How would you get from your dorm room to a class on the third floor of Wilson Hall? This might sound like an easy question — but now imagine trying it in a wheelchair.
AT&T and the AT&T Foundation are offering new media fellowships of up to $1,500 through the Watson Institute for International Studies for students wishing to "pursue innovative international projects" over winter break.
A $7.5 million grant to Brown will fund a new Alcohol Research Center on HIV to study the effect of alcohol consumption in people with the virus. According to a University press release, the study will investigate the "physiological and behavioral" issues that arise from consumption of alcohol by individuals ...
William Rhodes '57, former senior vice chairman of Citigroup and Citibank, has accepted an appointment to a five-year term as professor-at-large at the Watson Institute for International Studies.
The Office of the Dean of the College will announce Monday the latest Internet tool to support the liberal learning curriculum, called Focal Point.
Provost David Kertzer '69 P'95 P'98 will step down from his office at the end of this school year, President Ruth Simmons announced in an e-mail to faculty and staff Friday morning.
Three students in Rhode Island colleges and universities have tested positive for acute HIV in the last six months, according to Timothy Flanigan, director of infectious diseases at Miriam Hospital and professor of medicine at Alpert Medical School.
President Ruth Simmons received the Thurgood Marshall Award for "community and civil rights contributions" Friday from the Providence branch of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People, according to an NAACP press release.
The Jewish vote "doesn't seem to matter" in determining the outcome of U.S. presidential elections, political scientist Bryan Daves argued Thursday evening. The Yeshiva University professor presented his study of election data to about 15 students and faculty at the Watson Institute for International ...
Nearly a month after its original Sept. 30 expiration date, the twice-extended contract between the University and the library workers union is set to expire today.
Global Independent Study Projects — GLISPs — are entering their second year with more students than ever. This fall, 19 students embarked on the projects, compared to the 14 students who participated in the pilot program last fall, and 11 last spring.
Joel Klein, chancellor of the New York City Department of Education, is not quite sure how he got his job, or how he has kept it for eight years. The nontraditional education reformer spoke Thursday about the problems in the American education system, and the difficult, but necessary, task of improvement. ...
After a five-year hiatus, the Libertarian Party of Rhode Island is back in action.
The LGBTQ Resource Center seeks to increase its visibility on campus to help students understand available resources and to combat negative representation in the media by creating a positive spirit of unity on campus, said Kelly Garrett, the center's coordinator, at the Undergraduate Council of Students' ...
The Department of Computer Science has implemented a new compensation policy for undergraduate teaching assistants in response to a University-wide review of undergraduate student employment practices, said Donald Schanck, assistant vice president and University controller.
Acclaimed Nigerian writer and Professor of Africana Studies Chinua Achebe was awarded the 2010 Dorothy and Lillian Gish Prize at a ceremony at the Hudson Theatre in New York City Wednesday evening.
The Office of Residential Life is aggressively attempting to move more students to off-campus housing next year to combat the overcrowding that has continued to plague the University's residence halls, said Senior Associate Dean of Residential and Dining Services Richard Bova.
Rhode Islanders support consolidation of their many local fire departments, police departments, garbage collection and other public services, according to a recent poll. But a proposed commission to study the benefits and drawbacks of such a consolidation has yet to come to fruition.
For as long as underage college students have found ways to drink illegally, officials have sought new ways to enforce the law. The Rhode Island State Police Department's Oct. 5 announcement of the Underage Drinking and Nightclub Safety Task Force is the most recent example of that pattern.
The University defended its specific positions on the ongoing library contract negotiations for the first time since the contract was extended after the two sides failed to reach an agreement.
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