The block of Thayer Street between George and Waterman streets has been permanently made one-way with parking spaces added to both sides of the street. This is the finishing touch on an overhaul of the block, which included repaving the road, repairing the sidewalks and planting trees along the ...
The School of Engineering hosted its first networking and career fair Sunday. The event was organized in response to student complaints that "engineering didn't do a very good job of helping them find jobs and internships," said Christopher Bull, senior research engineer and senior lecturer in the School ...
A week after Gov. Lincoln Chafee '75 P'14 released his budget proposal to the General Assembly, Rhode Island residents are expressing their distress over its proposed tax increases, which Chafee himself called "controversial" during his annual State of the State address to legislators last week.
Students can now study abroad in the Middle East through a newly approved program at the University of Jordan in Amman. The creation of the program, coordinated through Middlebury College and launched in the fall, comes after a study abroad program in Alexandria, Egypt was placed on hold following last ...
The Undergraduate Council of Students passed a proposal at its general body meeting Wednesday night recommending an amendment to its constitution that would give the council the power to control its own funding. Under the current system, the Undergraduate Finance Board must approve the council's budget. ...
After an intensive search conducted by Mary Grace Almandrez, director of the Third World Center and assistant dean of the College and student committees, Shane Lloyd MPH '11 and Joshua Segui have been selected to serve as assistant directors for the Third World Center starting this semester. Lloyd will ...
The following summary includes a selection of major incidents reported to the Department of Public Safety between Jan. 2 and Feb. 5. It does not include general service and alarm calls. The Providence Police Department also responds to incidents occurring off campus. DPS does not divulge information ...
For the seventh consecutive year, the Foundation for Individual Rights in Education has given the University a red-light rating for its sexual harassment policy in a report assessing free speech codes on college campuses. The red-light rating is given to schools with at least one policy that "both clearly ...
New legislation in the Rhode Island House of Representatives may allow local wineries and breweries to sell their products at farmer's markets in Rhode Island. Currently, these companies are required to go through a distributor in order to sell wine and beer at the markets.
As part of a nearly 50-year-old partnership with Tougaloo College, Brown students will travel to the school in Tougaloo, Miss. this spring break to explore the civil rights movement. Francoise Hamlin, assistant professor of Africana studies, and Maitrayee Bhattacharyya '91, associate dean for diversity ...
The University has publicly condemned a bill that would require publishers to approve open access to government-funded research.
Five adventurous students received fellowships this year to showcase their multimedia projects addressing international issues on the Global Conversation, a blog launched by the Watson Institute for International Studies two years ago. Over winter break, five students were sponsored as AT&T New Media ...
In light of rapid increases in book digitization over the last few years, some universities are taking steps to implement cost-effective e-textbook programs. Though the option has been explored at Brown, the University is unlikely to follow their lead anytime soon, said Steven Souza, director of the ...
To honor President Ruth Simmons after her 11-year tenure, the Corporation will donate an additional $1 million to the Annual Fund if the fund receives a record 34,317 donations in the 2011-12 fundraising season. While the Annual Fund has hosted matching challenges in previous years, it has never honored ...
The Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority may eliminate commuter rail service weekdays after 10 p.m. and weekends, according to proposals released last month by the Massachusetts Department of Transportation Board Finance Committee. These changes, which would affect students who travel between ...
Students surfing the Internet for adult content will not find it on brownu.xxx or brownuniv.xxx — the University bought the rights to the two triple-x domain names in December.
As the University's tax-exempt status draws increasing scrutiny, a group of students gathered Sunday to discuss ways to facilitate upping Brown's contributions to the city. Though the group is still in its nascent stage — it does not yet have a formal name — the 20 or so students who attended ...
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