A new market on Providence's West Side will bring local foods to an area that currently lacks organic grocery options. Fertile Underground, a cooperative organization dedicated to supporting sustainable agriculture, is opening "a vanguard corner store" at 1577 Westminster St. at the end of June, said ...
An unidentified male trespassed into an unlocked dormitory room Saturday morning, grabbing a wallet before dashing out, according to Mark Porter, chief of police and director of public safety. The incident, which occurred on Wriston Quadrangle, was the only reported break-in over Spring Weekend this ...
Nearly 40 percent of students think the University's highest priority should be increasing financial aid, according to last month's Herald poll. Fifteen percent indicated the highest priority should be renovating on-campus housing, and close to 10 percent said the University should be primarily focused ...
The new website eduHookups is the latest addition to a series of sites — including Prospect and Meeting, Spotted at Brown, Browsing Brown and College ACB — aiming to connect students on campus. The site expanded to Brown and the Rhode Island School of Design April 3, but only a handful of ...
The Princeton Review has ranked Brown students the happiest in America for the past two years, and there are no signs this reputation for bliss is amiss. According to last month's Herald poll, 72 percent of students are very happy with their Brown experience. Twenty-four percent said they were somewhat ...
Despite an embarrassingly lackluster performance by Das Racist, a no-show by Lissy Trullie, an offensive and often boring concert from headliner Diddy-Dirty Money — when Diddy finally showed up — and a torrential downpour Saturday night, Spring Weekend was not a complete failure. At least ...
Brown and the Rhode Island School of Design are exploring the use of shipping containers in energy-efficient design for sustainable housing. The schools received $150,000 last month for the project through the Economic Development Administration, a U.S. Department of Commerce agency.
The deadline for residents to file their taxes is today, but the state's Tea Party wants Rhode Islanders to know that the battle against the tax expansion proposed by Gov. Lincoln Chafee '75 P'14 wages on.
The University's Annenberg Institute for School Reform is opening a Center for Education Organizing in New York City to support organizations around the country in transforming urban public schools.
Ralanda Nelson '12 will serve as president of the Undergraduate Council of Students next year, announced Anthony White '13, chair of the Elections Board, at 11:59 p.m. Thursday on the steps of Faunce House. Nelson, who is currently the UCS student activities chair, defeated Ben Farber '12, UCS vice ...
As of Wednesday morning, 75 cases of salmonella had been reported as part of an outbreak centered at DeFusco's Bakery in Johnston and Cranston, according to Annemarie Beardsworth, spokeswoman for the Rhode Island Department of Health. Of the 75 people who contracted salmonella, two have died, and two ...
Wilma Smith was only 17 years old when she first became homeless. She was no longer eligible for the Massachusetts foster care system and did not have an apartment or a place to go.
An unidentified Caucasian male student has been vandalizing the campaign posters of candidates running for positions on the Undergraduate Council of Students, Undergraduate Finance Board and Class Coordinating Boards, according to Ben Farber '12, UCS vice president and a presidential hopeful. The word ...
While most Brown applicants suffer through months of anxiety before finding out if they have been admitted, approximately 300 students each year — about one-fifth of an admitted class — learn of their pending acceptances in advance through "likely" letters, according to Jim Miller '73, dean ...
A bill passed in the state Senate last Tuesday would make Rhode Island's health care exchange one of the most restrictive in terms of abortion access.
Nearly half of students approve of lifting the campus ban on the Reserve Officers' Training Corps, according to last month's Herald poll. Around 43 percent of students strongly or somewhat approve lifting the ban, about 24 percent strongly or somewhat disapprove, and the remaining 33 percent answered ...
Friday and Saturday's Spring Weekend performances will be held in Meehan Auditorium due to forecasted rain, according to a message sent to students from the Brown Concert Agency Tuesday afternoon.
Students who enjoy casually talking about class issues with their classmates socially have an opportunity to do so formally through Social Classmates. The workshop, sponsored by Third World Center, kicked off its third semester of discussion last month.
Since Rhode Island School of Design faculty voted "no confidence" in President John Maeda and Provost Jessie Shefrin by a margin of 147 to 32 last month, students and teachers have been grappling with the vote's aftermath.
The University's debt has risen by more than 35 percent since the 2009 financial crisis. Total debt stands at $609 million, up from $450 million in February 2009, according to Beppie Huidekoper, executive vice president for finance and administration.
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