Faculty members discussed potential changes to the academic calendar and the national perception of higher education at yesterday's faculty meeting. The calendar revisions, which address potential conflicts with Rosh Hashana, will be the topic of a faculty forum scheduled for Dec. 13.
The search for the University's 19th president turned a corner yesterday with the release of a statement from the presidential search committees.
The Department of Public Safety's July expansion into the Jewelry District — which included establishment of a new substation and assignment of a six-officer rotation — has been successful, said Mark Porter, chief of public safety. DPS expects to increase its presence in the area in the ...
The University's new public plaza in the Jewelry District, diagonally across from the Medical Education Building, is nearly complete. The space — previously a parking lot — will have hardwood floors with terraced steps and trees. Administrators hope passers-by will buy food from lunch trucks and ...
Though Dan Schwarz MD'12 will not receive his medical degree for six months, he already oversees the operations of an international public health organization.
Following Occupy Harvard's protest of a Goldman Sachs recruiting event Nov. 28, the firm canceled an information session for Brown students scheduled for last night. Hours before the event was scheduled to begin, the firm replaced its planned function at the CareerLAB with a webinar. The firm denied ...
Newly elected Providence City Councilwoman Carmen Castillo is no stranger to victory. As a union leader and room attendant at the Providence Westin hotel for more than 15 years, Castillo played an instrumental role in settling disputes between her co-workers and Westin management, including bringing ...
"I know I've depressed the hell out of everyone here," said Andrew Ross Sorkin, New York Times columnist and editor, to a full Salomon 101 last night.
Correction appended. While faculty and students remain divided over the University's policy on the Reserve Officers' Training Corps, many community members said they are in favor of the formation of the office for ROTC called for by the Corporation at its October meeting. The on-campus resource, whose ...
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Globalization is the only path by which underdeveloped regions can catch up to the technological power of the developed world, said Andrew Chi-Chih Yao of Tsinghua University Friday at a talk hosted by the Year of China initiative.
The philosophies of Eleanor Roosevelt, Kermit the Frog and Pink Floyd were invoked as faculty, students and President Ruth Simmons took the stage of Salomon 101 Saturday to recognize the 121 members of the class of 2011.5.
Poetry married politics in the third Achebe Colloquium on Africa held on campus this weekend. This year marked the first time the two-day colloquium, which included panel discussions and speeches on political issues across Africa, featured poetry readings and literary discussion. The walls of the Martinos ...
Before the 2008 economic downturn, the University had grand plans. President Simmons' ambitious fundraising campaign was on track to surpass its goal of $1.4 billion. Administrators were eyeing a new home for the Alpert Medical School, construction of state-of-the-art brain science laboratories, increases ...
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Tired of hearing the girls she mentored at the Wheeler School complain about being bored after school, Amie Darboe '10 decided she wanted to give her students an outlet to express themselves. Near the time of her graduation, she took a leap and launched her own business venture — "High School ...
Two-and-a-half months after the Occupy movement first made headlines, the movement's precise focus remains an open question — even for members of Occupy College Hill.
"It's always been a great time to talk about HIV," Soraya Elcock, HIV/AIDS policy advocate and former vice president for policy and government affairs at Harlem United Community AIDS Center, told The Herald following the lecture she held to top off yesterday's World AIDS Day events on campus.
Brown Student Agencies has decided to reinvest the proceeds generated from student business ventures to fund an additional C.V. Starr Social Entrepreneurship Fellowship, a summer grant awarded through the Swearer Center for Public Service to support socially responsible entrepreneurship. According to ...
The University Library has acquired one of only 10 copies worldwide of the first European-printed book on Chinese medicine, entitled "Les Secrets de la Medecine des Chinois." An addition to the Library's Special Collections, the book was purchased in connection with Brown's Year of China celebration. ...
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