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Protesters briefly Occupy City Hall

"City Hall is now Occupied," declared Providence resident and Occupier Will Lambeck at the start of a special Occupy Providence General Assembly on the steps of the main entrance to the building last night.


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University News

Students critique over-simplification of science

Forget addiction, you might actually be in love with your iPhone — so long as you don't submit that claim to the scientific method, Senior Lecturer in Neuroscience John Stein told students yesterday at "Debunking the Neurohype: What Neuroscience Can Actually Tell Us" in the Brown Bookstore. The ...


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Science & Research

Human enzyme keeps mice slim

A high-fat diet may not always pack on the pounds, new research from the Warren Alpert Medical School suggests. By successfully preventing weight gain in mice, researchers have shed light on obesity prevention in humans. The study was released online last week and will be published in the January 2012 ...


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Metro

Controversial pension reform passes

The Rhode Island General Assembly approved hotly-contested pension reform legislation in separate sessions Thursday. The Rhode Island Retirement Security Act passed the state House of Representatives 57 to 15 and the Senate 34 to two.


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University News

Students feel less wealthy than their peers

Students are more likely to perceive their family's wealth as lower than that of the average Brown student's, according to a November poll conducted by The Herald. While about one-quarter of students reported that their family's wealth is about the same as the average, 43 percent said it is below the ...


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University News

Watson begins search for director

The Watson Institute for International Studies began its search for a new permanent director last week. In an October email to the faculty, Provost Mark Schlissel P'15 announced the eight members of the search committee, which assembled for the first time Nov. 9 to discuss advertising for the vacant ...


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University News

Deferred admits take road less traveled

Most accepted students have the option of taking a gap year before arriving on College Hill, but some are required. For the latter group, admission to Brown is offered on the condition that they take time off and enroll the subsequent year.                                                                                               ...


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Nearly one-third of all athletes end up quitting

Alex Lipinsky '13 would not have come to Brown if not for the track and field team. On a recruiting visit in high school, Lipinsky fell in love with the school and decided to apply early decision. But three years later, he quit the team that brought him to College Hill. His story is far from unique. ...


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Metro

Shelter no more

As the Occupy movement blankets the nation, its vague but wide-ranging message has appealed to thousands, drawing in participants of all ages, ethnicities and backgrounds. With its sprawling encampments, where members have been handing out both food and tents to anyone interested in spending the night, ...


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University News

College Hill activists eye Occupy Harvard

Protesters who descended on Harvard Yard Nov. 9 to bring the Occupation to the world's most prestigious university were met with stringent security. As a group of would-be Occupiers linked arms and tried to enter the Yard, police closed the gates, "crushing the students caught between the bars," said ...


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University News

Engineering school awarded $12 m

The School of Engineering won two federal grants totaling over $12 million this month. The first, financed by the Department of Energy, is worth $6.17 million over three years and will be shared with the University of Rhode Island. The second, a $6.25 million grant awarded jointly with California State ...


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Federally subsidized permanent housing opens for ex-convicts

Ex-convicts will be offered federally subsidized permanent housing in Rhode Island for the first time starting this month. When Open Doors, a local non-profit organization dedicated to helping former prisoners reenter society, opens its new housing facility this month, 19 homeless ex-convicts will move ...


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