The Center for Latin American and Caribbean Studies launched a project documenting Rhode Island’s response to George Floyd’s 2020 murder at a showcase hosted at the Digital Scholarship Lab Tuesday afternoon.
When Kathy Moyer, stage and production manager at the Department of Africana Studies and Rites and Reason Theatre, was asked to characterize her longtime co-worker, the theater’s artistic director Elmo Terry-Morgan ’74, three words came to mind.
The Southeast Asian Studies Initiative, a student-led project seeking to increase the representation of Southeast Asia in the University’s curriculum, is pushing for something new: a dedicated department.
After 15 years on Thayer Street, Blue State Coffee will permanently close its doors on Thursday, Nov. 17. A sign in the cafe’s window at 300 Thayer St. read, “This Blue State Coffee cafe is closing permanently as of 5 p.m. on Thursday, Nov. 17. Thank you for your patronage and for making ...
On Saturday afternoon, 17 members of Sunrise Brown joined activists from eight other groups from across the country — including Extinction Rebellion DC, Code Pink: Women for Peace and Native Youth Leadership Alliance — to gather on the steps of the Lincoln Memorial holding hand-painted signs ...
At 7 a.m. last Sunday, a small line formed outside a side chapel at Mathewson Street United Methodist Church in downtown Providence. Normally, lines at this hour would only be for food, as the church offers free breakfast each week for unhoused people. But this particular morning, those in line were ...
The LGBTQ Center held a grand opening Friday for the center’s new building, a dedicated space called “Stonewall House” located at 22 Benevolent St. The event included remarks from Director of the LGBTQ Center Caitlin O’Neill, President Christina Paxson P’19, Vice President for Campus ...
“One of the great mysteries at Brown is a certain group of individuals, both male and female, who differ from the majority, the ‘normal’ student population, in that they are homosexuals,” began an article published in The Herald Oct. 30, 1973. Almost half a century later, queerness is burgeoning ...
In recent years, the University has announced a series of policies concerning its relationship with the environment and addressing climate change. In 2019, the University committed to cutting campus greenhouse gas emissions to net-zero by 2040, and a year later pledged to halt investments in fossil ...
On Oct. 31, the U.S. Supreme Court heard arguments in two cases surrounding the constitutionality of race-conscious college admissions. In both cases, the court’s conservative majority indicated a willingness to end affirmative action in the process. Brought forward by anti-affirmative action group ...
Historian and journalist Jill Lepore joined University students and faculty Thursday for a lecture entitled “Making Amends: Revising the U.S. Constitution,” in which she explored the complexities of passing constitutional amendments, the history of constitutional interpretation and the state ...
November marks Native American Heritage Month, which honors Native American communities, history and heritage. The Herald has compiled a list of events in the coming weeks that center Native American art, history, stories and more across the Ocean State.
The Open Curriculum gives students the option to explore many paths of study before declaring a concentration in their sophomore year. For students seeking to connect with the academic departments they are concentrating in, Departmental Undergraduate Groups aim to “build a sense of community within ...
Jennette McCurdy, author of the memoir and New York Times Best Seller “I’m Glad My Mom Died,” spoke to the student body Wednesday as Brown Lecture Board’s first speaker of the academic year. From the stage of the Salomon Center's DECI Auditorium, she detailed the process of writing her memoir ...
Four political science faculty experts spent Wednesday night unpacking the complicated results of Tuesday’s midterm elections at a panel hosted by the Taubman Center for American Politics and Policy. Reactions varied from cautious optimism about increased diversity and the failure of the predicted ...
Cecilia Valenzuela ’25 was raised with music. She grew up in Tucson, Ariz., where the country’s first youth mariachi group was formed in 1964. She was born into a family of mariachis and music teachers, and she, too, picked up the violin at age four.
Rhode Island’s public education system, including Providence Public Schools, is “in crisis,” according to a report published Oct. 13. The report, released by the Rhode Island Public Expenditure Council, a local policy nonprofit, discusses issues facing Rhode Island public schools that have ...
The Undergraduate Council of Students announced its newly-elected chair of equity and inclusion — Skye Alex Jackson ’25, a sophomore from Chicago studying English and entrepreneurship — in a Monday email.
The Duck & Bunny — a beloved East Side staple that closed in 2019 — will return to Wickenden. Residents were shocked by the demolition of the Duck & Bunny, a popular local snuggery, in early April 2021. But three years after closing for renovations and one year since the building ...
Seth Magaziner ’06, the general treasurer of Rhode Island and Democratic candidate for the state’s 2nd Congressional District seat in the United States House of Representatives, defeated Republican Allan Fung on Tuesday night, according to projections from WPRI-12. Fung conceded to Magaziner ...
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