University professors have the opportunity to “study abroad” with the Brown Global Forums, a program in which faculty members “exchange” with faculty members from international peer institutions for a week. Started two years ago, the program is an initiative of the Office of International Affairs ...
The Department of Sociology has seen a decline in concentrators from 44 in the class of 2007 to 17 in the class of 2012, according to data obtained by The Herald from the Office of Institutional Research, but sociology faculty members and students indicated topics in sociology are being explored through ...
The University offers 79 concentrations, but 54 percent of concentrations completed in 2012 represented the 10 most popular concentrations that year, according to data obtained by The Herald from the Office of Institutional Research. Economics has been the most popular concentration since 2009, followed ...
Over 90 percent of students support the legalization of same-sex marriage in Rhode Island, according to a Herald poll conducted March 13-14. More than 60 percent of students support the recent creation of a School of Public Health, approved by the Corporation in February. Student approval for President ...
1. Do you approve or disapprove of the way Christina Paxson is handling her job as president of the University? 11.9% Strongly approve 32.7% Somewhat approve 48.9% No opinion 5.3% Somewhat disapprove 1.3% Strongly disapprove 2. If you are a sophomore, junior or senior, where did you ...
The end of this semester marks the completion of the University’s two-year transition to replace MyCourses, the Blackboard-based learning management system, with Canvas. The transition to Canvas comes amid concerns from some faculty members and students that the functions of the University’s digital ...
A crowd of nearly 200 students, state residents and state legislators gathered Wednesday to support a bill for housing vouchers at a “Wizard of Oz”-themed rally. The bill — introduced in the House in February and currently pending review by the House Finance Committee — seeks $3 million for ...
Jessica Lam ’03 was working at a private investment fund in Hong Kong four years ago when she had the idea for her own company. “I didn’t think I was really adding value to my work,” Lam said. “I wanted to figure out a way to leverage my finance and consulting experience but still do what ...
Cold-blooded murderers, rock-and-roll has-beens and undercover spies are among the diverse individuals featured in this year’s Ivy Film Festival selections. IFF released its annual screening and event lineup, which will run April 8 to 14, on the group’s website Wednesday. The keynote speaker this ...
Five members from the Student Labor Alliance traveled to Florida to take part in a march held March 14-18 to protest corporations’ alleged abuse of farm workers in the state. The students joined the Coalition of Immokalee Workers, a pro-workers’ rights advocacy group, to walk part of the coalition’s ...
The Undergraduate Council of Students appointed two new members to its elections board at its general body meeting Wednesday. Ian Eppler ’13, a former Herald opinions columnist, and Mikala Murad ’16 will help facilitate the process for this month’s elections. They will join Caleb Miller ’16, ...
The Graduate Student Council unanimously passed a resolution Thursday evening calling for the expansion of the ombuds office’s jurisdiction to serve all graduate students and for the ombudsperson position to become a full-time post. The resolution will be given to President Christina Paxson and Provost ...
Background checks Legislation that would require individuals interested in volunteering in the state’s public and private schools to undergo criminal background checks passed in the House of Representatives Thursday. Previously, this requirement only applied to school employees, but the bill — ...
The University may convert the ombudsperson position to full-time and expand access for students and some employees starting in 2014, a move the Faculty Executive Committee recently voted to support. Ruth Rosenberg was hired to the post last year and currently works part-time, offering services for ...
The Rhode Island General Assembly earned a grade of D on a transparency report card released last month by the Sunlight Foundation, a nonprofit devoted to increasing government openness. The report graded data presented on the websites of all 50 states’ legislatures using six criteria — thoroughness, ...
The 18th-century philosopher Adam Smith is frequently described as the father of capitalism and is well known for praising what he called the market’s “invisible hand.” But he also developed complex theories of justice, said Daniel Klein, an economics professor at George Mason University, in a ...
Working in Mali during the country’s ongoing civil war has been a “challenging context … but also a fascinating one,” said Kris Ansin, executive director of the Mali Health Organizing Project, in a talk Tuesday night. Ansin said he hopes MHOP can take advantage of the unique timing to make ...
Yale formalizes online education program Yale’s President-elect Peter Salovey signed an agreement March 13 formalizing a partnership between Yale and an online education program to encourage “global education” and increase accessibility to international internships, the Yale Daily News reported ...
The University’s Technology Ventures Office announced a partnership with the Lifespan health care system March 25 that would help Lifespan commercialize new research discoveries. The TVO also expanded its existing partnership with Care New England to cover discoveries made in two more of the company’s ...
Faculty members voted to revise the timeline and standardize procedures for promotion from associate to full professor at Tuesday’s faculty meeting. About 80 faculty members took part in the deliberations, which resulted in the passage of two motions to amend the Faculty Rules and Regulations. Faculty ...
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