At this weekend's Northeast Regional Students for Sensible Drug Policy Conference, 120 college students representing eight different states and Washington, D.C. - including 20 from Brown - gathered to discuss drug policy reform's focus on human rights. "We wanted ... to show people that this drug war ...
In a lecture Friday that served as the official inauguration of the Brown-India Initiative, S.M. Krishna, India's minister of external affairs, said the nation must create an "external environment" conducive to both collective and individual welfare. Krishna, who has held the position since 2009, discussed ...
As part of a year-long process to develop President Christina Paxson's long-term strategic initiatives, six committees - whose memberships were announced today - will meet throughout the year and discuss ways to follow up on the goals of the Plan for Academic Enrichment, former president Ruth Simmons' ...
As the year-long strategic planning process commences, the University aims to redouble its efforts to increase faculty diversity. Though none of the six committees that will carry out the planning process will specifically focus on diversity, all of them will prioritize the issue as they consider their ...
There were significant increases in robberies and liquor law violations between 2010 and 2011, while most other crime rates remained fairly stable, according to the 2012 Annual Security Report released by the Department of Public Safety this weekend. The report contains safety information and ...
This spring's A Day on College Hill event for prospective members of the class of 2017 will combine three previously separate programs - the Science Technology Engineering Math program, Third World Welcome and ADOCH itself - into a single recruitment weekend lasting three days and two nights, a day ...
The income the University earned as a result of patent royalties stemming from its research increased by about 65 percent from 2011 to 2012. Gross licensing income climbed to $1,592,300 in 2012, an increase from $962,000 in the previous fiscal year, according to information provided by the Technology ...
University scholarship is in decreasing demand in the real world, Harvard international affairs professor Stephen Walt said in a lecture Wednesday night about the gap between academic research and its applications to recent policy debates. This lecture is part of the newly reinstated Global Security ...
Dean of the Graduate School Peter Weber testified Sept. 12 at a U.S. House Subcommittee on Higher Education and Workforce Training hearing in opposition to graduate student unionization. The subcommittee's Republican majority held the hearing in response to the National Labor Relations Board's vote ...
T.F. Green Airport is re-evaluating a five-year, $125 million development plan after a cost analysis revealed the price tag would exceed initial estimates by $40 million. The Rhode Island Airport Corporation had originally planned to make several infrastructure improvements to the small Warwick regional ...
The Rhode Island Department of Health released a notice Tuesday advising consumers to avoid certain cashew butter, tahini and roasted peanut products made by Sunland, Inc., following 29 related salmonella cases nationwide, including one in Rhode Island.
Since Rhode Island successfully passed pension reform last year, the state has drawn significant attention from national news outlets and nonprofit organizations that see Rhode Island as an exemplary model for states with underfunded pension systems
The Rhode Island Board of Elections administered seven recounts Sept. 17 in response to candidate requests following the state primaries earlier this month. All recounts upheld primary results. Five races for seats in the General Assembly - from districts 32, 40, 58, 65 and 17 - were reviewed. Democratic ...
Ongoing housing renovations will include updates to Keeney Quadrangle, Andrews Dining Hall and other residential halls, Margaret Klawunn, vice president for campus life and student services, said at the general body meeting of the Undergraduate Council of Students Wednesday night. Klawunn spoke about ...
Assets from the failed 38 Studios, Curt Schilling's dissolved video game development company, will be auctioned off in October in an effort to decrease the $102 million in bond payments that must now be paid for by Rhode Island citizens. The company was forced to declare Chapter 7 bankruptcy in June, ...
In light of fluctuations in the Reserve Officers' Training Corps and student veteran enrollment numbers in recent years, University administrators said they are looking for new ways to increase the visibility of opportunities to serve for current and prospective students.
Legislative leaders announced this summer a $100,000 budget appropriation to fund the nation's first partnership between labor and education management officials. The initiative United Providence, or UP!, which was incorporated as a 501(c)(3) organization, has created a unique collaboration between ...
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