Bill aims to amend R.I. constitution
By Kat Thornton | March 2A bill was introduced in the State Senate yesterday to amend the state constitution and restore the Rhode Island Ethics Commission's jurisdiction over legislators.
A bill was introduced in the State Senate yesterday to amend the state constitution and restore the Rhode Island Ethics Commission's jurisdiction over legislators.
Following the sudden December death of Joseph Fernandez '85, George Billings '72 has taken on the responsibility of maintaining connections with nearly 100,000 alums as president of the Brown Alumni Association. Billings, who is also the newest trustee of the Corporation, said he plans to continue Fernandez' ...
Over 1,000 demonstrators gathered outside of City Hall yesterday to protest the firing of all of Providence's 1,926 teachers.
Professor of Geological Sciences Peter Schultz has a lot of luck with comets. Just 49 years ago, he convinced a girl to stay up until 3 a.m. to watch a meteor shower — this girl became his wife. And this past Valentine's Day, he came up close and personal with a comet he has been researching since ...
Simple blood tests can provide surprisingly accurate indications of bladder cancer, according to research conducted by Carmen Marsit, assistant professor of pathology and laboratory medicine.
David Segal, a former state representative who garnered support from students for his congressional bid last September, has stayed active in politics since finishing third in the first district Democratic primary.
The Undergraduate Council of Students commenced the spring elections and appointments process with two student appointments and announced the progress of various projects at its general body meeting last night.
With Rhode Island facing a $290 million budget shortfall, the Rhode Island Public Expenditure Council released a report last week on the state's financial outlook. Though the information in the report is not new to officials, it provides a comprehensive overview of the fiscal challenges facing the state. ...
Non-fiction writer Nathaniel Philbrick '78 P'08 discussed his methods of choosing topics, finding and synthesizing sources, conducting on-site research and developing characters in a question-and-answer session yesterday in the List Art Center. An audience composed primarily of community members gathered ...
When Ahmed Shawki MA '77 took his 37-year-old nephew to a protest in Cairo at the onset of the Egyptian revolution, his sister chastised him for endangering her son. But following a battle between protestors and government forces for control of Tahrir Square, she began exhorting her son to put himself ...
The University's Public Art Committee selected a design for a mural to decorate the new Medical Education Building, which is scheduled to open in July.
The University will increase parking fees for students, faculty and staff by $30 for the next fiscal year, according to the proposed 2012 budget. The increase would bring the on-campus per-year parking rate to $760 for students and $550 for faculty and staff. The fee has increased every year since ...
Three months after its opening, Symposium Books on Thayer St. has not brought the heat of increased competition to the Brown Bookstore, according to Steven Souza, director of Bookstore administration. Though the stores are separated by only a block, "Symposium is in a different world," Souza said. ...
Thirty-eight juniors were elected to the Rhode Island Alpha of Phi Beta Kappa Feb. 16. The honor society, founded in Williamsburg, Virginia in 1776, is the oldest and most prestigious academic honor organization in the nation. Of the more than 3,500 institutions of higher learning in the United States, ...
Gordon Wood, professor emeritus of history, will receive the 2010 National Humanities Medal from President Obama today at the White House. Wood, along with nine other recipients, will be honored in the East Room at 1:45 p.m.
"Our universe may not be the only universe," Brian Greene told avid fans, physicists and even humanities concentrators last night. The idea that our universe is the only one is giving way to the possibility of a multiverse, or multiple universes. This universe may be a tiny speck in an infinite space ...
Katherine Pleet '12 was sitting in her first-floor Barbour Hall kitchen at the beginning of her sophomore year when she saw a mouse run across the floor. She called a friend for help, but the mouse was nowhere to be found that evening. Some days later, the mouse was spotted again, and this time Pleet ...
Faculty members voted to approve tenure-related revisions to the Faculty Rules and Regulations at the faculty meeting yesterday. They also approved a proposal to create a master's program in clinical and translational research, as well as a motion to establish a formal literary arts department. Both ...
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The Department of Public Safety will increase its presence in the Jewelry District later this year with a substation and six additional officers to accommodate the new Medical Education Building. The building will open July 15 at 222 Richmond St.