’s 250th anniversary and recent expansion to the Ombuds Office surfaced as dominant discussion topics at the Brown University Community Council meeting Wednesday. Eve Ornstedt, executive director for the newly created Office of the 250th Anniversary, spoke on how to integrate ...
Though the federal health insurance exchange — a marketplace created by the Affordable Care Act for people to purchase health care insurance — continues to face technical problems, the Rhode Island exchange has overcome some initial glitches, with advocates expressing optimism about its future. The ...
Tammie Paris, a senior at Hope High School, recently took the math section of the New England Common Assessment Program for the second time. Her score last year was low enough that if she did not demonstrate improvement on either this test or a third attempt this spring she would be barred from graduating ...
Poll finds skepticism about online education A Gallup poll released Tuesday shows a mixture of opinions on online education among the American public, including significant skepticism about its pedagogical potential. The poll, conducted earlier this month, found low overall approval ratings for online ...
Senior Lecturer in English Elizabeth Taylor, Instructional Designer Ren Whitaker and three students from Brown’s first for-credit online course, ENGL 0180: “Introduction to Creative Nonfiction,” spoke to a group of about 25, mostly faculty and staff members, in Lippitt House Wednesday afternoon ...
A well-attended teach-in, a student paper series and a packed panel about Israel-Palestine are just three of many events put on by the newly expanded Middle East Studies Initiative. The initiative has doubled in size since last year’s appointment of Beshara Doumani as the program’s new director. “(The ...
Though New England Common Assessment Program retesting concludes this week, Rhode Island’s high school seniors may be unable to enjoy their final year until results are released in February. Over the next four months, many teachers will wait anxiously alongside their students as they also experience ...
Nearly half the student body has no opinion on how President Christina Paxson has handled her job as president, and about 65 percent of students either had not heard of the strategic plan Paxson released in draft form last month or did not know enough about it to offer an opinion, according to The Herald ...
“My generation is stealing a whole lot of money and leaving your generation with a whole lot less of the economic pie,” Stanley Druckenmiller, former chairman and president of Duquesne Capital, told a nearly full auditorium yesterday afternoon in List Art Gallery 120. Druckenmiller and Geoffrey ...
The Sheridan Center for Teaching and Learning will host a series of new digital teaching workshops over the coming weeks to address technology’s growing role in students’ learning experiences, center administrators said. Three hour-long workshops held today, Oct. 29 and Nov. 12 are open to faculty ...
See accompanying article. 1. Do you believe the University should divest any of its endowment assets currently in large U.S. coal companies, as requested by the student group Brown Divest Coal? 22.0% Strongly agree 30.2% Somewhat agree 20.5% No opinion 8.5% Somewhat disagree 5.5% Strongly ...
As some of Rhode Island’s high school seniors embark on the college application process, over 4,000 of their peers are still unsure whether they will graduate from high school this spring. When these students first took the New England Common Assessment Program as juniors, over 40 percent of the ...
Solutions by The State News
