Students and faculty will no longer need to complete tedious piles of paperwork to apply for University funding for academic projects, thanks to a new website launched by the Office of the Dean of the College.
The primary election was only three days away, so when a woman started running toward Jennifer Lawless in a grocery store parking lot yelling, "Don't worry," the then-candidate assumed it was an expression of good luck. Then the woman got close enough to finish her sentence. "Don't worry," she said, ...
Nearly 22 percent of female respondents to a Herald faculty poll completed earlier this month are strongly dissatisfied with available child care resources. Just over 14 percent of male faculty members indicated strong dissatisfaction.
The University is well ahead of schedule on President Ruth Simmons' goal to reduce greenhouse gas emissions to 42 percent below 2007 levels by 2020, according to the Office of Sustainable Energy and Environmental Initiatives' fall 2011 report released Oct. 18.
This semester's health and safety inspections found violations in 18 percent of dormitory rooms and resulted in one fine for the possession of a candle. Most of the violations were low-level.
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A cheer rang out at Burnside Park at 9 p.m. last night. As the clock ticked past the hour, protesters had officially begun to defy Providence Mayor Angel Taveras' order to leave, and there were no police in sight.
Alums may soon have access to the online journal database JSTOR, according to Steven Thompson, head of acquisitions and electronic resources for the Library. The University is looking to join a JSTOR pilot program that gives alums from affiliated institutions continued access to the database.
The University's recent work to develop a Knowledge District downtown places it in the center of a nationwide trend of schools becoming increasingly interested in exploring their relationships with surrounding cities. Representatives from five universities gathered yesterday to discuss how their institutions ...
For over 160 years, the mollusc's evolutionary tree has remained ambiguous and incomplete. But after three years spent sampling genes, researchers Casey Dunn and Stephen Smith presented a firm new take on the relationship between eight major molluscan groups.
This past summer, Brown led the Ivy League in the number of students awarded prestigious Critical Language Scholarships, winning 11 of the 600 total awards. The scholarship, sponsored by the U.S. Government, provides students with the opportunity to immerse themselves for a summer in the study of one ...
Department of Pubic Safety officers have begun using radar guns to enforce traffic laws on and near campus this semester, according to Mark Porter, chief of police and director of public safety.
A new initiative by the Office of International Affairs will foster student exchanges with universities across the globe — sending Brown students to far-flung campuses and bringing more foreign students to College Hill. Though the program is not yet finalized, the University has already ...
Commissioner of Public Safety Steven Pare distributed eviction notices to the members of Occupy Providence residing in Burnside Park yesterday afternoon, mandating that they vacate the park within 72 hours.
Two hundred and fifty million years ago an egg-laying mammal-like reptile the size of a German shepherd dominated land ecosystems. "It doesn't really look like the guy you would bet on for being the champion survivor," said Jessica Whiteside, assistant professor of geological sciences.
More than 150 state employees, teachers and municipal employees addressed lawmakers at the first of three public hearings of the joint Rhode Island House and Senate Finance Committees on pension reform legislation Wednesday. The hearing, which lasted nearly 11 hours, concluded around 10 p.m.
The Residential Council is considering overhauling the housing lottery process and will be holding three forums to discuss possible changes with the student body.
As part of a program connecting Brown faculty and high school teachers from the Shenzen district in China, 23 teachers from Shenzen visited the Metropolitan Regional Career and Technical Center, a public school in Providence, to observe American teaching and classroom organization styles yesterday. ...
With a new pension reform bill now under consideration in the General Assembly, competing groups converged on the State House rotunda Wednesday to make their voices heard.
The case of Jessica Ahlquist, a junior at Cranston High School West, who demanded to have the prayer banner hanging in her high school's gym taken down, was argued Oct. 13 in federal court and is under consideration by U.S. District Judge Ronald Lagueux.
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