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BuDS ends temporary student hiring freeze

R.I. Foundation awards three grants to U.

The Rhode Island Foundation recently awarded the University three strategy grants, ranging from $25,000 to $87,631. The grants will be allocated to the Department of Education, the Center for Environmental Studies and the Alpert Medical School.

R.I. Republican Party to select new chairman next month

Four months out from the November elections, state Republicans have turned their attention to the party's future in Rhode Island. After four years under the leadership of Giovanni Cicione, the party will pick a new chairman next month, and speculation has begun about potential challengers to Democratic ...

Student musicians connect with Israeli-Palestinian Orchestra

The Cogut Center for the Humanities has teamed up with a group of Israeli and Palestinian musicians to create a summer institute in Berlin. A pilot program will send Brown students to the German capital this spring break to collaborate with musicians from Nazareth, Israel.

BCA to end Spring Weekend lines

The Brown Concert Agency is test-driving a new ticket distribution system for Spring Weekend today in hopes of avoiding the long lines and lost tickets of years past. With the new system, students will purchase all Spring Weekend tickets online, including the extra tickets released if the concerts are ...

Students allege assault by Colosseum bouncers

Two students alleged they were physically abused by bouncers at the Colosseum nightclub around midnight last night. Michael Quinn '13 and Jonathan Smallwood '12 said they were dragged down a flight of stairs from the second-story club by their necks.

Hearings address Prov. teacher contracts

At a Providence City Council hearing Tuesday night, Amit Jain '12 presented chart after chart ranking Providence among the worst school districts in Rhode Island. He aimed to provide ideas to improve the Providence Teachers Union contract, which will expire in August.

Writing Center to hire ESL specialist

The Writing Center hopes to hire a specialist in English as a Second Language by July 2011 to meet an increasing demand for writing support, especially among international students. This year, the center has already held 2,300 appointments, 34 percent of them requested by students who do not speak ...

Med school reprograms for health care reform

Provisions of federal health care reform have begun to take effect in Rhode Island, and the University is adjusting to the changes.

Bill aims to grant in-state tuition to undocumented students

Antonio Albizures and his family left Guatemala in 1992, illegally crossing the Mexican-American border by foot and ultimately settling in Rhode Island. He graduated a member of Blackstone Academy Charter School's class of 2009 and nursed the desire to pursue political science and sociology at the University ...

No leads in search for asst. women's soccer coach

There are no new leads in the disappearance of Denis Chartier, an assistant coach of the women's soccer team, according to Lt. Kevin San Antonio of the Town of Burrillville Police Department Chartier, 56, was last seen Feb. 6.

Student robbed at Brown and Barnes

 The Department of Public Safety e-mailed a crime alert to the campus community at 7:59 p.m. last night regarding the robbery of a male student. According to the alert, the robbery took place near the intersection of Barnes and Brown streets around 1 p.m. yesterday.

Prof dies after long illness

Meiqing Zhang, a senior lecturer in East Asian studies who had taught Chinese since 1988, died Saturday after a long illness.

Radio host 'plays' with science, octopi, Saddam

What do Saddam Hussein and an octopus have in common? If you are stumped, Radiolab's Robert Krulwich could give you a clue.

Chafee '75 returns from Houston tour

Governor Lincoln Chafee '75 P'14 returned Monday from a two-day tour of the Texas Medical Center. The trip to Houston was the first in a series of tours that Chafee hopes will provide models for technology-fueled growth in Providence's Jewelry District.

Humanities departments tout practicality

Though faculty members said they are not concerned about the level of student interest in the humanities, University data show Brown is not immune to the decades-long nationwide decline in the proportion of bachelor's degrees granted in the humanities.

UCS considers permanent e-mail addresses for alums

The Undergraduate Council of Students reviewed a proposed project to allow alums to maintain their Brown e-mail addresses, approved changes to its Student Activities Code of Operations and discussed the agendas of its constituent committees at its general body meeting Wednesday night.

CIS staff member dies suddenly

Robert Addison, a communications technician at Computing and Information Services, died Monday after falling ill at work.

Bars vie to fill Fish Co. void

Olives on North Main St. — Brielle Friedman

Extent of faculty's voice in tenure reform unclear

Faculty will have more input on an October 2011 report on tenure and hiring practices than on an accompanying proposal to the Corporation for setting a ratio of tenured to non-tenured faculty, according to administrators charged with creating both documents.