Offering insight on big questions surrounding God, Life and the Pursuit of Happiness, John Lennox, professor of mathematics at the University of Oxford, led an interactive discussion Friday with students, faculty members and community members. The event was hosted by the Veritas Forum and co-sponsored ...
Following the release of their interim reports in January, President Christina Paxson’s six strategic planning committees are gathering faculty input through a series of discussions and forums that will continue through the semester. The committees will use the feedback as they finalize their reports ...
Forget greasy chicken fingers and day-old pizza — public school lunches in Providence are now nationally recognized by the U.S. Department of Agriculture for their healthier menu options. Sixteen Providence elementary schools were awarded bronze certification earlier this month in the USDA’s Healthier ...
The following is an account of crime events that took place this weekend, reported to The Herald by Deputy Chief of Police for the Department of Public Safety Paul Shanley: Friday afternoon A student reported that his backpack, containing a laptop and other items, had been stolen from the ...
The search process for a new dean of the Alpert Medical School is progressing as Edward Wing, dean of medicine and biological sciences, prepares to step down from the position June 30. The dean’s job is “complicated and important,” said Provost Mark Schlissel P’15, as many responsibilities ...
For the past two admission cycles, engineering has been the most popular intended concentration among the University’s early decision applicants and has emerged as one of the top concentrations for regular decision applicants, a trend University officials have linked to the perceived employability ...
In the first lecture hosted by the Center for the Study of Slavery and Justice, Marcus Rediker, a professor of Atlantic history at the University of Pittsburgh, emphasized the importance of a “history from below” when looking at the Amistad Rebellion in particular and in the study of history as ...
Common Sense Action held Rhode Island’s first statewide convention about the national debt and potential solutions in Alumnae Hall Saturday. President Christina Paxson, economist Steven Rattner ’74 P’10 P’13 P’15, Providence Chamber of Commerce President Laurie White, Mayor of Cranston Allan ...
Rainwater for Humanity, a student group that makes clean water available to a highly polluted area in southwestern India, will present its plans to become a nonprofit organization at a conference at Yale in April. Group leaders are attending the conference “to see what we need to do to go from a ...
A year after the debate over a controversial amendment that would have let the Undergraduate Council of Students determine its own budget without approval from the Undergraduate Finance Board, the issue has settled with no lasting damage to the groups’ relationship, said officials from both organizations. ...
The place of higher education in a rapidly changing world was the focus of a contentious debate between two speakers at a Janus Lecture Series event last night in MacMillan 117. Richard Vedder, professor of economics at Ohio University and director of the Center for College Affordability and Productivity, ...
The John Hay Library is set to undergo major renovations that will make the entire main reading room available to students as a study space. The planned renovations come after the Corporation approved an anonymous $3 million gift for the project last week. The renovations, which received a separate ...
In the wake of the mass shooting in Newtown, Conn., universities across the nation have been called on to review their emergency response plans. Brown’s current emergency plan for hostile intruders has been in place since 2009 and is designed to provide “practical” guidelines for students in ...
The search committee for a new vice president for research has launched the selection process and expects to fill the position within the month, said Provost Mark Schlissel P’15. Five out of the seven faculty members on the committee, which Schlissel formed, work in math and the life and physical ...
Thirty-five juniors were elected to the Rhode Island Alpha chapter of Phi Beta Kappa Feb. 12, Chapter Administrator Mary Jo Foley wrote in an email to The Herald. Founded at the College of William and Mary in 1776, Phi Beta Kappa is the oldest academic honor society in the United States, and becoming ...
A crowd of nearly 50 performance artists as well as students and other community members gathered last night for a theater-oriented commemoration of the 10th anniversary of the fire at the Station nightclub. The club burned down in 2003, killing 100 and injuring an additional 200, according to the ...
The Undergraduate Finance Board elected a new representative to fill an open position during the Undergraduate Council of Students meeting last night. Dakotah Rice ’16 — who was selected from six candidates — will represent 10 student groups and aid in UFB’s spring budgeting process. “I ...
With the January passage of the American Taxpayer Relief Act of 2012, Congress pushed the original Jan. 1 deadline for the federal budget sequester — which includes potential cuts to higher education research and financial aid funding — to March 1. But even with the extended deadline, the higher ...
Rhode Island ranked fourth in the nation for accumulated undergraduate student debt according to an Oct. 2012 report from the Institute for College Access and Success. While over one-third of Brown students take out loans to finance their undergraduate educations, 69 percent of Rhode Island college ...
Student tax Rep. John Carnevale, D-Providence and Johnston, introduced legislation in the General Assembly that would require out-of-state college students in Providence to pay $50 per semester for three years to fund the development of the land cleared by the relocation of the I-195 highway. Carnevale ...
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