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From Brown to the ballot: Stages of Freedom remembers first Black female vice presidential nominee Charlotta Bass

By Li Goldstein | October 29

As Senator Kamala Harris took the stage at the Democratic National Convention Aug. 19 to formally accept the nomination for vice president, supporters took to Twitter to celebrate a long-overdue milestone. Harris, running on a historic ticket alongside former Vice President Joe Biden for a shot at unseating ...

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Brown community pours donation money into Democratic 2020 campaign, leaves Republicans dry

By Corey Gelb-Bicknell | October 29

Democratic political donations from University employees have increased exponentially since 1992, dwarfing donations to Republicans, which have more or less remained constant, according to data from OpenSecrets. In 1992, 32.5 percent of total political contributions from Brown community members went ...

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1916: The presidential election The Herald got wrong

By Benjamin Pollard | October 29

On the morning of Nov. 8, 1916, the front page of The Herald, in a large print headline, read “Hughes Elected to Presidency; Republicans Carry Both Houses.” The story announced that University alum Charles Evans Hughes 1881 had won the presidential election. But despite The Herald’s proclamation, ...

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Brown plans to welcome students from each class year back in Spring 2021

By Olivia George | October 29

The University plans to offer an in-person residential experience for students from each undergraduate class for the spring semester, though space constraints may limit how many students can return. “Our goal is to allow a larger number of undergraduate students to return to campus, while ensuring ...

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Prominent civil rights attorney Benjamin Crump discusses police violence, systemic racism and action

By Victoria Yin | October 28

On the evening of Oct. 27, renowned civil rights attorney Benjamin Crump delivered a virtual lecture hosted by the Brown Lecture Board to 120 online attendees. Wearing a suit adorned with a deep purple tie and silver eagle lapel pin, Crump explained that he had just left Marcellis Stinnette’s vigil. Stinnette, ...

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Decolonization at Brown, Prof. Neumann present statue changes to UCS

By Jack Borris | October 28

The Undergraduate Council of Students heard from Decolonization at Brown as well as the chair of the University’s Committee on Public Art about DAB’s initiative to replace statues on campus at its general body meeting Wednesday evening. DAB’s proposal, which was originally introduced at the Council’s ...

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Research in Medicine Flash Talks creates online bridge between graduate and medical students

By Marlene Goetz | October 28

Research in Medicine Flash Talks, an initiative to connect medical and graduate students, will take place online this semester due to the coronavirus pandemic. The program, launched by the Graduate Student Council and the Medical Student Senate, allows graduate students to present at the start or ...

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University of Michigan’s Yukiko Yamashita discusses the mechanisms of long-term genomic maintenance

By Henry Dawson | October 28

Elementary schoolers learn that DNA is the instruction manual for life — the immutable blueprints that cells follow to build proteins and stay alive. But DNA is a physical molecule which can change over time. So how do cells, especially the ones which produce offspring, ensure that these blueprints ...

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Eric Wu ’22 remembered as kind, determined and generous soul

By Livia Gimenes | October 27

Frederic Whitney “Eric” Wu ’22, a go-getter with a passion for helping others, passed away in a tragic automobile accident Sept. 23. Eric would now be 21 years old. Eric grew up in Manchester, Vermont and New York City, where he graduated from Saint David’s School. Eric later attended Phillips ...

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Ainissa Ramirez ’90 pens ‘The Alchemy of Us’

By Cate Ryan | October 27

As a student at Brown, Ainissa Ramirez ’90 would spend countless hours studying at her usual spot on the fifth floor of the Sciences Library. Perched five stories above Thayer Street, she would review her engineering or chemistry material until her friends reliably found her and walked her to the ...

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Paxson elected chair of Association of American Universities

By Daniel Goldberg | October 27

Updated at 9:30 p.m. Oct. 27, 2020. President Christina Paxson P’19 was elected chair of the Association of American Universities’ Board of Directors Tuesday, according to an AAU press release. The AAU is composed of 65 research universities dedicated to promoting higher education and academic ...

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Professors share experiences teaching hybrid classes

By Tyler Jacobson | October 26

Shriram Krishnamurthi walked into the Center for Information Technology at 8:30 a.m. to set up the broadcasting system for his first day teaching hybrid classes of the semester. He and technology specialists in the CIT didn’t finish until 9:50 a.m., ten minutes before the start of Krishnamurthi’s ...

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Brown School of Public Health announces Actions to Confront Anti-Black Racism

By Marlene Goetz | October 26

Dr. Ashish Jha, dean of the School of Public Health, announced Actions to Confront Anti-Black Racism on Sept. 23, building upon the School’s Diversity and Inclusion Action Plan. The plan includes modifications to increase diversity and inclusivity in research, faculty and staff hiring and public ...

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VP Carey: Brown sees most positive COVID-19 cases ‘in a three day time period to date’

By Marlene Goetz | October 25

Eight University community members tested positive for COVID-19 from Oct. 21 to Oct. 23, the most “in a three day time period to date,” according to an Oct. 24 email from Executive Vice President of Planning and Policy Russell Carey ’91. This is also the most positive test results the University ...

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Facilities implements new safety precautions to keep projects on schedule

By Caelyn Pender | October 25

As COVID-19 continues to affect nearly every aspect of University operations, Facilities Management has had to adapt to keep new construction projects on track and workers safe. Marston Boathouse and the Performing Arts Center, two of the University’s capital construction projects, are set to finish ...

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Locke: Sophomores to have choice between remote spring courses or summer term if not allowed back on College Hill next semester

By Jack Borris | October 25

At a virtual town hall event hosted by the Undergraduate Council of Students Friday, students discussed the University’s COVID-19 plans, policing on campus, academic concerns and more with administrators, including President Christina Paxson P’19, Provost Richard Locke P’18 and Dean of the College ...

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GSC works to promote graduate student mental health amid COVID-19 pandemic

By Aanchal Sheth | October 25

The Graduate Student Council has been planning self-care activities to bolster support for graduate students’ mental health, particularly in light of the coronavirus pandemic and the additional stress it causes. As a graduate student, “often you dig yourself a very deep mental hole, or get so engrossed ...

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Brown researchers contribute critical components to EXCITE telescope

By Jared Zhang | October 25

Beyond the bounds of Earth’s solar system, exoplanets revolve in space and are the target planets of ongoing research efforts, including those of Professor of Physics Gregory Tucker. Tucker is leading a team of Brown students to build key parts of the Exoplanet Climate Infrared Telescope, aptly referred ...

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UCS discusses class year representatives vote, delays vote on potential endorsement of Decolonization at Brown statue initiative

By Jack Borris | October 22

At its general body meeting Wednesday, the Undergraduate Council of Students debated whether the general body passed an amendment to introduce class year representatives after a previously overlooked Council rule left the status of the proposal uncertain. UCS was scheduled to hear Decolonization at ...

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UCS kicks off modified first-year representative election process

By Jack Borris | October 22

The Undergraduate Council of Students kicked off its election process for first-year representatives last week with two information sessions. First-year elections will take place entirely virtually this year, with freshmen candidates campaigning from home in accordance with the University’s tri-semester ...