In early February, Health Services hired a consultant to examine how the office could improve its training, forms, environment and advertising to be more transgender-inclusive, according to Francie Mantak, its director of health education.
The first Theories in Action conference, a new forum for seniors to share their capstone projects with the community, will be held on campus on April 30 and May 1. The two-day conference will be an opportunity for seniors who worked in groups or as individuals to showcase their work and engage in discussions ...
The following summary includes all major incidents reported to the Department of Public Safety between Jan. 26 and Feb. 3. It does not include general service and alarm calls. The Providence Police Department also responds to incidents occurring off campus. DPS does not divulge information on cases ...
The key to understanding the shock that the patient-doctor relationship receives after medical malpractice is understanding what it means to forgive, said Nancy Berlinger, deputy director and research scholar of the Hastings Center, to a small audience in Salomon 101.
During reading period, with the inevitability of finals mounting, stressed and anxious students cling desperately to their last moments of freedom, and humiliating moments have a way of accompanying this nervous tension.
Puzzle Peace, a student organization that focuses on education and advocacy about the current Israeli-Palestinian conflict, is affiliating itself with the national "pro-Israel, pro-peace" movement J-Street, which is connected to Brown through its Rhode Island branch, slated to start up operations this ...
The proposal to create a school of engineering at Brown is about to pass through the final stages of approval, nearly two years since the first version was written before summer 2008. Provost David Kertzer '69 P'95 P'98 said the Academic Priorities Committee, on which he serves, gave a "thumbs up to ...
CytoSolv Inc., a biotech startup in Providence, received $500,000 in seed-stage funding from the Slater Technology Fund, a Rhode Island capital fund committed to supporting technology-based businesses. CytoSolv is in the process of testing an acellular treatment for healing diabetic ulcers. The product ...
The University will launch an India Advisory Council in March to increase outreach and generate alumni support in the region, said Vice President for International Affairs Matthew Gutmann.
President Ruth Simmons' decision to leave Goldman Sachs' Board of Directors earlier this month was not influenced by the Corporation, members of Brown's highest governing body told The Herald.
President Ruth Simmons' decision to leave Goldman Sachs' Board of Directors earlier this month was not influenced by the Corporation, members of Brown's highest governing body told The Herald.
Most college students rarely have the opportunity to help craft nine-figure institutional budgets. But five Brown students — the student representatives to the University Resources Committee — do just that as they advise senior administrators on the University's annual budget.
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Palestine faces enormous challenges that have only worsened over the past 20 years, and achieving stability and independence from Israeli occupation is becoming more and more unlikely, Rashid Khalidi, professor of modern Arab studies at Columbia, told a full MacMillan 117 Thursday night.
The Division of Engineering hosted its first full-day workshop series Thursday on micro-scale satellites called "ChipSats." The workshop brought together leading scientists from the field, professionals working in the aerospace industry and students interested in the new technology.
The Residential Council's competition for the first pick in the housing lottery, held Thursday night in Sayles Hall, showcased a wide variety of student creativity. But there was a common thread among many videos: parody. Spoofs of Law and Order, the Twilight series and the Cutting Crew's hit "Died ...
Rashid Khalidi, professor of modern Arab studies at Columbia, spoke with The Herald Thursday night before his lecture on "The Uncertain Future of Palestine." At 2 p.m. Friday afternoon Khalidi will speak at the Watson Institute for International Studies about the Cold War's impact on the Middle East.Herald: ...
A trial scheduled for Feb. 17 regarding Providence mayoral candidate Chris Young's arrest at a University event has been postponed to March 10.
The Division of Biology and Medicine's annual report shows signs of growth during the 2008-09 academic year despite the economic recession, including an increased class size for the Alpert Medical School and millions of dollars in grants.
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