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Endowment increases by 19 percent in 2011

The University's endowment grew approximately 16 percent over the past fiscal year, according to the 2011 Study of Endowments released last month by the National Association of College and University Business Officers. College endowments included in the study experienced an average growth of about 19 ...

Campus housing to be renovated, transformed

The Corporation, the University's highest governing body, approved a $56 million overhaul of campus housing at its meeting this weekend, bringing to fruition a plan administrators have been developing for years. Most dorms will be renovated or improved by fall 2013. According to the plan, all first-years ...

UCS extends vote, plans forum

The Undergraduate Council of Students has extended the deadline for students to vote on its proposed constitutional change to 11:59 p.m.  Wednesday. The original deadline was last night. The proposed amendment would allow UCS to draw its budget directly from the Student Activities Fund rather than ...

Pipe burst sends crowds to Ratty

A pipe burst in the Verney-Woolley Dining Hall Friday, closing the facility before lunchtime for the rest of the day. The cause of the leak was still unclear as of Sunday, but the V-Dub will reopen today, wrote Ann Hoffman, director of administration and human resources for Brown Dining Services in ...

Job board failure causes stress

Corporation convenes to set budget

The Corporation will announce the University's budget as well as tuition and fees for the next fiscal year at its meeting this weekend. Members of the Corporation, the University's highest governing body, will cast votes following a review of President Ruth Simmons' recommendations, which stem from ...

Alum reflects on education reform efforts in Haiti

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Unlikely friends talk of promised land

"Who is more meshuga?" Newark Mayor Cory Booker asked a packed Metcalf Auditorium last night, using the Hebrew word for "crazy."

U. aims to recruit Native American students, faculty

In its annual report released last November, the Diversity Advisory Board announced that it will seek to recruit more Native American students, faculty and staff. The report noted that the board has not actively worked to increase this group's presence on campus in the past.

Student uncovers Malcolm X legacy in Hay archives

It all started when Malcolm Burnley '12 went digging in the John Hay Library archives for a historical narrative assignment in his creative nonfiction class. What he found catapulted him into the national spotlight — a tape of a speech given by then-Nation of Islam Minister Malcolm X  in ...

UCS plan receives lukewarm response

A proposed amendment to the Undergraduate Council of Students' constitution has been met with mixed response, though many student group leaders have expressed concern that the amendment would place additional power in the council's hands at the expense of other groups.

TWC appoints new assistant directors

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 ...

Taveras seeks state assistance in ongoing budget negotiations

R.I. budget proposal targets eateries

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.

New parking spaces added to Thayer st.

  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 ...

Rattner '74 settles with Quadrangle

New site showcases 'best' classes

A new online course review tool, whose number of users has climbed to 600 in under two weeks, may make future shopping periods a little less hectic. Best of Brown, a website created by Jonah Kagan '13 and Liz Neu '14, displays a list of the most popular courses at Brown that are submitted to the website. ...

Legislation spotlights domestic abuse

Harvard junior Nicholas Alahverdian is not your typical lobbyist. Lobbyists often have long-standing connections with lawmakers and years of experience working in legislative corridors to advance their agendas. But beginning as a teenager, Alahverdian, who is now 24, saw lobbying as a necessity.