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UCS discusses University governance

The Undergraduate Council of Students discussed student involvement in university governance at an open forum Wednesday featuring Russell Carey, executive vice president for planning and policy, and Luther Spoehr, senior lecturer in education. The Corporation’s October decision not to divest the ...


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Faculty talk renovations, internship funding

Three floors of the Sciences Library will likely undergo a renovation in the next few months, said Provost Mark Schlissel P’15 at a faculty meeting Tuesday. Faculty members and administrators announced the composition of the Provost Search Committee, and discussed the dean of the College search as ...


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This Week in Higher Ed: Feb. 5, 2014

Tennessee governor calls for free community college   Tennessee Gov. Bill Haslam called for the state to use lottery revenues to make two years of community or technical college free for all high school graduates, the Chronicle of Higher Education reported Tuesday. The proposal, called the Tennessee ...


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Former ambassador speaks on China-India relations

“India has the promise, has the potential,” said Nirupama Rao, the former Indian ambassador to the United States, in a conversation Tuesday on the foreign relations of China and India. Rao discussed foreign affairs with Richard Locke, director of the Watson Institute for International Studies and ...


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Bill seeks to ban plastic bag dispersal statewide

The Plastic Waste Reduction Act was reintroduced Thursday to the Rhode Island House of Representatives by Rep. Maria Cimini, D-Providence. The bill would ban the dispersal of many plastic bags in Rhode Island by January 2015 for large retailers and by January 2016 for small businesses. During the last ...


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Legislation introduced to protect children online

Attorney General Peter Kilmartin announced he had drafted legislation making it a felony to “electronically disseminate sexually explicit images to minors” Dec. 18, according to a General Assembly press release. The bill will likely be introduced into the General Assembly by Kilmartin’s allies. This ...


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Adrain launches mayoral campaign

Lorne Adrain, former chairman of the Rhode Island Board of Governors for Higher Education and managing director at the wealth management firm Ballentine Partners, formally launched his mayoral campaign yesterday morning at the Friendship Cafe in South Providence. Adrain became the fifth Democratic ...


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U. joins aid compact for N.Y. students

The University agreed in December to join the Say Yes Higher Education Compact, an initiative that offers to provide up to 100 percent of college tuition costs to eligible low-income high school students. The compact ensures that students with a family income at or below $75,000 living in the greater ...


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Course addition process moves online

After the initial period for course registration closes today, the Office of the Registrar will manage the late addition of classes entirely on Banner for the first time, following guidelines the office announced in a community-wide email Jan. 17. The new system requires that students enter an instructor ...


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NECAP test results show mixed success

About two weeks after Gov. Lincoln Chafee ’75 P’14 P’17 highlighted education as a major priority in his proposed 2015 budget, Commissioner of Education Deborah Gist announced the results of the 2013 New England Common Assessment Program exam in her annual State of Education address Jan. 30. Though ...


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R.I. enters national GMO debate

Rep. Dennis Canario, D-Portsmouth, Little Compton, Tiverton, has introduced a bill that would require food containing genetically modified ingredients to be labeled “Produced with Genetic Engineering,” according to a General Assembly press release.  The bill was heard Wednesday by the House Committee ...


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Initiative expands undergrad mentorship

The New Scientist Program is training 25 mentors for the Graduate-Undergraduate Mentoring Initiative this semester, giving undergraduates another outlet through which to seek mentorship and advice. While students and administrators lauded the University’s multitude of existing advising options, they ...


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Dining Services reaches new contract agreement

Brown Dining Services workers and their union, United Service and Allied Workers of Rhode Island, reached an agreement on a new contract with the University in late December. The major financial issues under consideration in the contract negotiations — which began in October 2013 — included wage, ...


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UCS assesses candidates for search committee

Following the announcement of Provost Mark Schlissel’s P’15 departure — effective July 1 — the Undergraduate Council of Students received 10 applications from students hoping to be the undergraduate representative on the committee to select his successor, UCS leaders said. After Schlissel was ...


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Spotlight on the statehouse: Jan. 30, 2014

Pay it forward, pay it back Legislation introduced Tuesday by House Speaker Gordon Fox, D-Providence, and Rep. Joseph McNamara, D-Warwick and Cranston, would create a pilot program in which participating students attending in-state colleges or universities would not pay tuition or fees until after graduation. The ...


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Democratic hopefuls back ‘People’s Pledge’

As the Rhode Island gubernatorial race heats up, campaign finance politics are taking center stage as two of the leading Democratic candidates speak out against super Political Action Committees. General Treasurer Gina Raimondo and Providence Mayor Angel Taveras, the two front runners in the Democratic ...




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