For the past five months, the University’s Ad Hoc Committee on Admissions Policies has been considering changes to several of Brown’s admission policies, including test-optional, legacy and early decision practices. The committee was charged with providing recommendations to President Christina ...
Early this semester, the University’s international advising team introduced a newsletter, podcast and series of workshops to further support international students on campus. International students comprise 14% of the admitted class of 2027, a 3% increase from the previous year, according to a Jan. ...
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The University’s compliance and federal investigatory operations have been moved from the Office of Institutional Equity and Diversity to the newly-created Office of Equity Compliance and Reporting under the Division of Campus Life, according to a Jan. 31 Today@Brown announcement by President Christina ...
The Center for Career Exploration will no longer invite fossil fuel companies to host on-campus recruitment events, according to a May 2023 email reviewed by The Herald from Matthew Donato, the executive director of the CCE, to leaders of climate activism group Sunrise Brown. Sunrise announced the change ...
The Center for Philosophy, Politics and Economics hosted a Wednesday evening event at which panelists addressed affirmative action and anti-discrimination policies in the college admissions process. Titled “After Affirmative Action: Democracy and the University,” the event constitutes another component ...
After receiving word on Tuesday that their card check agreement is complete, the University officially recognized the Brown University Postdoc Labor Organization as a union, according to a BPLO Instagram post.
As the Faculty Executive Committee continues its work into the spring semester, they remain focused on their fall priority: “reduce administrative growth.”
At the Advisory Committee on University Resources Management meeting Tuesday, members of climate activism group Sunrise Brown called on the University to dissociate from the fossil fuel industry.
On Jan. 20, three members of Brown’s chapter of Sunrise — an environmental activist organization — staged a series of interruptions at the New Hampshire Republican primaries to protest the climate policies of Republican presidential candidate Nikki Haley.
Last semester, the hundreds of students in CSCI: 0150: “Introduction to Object-Oriented Programming and Computer Science” — better known by the moniker CS15 — met a new member in the course teaching team: a chatbot teaching assistant called GPTA.
VISIONS Magazine, a literary and visual arts student publication, celebrates Asian, Asian American and Pacific Islander diversity at Brown University and the Rhode Island School of Design.
The Brown Activist Coalition, an alliance of on-campus student activist groups, hosted its semesterly “Intro to Activism at Brown” seminar Sunday night.
A study released this January by research group Opportunity Insights found that standardized test scores — such as SAT and ACT scores — are more predictive of academic success at Ivy Plus colleges than high school grades.
On Saturday night, the Brown Arts Institute kicked off its month-long celebration “Kriolu Voices Sounding: Cabo Verdean/American Music and Politics in Rhode Island.” The series of events, featuring musicians, social advocates, community organizers and more, highlight Cabo Verdean culture and scholarship. ...
The University will recognize the Brown Postdoc Labor Organization — the first dedicated union on campus for postdoctoral researchers and Dean’s Faculty Fellows — provided the signatories in BPLO’s petition for unionization are validated by federal mediators.
As a child, Caroline Parente ’24 never expected to compete in Miss America, the nation’s longest-standing beauty pageant. A native Rhode Islander, she entered the pageant world for the first time at 17, when her high school photography teacher recommended she compete in the upcoming Miss Rhode ...
The Graduate Labor Organization announced the ratification of its second union contract with the University last month, The Herald previously reported. The new contract includes increases to the annual base stipend and health care assistance payments for graduate student employees, as well as expanded ...
As shopping period goes into full swing, The Herald shares a selection of six spring 2024 courses — from performing arts to applied math — that are favorites in the newsroom.
This year, Professor of Health Services, Policy and Practice Linda Resnik and her colleagues received a $5 million federal grant over five years to create Learning Health Systems Training to Improve Disability and Chronic Condition Care — or LeaHD. The new center, hosted by the School of Public Health, ...
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