E. Gordon Gee, who served as Brown’s 17th president from 1998 to 2000, announced Tuesday that he will retire from his current position as president of Ohio State University July 1, multiple news outlets reported. The news, first reported by the Columbus Dispatch, comes partially in response to ...
Temperatures were low but spirits stayed high during the 245th Commencement weekend, held May 25 and 26. The University gave a total of 2,419 degrees, with 1,554 of those being bachelor's degrees. The ceremony marked the first Commencement presided over by President Christina Paxson. Ceremonies began ...
In its final meeting of the academic year Friday, the Corporation heard arguments but did not reach a decision on whether the University will divest from coal companies targeted by activist group Brown Divest Coal. The Corporation also reviewed a draft of the University’s strategic plan and offered ...
A suspect is now in custody for the assault of a male sophomore on campus early Sunday morning, said Deputy Police Chief Thomas Oates III. The student has since remained in critical condition at Rhode Island Hospital. Connecticut police arrested suspect Tory Lussier at his house in Vernon, Conn. Wednesday, ...
Michelle Dardashti has been chosen as the next associate University chaplain for the Jewish Community, according to a Hillel press release. Dardashti currently serves as director of community engagement at Temple Beth El, a Conservative congregation in Stamford, Conn. She will start her new position ...
Approximately 60 percent of the University’s 2,649 admitted students have accepted their offers to join the class of 2017, wrote Dean of Admission Jim Miller ’73 in an email to The Herald. For the second year in a row, more students have committed to the University than expected, Miller wrote. ...
David Savitz, current professor of epidemiology and obstetrics and gynecology, will assume the position of vice president for research starting Sept. 1, Provost Mark Schlissel P’15 announced in a community-wide email Tuesday. Savitz’s appointment marks the culmination of an extensive internal ...
On the steps of the Rhode Island State House, Gov. Lincoln Chafee '75 P '14 signed historic legislation making Rhode Island the 10th state in the country to legalize same-sex marriage Thursday. The signing ceremony immediately followed a vote in the House of Representatives supporting the legislation, ...
The University named Joseph Dowling III, founder of the investment firm Narragansett Asset Management, as vice president and chief investment officer in a press release Thursday. Dowling will succeed interim CIO Kenneth Shimberg, who has served since Cynthia Frost left the position in December. Frost ...
Friends and family members remembered Sunil Tripathi, a former member of the class of 2012, as principled and compassionate, celebrating his life in a memorial service in Manning Chapel Saturday afternoon and sharing remembrances in interviews with The Herald. Tripathi’s body was identified April ...
Todd Harris ’14.5 will be president of the Undergraduate Council of Students next year, winning 54 percent of the vote to defeat Afia Kwakwa ’14 in a run-off election. UCS President Anthony White ’13 announced the results on the Faunce steps Thursday evening. The run-off was employed because ...
The body found floating in the Providence River Tuesday afternoon has been identified as Sunil Tripathi, the former member of the class of 2012 who went missing over a month ago, said state Health Department representative Dara Chadwick. The Rhode Island state medical examiner’s office performed ...
While state senators debated a bill to legalize same-sex marriage, supporters and opponents filled the State House lobby to make their opinions heard. About 40 or 50 of the bill’s opponents stood in the rotunda carrying signs that said “Same Sex Marriage is Immoral and Unnecessary” and “Marriage ...
Policymakers should focus on supporting economic development rather than participating in military action in the Middle East, said David Rohde ’90, a two-time Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist, at a lecture Wednesday. Rohde addressed the United States’ evolving relationship with the Middle East ...
President Christina Paxson and the Undergraduate Council of Students gave each other feedback on their respective past and future projects at the council’s last general body meeting of the semester Wednesday. The Student Labor Alliance’s call for the University to end its contract with Adidas emerged ...
About 33 percent of faculty members are somewhat or very dissatisfied with spouse support and about 30 percent are somewhat or very dissatisfied with childcare resources available to them from the University, according to the Herald faculty poll. Respondents who indicated they were satisfied or dissatisfied ...
About 72 percent of faculty members approve of the creation of the School of Public Health, while only 13 percent disapprove, according to a recent Herald poll of the faculty. The Faculty Executive Council voted unanimously to approve the school’s creation last November. “As an advisor, I see ...
The sportswear apparel company Adidas announced plans to compensate over 2,700 Indonesian workers who had not received their severance pay after a factory where they were employed by the company closed over two years ago, according a press release Wednesday from the Brown Take Adidas Down Coalition. Adidas’ ...
Kennedy Plaza, the main square and transportation hub of Providence, will undergo renovations in the next few years as a part of Mayor Angel Taveras’ efforts to revitalize downtown. The Downtown Providence Parks Conservancy is slated to start construction this year. The plans — designed by Union ...
Six of Rhode Island’s prominent Latino figures condemned the lack of Latino leaders in the state, where 38 percent of Providence residents and 60 percent of Central Falls residents are Latino, at a panel discussion Wednesday afternoon. The speakers — who included politicians, community leaders ...
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