The Office of Admission has received 1,461 transfer applications so far for the 2010 fall term, about a 5 percent increase from last year's total, said Dean of Admission Jim Miller '73. This reflects the 20 percent increase in first-year applications for the class of 2014.
Providence Mayor David Cicilline '83 appeared Monday at a Fox Point Neighborhood Association meeting and expressed his approval of the group's plan to make the former site of Shooters nightclub part of a public waterfront space. His appearance comes on the heels of last week's vote by the City Plan ...
This summer, Brown's Commerce, Organizations and Entrepreneurship Program is launching a pilot internship program in Hong Kong. According to Maria Carcovick, the program's administrative director, two to three students will be placed with two private Hong Kong-based financial companies that have operations ...
Next year's tuition increases will be offset in large part by increases in financial aid, especially in the Alpert Medical School, according to a University press release following the Corporation meeting in February.
Results of a recent public opinion survey by the Taubman Center for Public Policy and American Institutions show that registered voters in Rhode Island have little or no confidence in their elected officials.
The city prosecutor has dismissed disorderly conduct charges against Chris Young, the mayoral candidate's lawyers announced on Friday.
The start of the 2010 Ambassador Program has been postponed from January to September of this year because the program requires a significant amount of time from participants and the featured departments, according to the Brown and the Economy Web site.
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President Ruth Simmons is one of four people who will be awarded an honorary degree from Wesleyan University May 23, according to an e-mail sent to the Wesleyan community.
Brown is looking to change faculty retirement plans as part of University-wide budget cuts, according to recommendations made at the Jan. 26 Faculty Executive Committee meeting.
For the first time in four years, the University plans to redesign its Web site's main pages, said Vice President for Public Affairs and University Relations Marisa Quinn, who is spearheading the redesign team.
With the hope of building a campus-wide movement, Brown Students for Justice in Palestine held their spring kick-off event, Education without Occupation, on Wednesday, presenting their campaign for divestment from companies profiting from what the group called the Israeli occupation of Palestine.
International students have always been a presence at the University, but technology is now allowing Brunonians to collaborate with students in Brazil, India and Cuba without requiring a passport.
Forty juniors were elected to the Rhode Island Alpha of Phi Beta Kappa on Feb. 17. The honors society, founded in 1776 at the College of William and Mary, "encourages intellectual distinction among undergraduates by recognizing outstanding academic accomplishment in the course of a broad liberal education," ...
Ever since the former nightclub closed its doors over 10 years ago, the future of the Shooters property has been subject to contentious debate. But last week — in what John Rousseau of the Fox Point Neighborhood Association described as a "hard-fought victory" — the City Plan Commission ...
Cars still zoom through the intersection of Hope and Thayer streets, where Avi Schaefer '13 was killed less than two weeks ago — a reminder of the challenges that remain in ensuring pedestrian safety on College Hill.
In an effort to support the use of new technologies in teaching, learning and research, the University Library launched the Center for Digital Scholarship in 2009. The center will serve as "a focal point … at Brown for digital humanities and digital library methods and tools," according to the ...
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"Hi, my name is Frank Ferri. I'm the state rep and I'm gay," said State Rep. Frank Ferri, D-Dist. 22, to begin his speech at Marriage Equality Rhode Island's rally at the State House Wednesday afternoon, before calling up his husband from the crowd.
At a grand opening for the Science Center held Wednesday night, faculty, students and administration flocked to the third floor of the Sciences Library to observe the new space's available resources. The center has been open since Feb. 5, but Wednesday evening marked its formal introduction to the Brown ...
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