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Visiting fencing coach arrested on sexual assault charge

This article was updated August 1.

Internal report implicates Paterno '50 in Sandusky scandal

U. removes Paterno name from athletics award in wake of report's findings

Updated July 17. On the heels of a report commissioned by Penn State that implicates Penn State's former head football coach Joe Paterno '50 in the cover up of a sexual abuse scandal involving assistant coach Jerry Sandusky, the University has decided to rename the Joseph V. Paterno '50 award, ...

Officially sworn in, Paxson discusses plans for first year

Christina Paxson was officially sworn in July 2 after being named the University's 19th president in March. The former dean of Princeton's Woodrow Wilson School of Public and International Affairs has made several visits to College Hill in recent months - including a trip to campus for Commencement ...

Chafee decriminalizes pot possession in small quantities

Gov. Lincoln Chafee '75 P'14 signed into law June 13 a bill decriminalizing the possession of less than an ounce of marijuana, making Rhode Island the 15th state to lessen the punishment for individuals found possessing small quantities of marijuana. Starting April 1, 2013, individuals caught with small ...

Simmons named to Princeton board of trustees

President Ruth Simmons has been named to the Princeton Board of Trustees, Princeton announced Tuesday morning. She will begin her four-year term as a trustee July 1 and was among seven new members elected to the 40-person board. Simmons served as Princeton's vice provost from 1992 to 1995, in addition ...

Carey to replace Spies in July

Updated June 19 to include comment from Carey.

President Simmons delivers baccalaureate address during U.'s 244th Commencement Weekend

With leaps, cheers, cartwheels and tears, the class of 2012 celebrated the University's 244th Commencement Weekend, recognizing the accomplishments of graduates and honoring President Ruth Simmons as her 11-year tenure as leader of the University comes to an end.

Mexican author and U. prof Carlos Fuentes dies at 83

Famed Mexican writer and professor-at-large Carlos Fuentes died May 15 in Mexico City after suffering an internal hemorrhage. Fuentes, who was 83, was a professor-at-large in the University's Hispanic studies department and held an honorary degree from Brown awarded in 1997.

Bogues named inaugural director of slavery and justice center

Anthony Bogues, professor of Africana studies, has been selected as the first director of the long-stalled Center for the Study of Slavery and Justice, the University announced Tuesday. His three-year appointment marks a significant milestone for the center, a high-profile recommendation of the Steering ...

Dining Services discontinues Shanghai partnership for semester

Brown Dining Services stopped serving food from Shanghai Restaurant after a student found a grasshopper in noodles purchased at the Blue Room at the end of April. Hot food from Shanghai was previously available in the Blue Room every Tuesday, Thursday and Saturday, and packaged sushi from the restaurant ...

Web update: As Simmons' departure draws near, President-elect Paxson returns to campus

President-elect Christina Paxson discussed financial aid, public health and the University's expansion with faculty members, administrators and representatives from the graduate and undergraduate student bodies Thursday during her second official visit to the University since being named Brown's 19th president ...

Web update: Lacking 'perfect fit,' Watson Institute selects another interim director

Peter Andreas, professor of political science and international studies, was named interim director of the Watson Institute for International Studies, according to an email from the Office of the Provost Wednesday. The Watson Institute was expected to name a new permanent director by the end of the ...

Web Update: Steinem discusses feminist movement with Simmons

Members of the Brown community, female and male, filled Salomon 101 Monday night for "An Evening with Gloria Steinem," a program featuring a screening of an HBO documentary about the feminist activist from the 1970s followed by a discussion between Steinem and President Ruth Simmons.

Web update: Faculty vote to up URC undergrad representation

Four undergraduates will serve on the University Resources Committee next year - an increase from the current two students - following the passage of a proposal at Tuesday's faculty meeting. The change passed with 38 faculty members in favor and 25 members opposed. 

Web update: Taveras, Simmons announce $31.5 million deal

President Ruth Simmons and Providence Mayor Angel Taveras joined state and local leaders Tuesday morning to announce the result of months-long negotiations concerning the University's payments to the city that were spurred by Providence's fiscal crisis. Under the new agreement, the University will pay ...

Taveras reaches deal with Brown, hospitals

President Ruth Simmons, Gov. Lincoln Chafee '75 P'14 and Providence Mayor Angel Taveras will announce the conclusion of months-long negotiations regarding the financial relationship between Brown and the city of Providence at a press conference tomorrow morning, according to a press release this ...

Looking ahead from inside the Ivy gates

Eighty-six percent of college first-years nationwide selected the ability to secure a better job as a "very important" factor in choosing to attend college - this compared to only 72 percent that chose gaining "a general education and appreciation of ideas" as very important, according ...

Web update: Simmons to deliver Commencement address

President Ruth Simmons will deliver the baccalaureate address at Commencement for the class of 2012, the University announced Friday. 

Web update: City council approves pension reform ordinance

The Providence City Council unanimously passed an ordinance to reform city pensions. The ordinance will make several changes to city pension plans, including freezing cost-of-living adjustments for all city retirees until the city's municipal pension plan is 70 percent funded.