Gate to stay closed until Friday
By Claire Peracchio | February 16The Gate is set to re-open this Friday after being closed since Feb. 5 due to a leaky steam pipe, according to Gate Unit Manager Kara Segal '10.
The Gate is set to re-open this Friday after being closed since Feb. 5 due to a leaky steam pipe, according to Gate Unit Manager Kara Segal '10.
Westerners often have a limited view of the Middle East, but the photographs of the exhibit "Tomorrow, God Willing" by Emma LeBlanc '11 provide insight into parts of Iraq and Syria that are seldom seen outside their borders.
Nicki Minaj's "I Get Crazy" blares in the studio as the dancers watch themselves in the mirrors. One will stomp and dip his head, and the others will mimic. They pause to tell each other what they think they should do, each demonstrating specific moves."We're all choreographers," Kelvin Fabian, one ...
The University Resources Committee has recommended increasing graduate student stipends — a change spurred in part by Brown's need to be more competitive in attracting graduate students, said Professor of Physics Chung-I Tan, chair of the Faculty Executive Committee.
Last Wednesday, the Rhode Island Science and Technology Advisory Council awarded state-funded grants totaling over $1 million to six research teams, each with an affiliation to Brown, according to the Providence Business News.
As a part of an effort to combat national unemployment and to reinvigorate the economy, the federal government has recently awarded the Providence-based Building Futures program with a $3.72 million federal stimulus grant.Building Futures was established in 2007 as an offshoot of the Providence Plan, ...
The news that Rep. Patrick Kennedy will not be seeking reelection offers has upended the race for the First Congressional District House seat and prompted two high-profile Democrats to enter the contest. "Now having spent two decades in politics, my life is taking a new direction, and I will not ...
In a report released Feb. 2, the athletics subcommittee of the Organizational Review Committee proposed a new $65 recreation fee that would be implemented for the 2010-11 school year and would apply to all undergraduate and medical school students.
Among red and black balloons, Hershey's Kisses and mozzarella sticks, the class of 2010 held its Senior Gift Kick-Off in Sayles Hall last Friday.
Justin Traxler '90 was laid off in 2008. After months of hunting for employment, Traxler secured a position with Sapient Consulting in May 2009 — thanks to the other Brown alumni he contacted during his search.
It's not every day that you can walk into the Sharpe Refectory, eat with professors, and talk to them about whatever you want. But as the University continues to expand and improve its advising efforts, events such as these dinners provide students and faculty with a chance to interact in a more casual ...
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The vast majority of Johnson and Wales University students working for Brown Dining Services will lose their jobs if, in its February meeting, the Corporation approves a budget-cutting measure recommended by the Organizational Review Committee.
The Organizational Review Committee, a body created last spring to seek $14 million in savings for the fiscal year beginning in July 2010, issued a report earlier this month that included recommendations to discontinue overnight inpatient care at Health Services. Members of the ORC's Student Services ...
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Phil O'Hara '55, director of student activities, is one of over 100 experienced staff members who have decided to accept early retirement packages offered by the University. Active at Brown during four different decades, O'Hara received an excellence award on Feb. 5 at Brown Employee Appreciation and ...
At the beginning of each semester, Kai Huang '11 and Arune Gulati '11 would make a list of five girls they had crushes on. Then, at the end of the semester, they would review their progress.
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The Organizational Review Committee's recommendation that newspapers be eliminated from University dining halls will not be enacted, Richard Bova, senior associate dean of residential and dining services, wrote in an e-mail to The Herald.