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Profs see waning student activism
By Neelkiran Yalamarthy | October 24Clarification appended.
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Lifespan CEO, U. partner, to leave in 2012
By Kat Thornton | October 23George Vecchione, CEO of Lifespan, announced Friday he will step down at the end of 2012.
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Occupiers refuse to leave Burnside Park
By Kate Nussenbaum | October 23Members of Occupy Providence announced their willingness to transition from lawful demonstration to civil disobedience yesterday. In response to demands that they vacate Burnside Park, members of the movement told Mayor Angel Taveras they plan on staying put.
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Fire survivor tells tale of overcoming trauma
By Sophia Seawell | October 23Gina Russo expected Feb. 20, 2003 to be a normal day. She spent the afternoon with her sister and her sister's children, and at 4:30 p.m. she met her fiance, Fred Crisostomi, for dinner at her mother's house. She heard later that Crisostomi told a neighbor that afternoon, "It's a beautiful day to be ...
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Alums create eco-friendly label
By Adam Toobin | October 23Take note, budding entrepreneurs: Providence is open for business.
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Teaching, research dominate professors' time
By Eli Okun | October 23Less than 50 percent of faculty members rank teaching as the most time-consuming part of their job, according to a poll conducted this fall by The Herald. The poll asked faculty members to rank the amount of time they spend teaching, conducting research, writing grant proposals, participating in University ...
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Central Falls High ups AP offerings
By Elizabeth Carr | October 23After being identified as one of the nation's worst-performing schools last year, Central Falls High School launched an initiative this year to drastically increase the number of Advanced Placement course offerings as part of a three-year transformation process. The school added four more AP courses ...
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Kabob and Curry closed by fire
By Katrina Phillips | October 22Disaster relief trucks crowded Thayer Street yesterday after a fire broke out at Kabob and Curry. The fire, which ignited in the morning, caused "a bit of damage," said restaurant owner Sanjiv Dhar.
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U. to create office on campus for ROTC
By Tony Bakshi | October 22The Corporation instructed the University to create an office to support veterans and students interested in the Reserve Officers' Training Corps at its meeting this weekend.
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Gender-neutral housing gains traction
By Caitlin Trujillo | October 22The Office of Residential Life has been working with undergraduates on a proposal to allow first-years to opt in to gender-neutral housing, said Richard Bova, senior associate dean of residential and dining services. Queer Alliance is collecting signatures for the proposal, which it expects to present ...
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Med Ed dedication touts U.'s growth
By Kat Thornton | October 22The new Medical Education Building glowed brightly against dark Jewelry District streets at its official dedication Friday evening.
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Occupy spurs discourse with U.'s one percent
By Elizabeth Carr | October 22It was 9 p.m. Friday, and 15 Occupiers — participants from Occupy College Hill and Occupy Providence — sat in a circle around a potluck dinner discussing semantics: Were the issues they planned to present to the Corporation the next morning grievances or demands?
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Capstone requirement unrealized
By Tonya Riley | October 22The 2008 recommendation from the Task Force on Undergraduate Education that senior capstone projects be made mandatory for all students generated campus-wide discussion about the nature of the projects and their role in the senior experience.
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Aid packages remain stagnant
By Corinne Cathcart | October 22The University has been unable to increase aid packages to faculty and staff to subsidize their children's undergraduate education due to budget concerns.
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Runners dash for charity
By Izzy Rattner | October 22Seventy-six runners and walkers finished the one-mile downhill course through campus at the fourth annual Dash for Diabetes Saturday morning.
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SEC again probing Corporation trustee
By Tony Bakshi | October 19As the Corporation descends on campus — and the Occupy movement prepares to protest its arrival — one of its trustees is finding himself under renewed legal scrutiny. The Wall Street Journal reported yesterday that SAC Capital Advisors, founded by billionaire Trustee Steven Cohen P'08, is ...
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NSF launches virtual institute
By Katherine Long | October 19The National Science Foundation, in part looking to moderate the effect of reduced federal funding, is investing in a pilot program to encourage international support of American research. Brown's Institute for Computational and Experimental Research in Mathematics will play a key role in the project, ...
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Waitlist fluctuations make admittance unpredictable
By David Chung | October 19How tough is it to get into Brown off the waitlist? It depends.
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Hay renovations put staff at odds
By Louisa Chafee | October 19Renovations to restore the John Hay Library's reading room to its original size have ignited tensions among library staff members.
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To the beat of drums, a night at Burnside Park
By Rebecca Ballhaus | October 19Correction appended.
