Following a spate of violence in the Gaza strip and other regions across Israel, Brown students confirmed last week that their study abroad programs would continue normal operations provided the violence did not escalate further. Last Wednesday, Israel and the Palestinian militant group Hamas agreed ...
Writer and professor Bill McKibben P'16 presented strong arguments for pressuring the University to divest from major coal companies during the 15th stop of his "Do the Math" tour Monday night. Professors, students and community members filled Salomon 001 as McKibben highlighted the realities of climate ...
Harrington Hall in Cranston is home to the largest men's homeless shelter in Rhode Island, a state that saw its rates of foreclosure grow dramatically during the recent recession. A swirl of legislative and social controversy arose in October, when Gov. Lincoln Chafee '75 P'14 made the executive decision ...
Though the nation's unemployment rate rose slightly last month, the Ocean State's unemployment rate dropped slightly for the sixth consecutive month, falling from 10.5 to 10.4 percent, according to reports from the Bureau of Labor Statistics. But despite this progress, Rhode Island still has the second-highest ...
Three professors are each creating one distinctive class to be offered this summer as part of the University's debut on the free-online learning site, Coursera, this summer.
The Rhode Island Climate Change Commission, created by the Climate Risk Reduction Act of 2010, issued its first progress report to the state House of Representatives Nov. 13. The report is the first of what will be annual updates made by the Commission, headed by Sen. Joshua Miller, D-Cranston, and ...
The University will partner with the Knowledge is Power Program, a network of charter schools, following a $2.5 million donation from Bruce and Martha Karsh P'14 that will aid KIPP alums at Brown through increased academic and financial support. The partnership will focus not only on preparing underserved ...
The percentage of undergraduates receiving bachelor of science degrees has nearly doubled from 2003 to 2012 as the number of humanities and social sciences concentrators has continued to decline over the past ten years.
After Rhode Island Democrats pulled off a strong showing in this year's elections - all three incumbent U.S. congressional delegates up for reelection defeated their Republican opponents - the state's two senators are weighing their priorities for the next session in Congress. After garnering 65 percent ...
For the first time in at least a decade, Brown students and recent alums were awarded each of the Rhodes, Marshall and Mitchell Scholarships. The scholarships are prestigious international awards to study abroad at universities in the United Kingdom and Ireland. Clayton Aldern '13, editor-in-chief of ...
What was the selection process like? It's quite intense. First, you need to learn about it. I wasn't even under the impression that this was a thing I could apply for a few months ago. First, it's a matter of getting the Brown nomination. You work on your application starting in May, turn it in to Brown ...
What was the process in applying for this scholarship? I started this process when I was a senior, and Dean Lassonde suggested that I apply for the Rhodes and the Marshall. I applied to both last year. I had been out of college for one year then. I was a finalist in New York for the Rhodes, but I was ...
The Office of Energy and Environment instituted a new single-stream recycling policy in residency halls this year, allowing paper, plastic, glass, aluminum and all other recyclable materials to be disposed of in the same large blue bins. The new program is "trying to make it easier for students," said ...
Where were you when you found out you had won the scholarship? I got a call in the airport on the way back from D.C. from the folks at the Mitchell that I had won it. I was so, so excited. At the reception, I got the chance to meet all the other finalists and they all seemed really intelligent and interesting, ...
The University is reexamining its curriculum this year through the Committee on Educational Innovation and will reach out to the wider campus community today with an email soliciting input and ideas. The committee, which has met this semester to discuss incorporating topics like internationalization ...
Updated Friday, November 23, 2012.
The Brown Advisory Committee on Corporate Responsibility in Investment Policies sent a letter to President Christina Paxson last Monday requesting further dialogue about possible divestment from companies that profit from the Israeli occupation of Palestine. The letter has prompted demonstrations by ...
Following a wave of air strikes in the Gaza Strip last week, Israeli universities where Brown undergraduates are currently abroad will maintain normal operations for now, according to Kendall Brostuen, director of the Office of International Programs. The students' host universities are in close communication ...
Seventy dormitory rooms were found in violation of residential policies during this semester's health and safety inspection from Oct. 23 to 25. The most common of these violations was the presence of prohibited power strips, said Richard Bova, senior associate dean of residential and dining services. ...
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