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Technological fields to dominate Career Fair

Thirty employers will gather in the Kasper Multipurpose Room for the Spring Career Fair today, an annual event held by the Center for Careers and Life After Brown that provides job, internship and networking opportunities to undergraduate and graduate students. “It’s a great resource and one of ...


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U. to strengthen resources for campus veterans

The University is looking to strengthen and coordinate resources for student veterans, while increasing outreach in the military to develop a larger student veteran population. Following the Corporation’s approval of the University budget last week, a position will be created for a veteran to head ...


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Early admitted students sample University life

Over 250 early admitted students of the class of 2017 attended Early Admitted Students Day Monday, said Matthew Price, assistant director of admission and coordinator of the program. The number represents the largest group of early-admitted students to attend in the event’s three-year history, he ...


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Kappa Delta takes place in U. history

The addition of new sorority Kappa Delta will mark the first time in 30 years that a sorority has joined Brown’s Greek system. Originally small organizations within Pembroke College — the University’s former women’s school — sororities have a history that reaches almost as far back as Pembroke ...


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Undergrads protest Keystone XL pipeline in D.C.

For over 100 environmental student leaders within the Brown community, the long weekend was a break from classes ­— but not from advocating their cause. Living up to their activist image, Brown students traveled to the nation’s capital Sunday to march alongside an estimated 35,000 to 50,000 other ...


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End of Saturday mail delivery will not affect U.

The University will not be affected by the U.S. Postal Service’s announcement earlier this month that it plans to cease Saturday letter delivery. USPS first raised the possibility of ending Saturday letter delivery about a year ago. At the time, Manager of University Mail Services Fred Yattaw was ...


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History grad student passes away after months in ICU

Adam Ringguth GS died early Wednesday morning under hospice care after spending months in intensive care. Ringguth, who was 32, had been transitioning in and out of consciousness since late November, when he was found unconscious on the floor of his apartment, said Tim Harris P’03, professor of history ...


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Corporation raises tuition by 4 percent

The Corporation approved a 4 percent hike in undergraduate tuition and fees — the largest increase in three years — and an accompanying 5.6 percent increase in financial aid, President Christina Paxson announced in a campus-wide email Thursday morning. The operating budget for fiscal year 2014 ...


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Global campaign fights violence against women

Valentine’s Day doubled as a day of awareness as students around campus participated in the One Billion Rising campaign’s events intended to “Strike. Dance. Rise!” against violence directed at women around the world. The campus group represents one chapter of the global campaign, which includes ...


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School of Public Health approved

The Corporation approved the creation of a School of Public Health in a conference call Wednesday, President Christina Paxson wrote in a community-wide email Thursday. The current Program in Public Health will become a separate school in July, at which point its leaders will begin working to get it ...


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Today in University history: Feb. 14

2003 In the aftermath of the Columbia space shuttle tragedy, students and professors mourned the fallen astronauts while expressing optimism for the nation’s space program. But letters Americans sent to various national newspapers contained “cynical, even hateful” tones, The Herald reported ...


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Professors’ transition to Canvas nears completion

Around 610 courses have switched from MyCourses to Canvas, according to data released by Hong Chau, instructional technologist for the academic technology division of Computing and Information Services. The University is in the final semester of a two-year transition from MyCourses to the new course ...


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Students examine independent study options

When the New Curriculum was created, its progenitors “envisioned independent study as a cornerstone of the Brown academic experience,” according to the Curricular Resource Center’s website. More than 40 years later, though the College Curriculum Council approved only eight Independent Study Projects ...


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UCS condemns federal budget sequester

The Undergraduate Council of Students will send Congress a statement formally declaring its opposition to the federal sequester and its consequences for students. The statement, drafted by UCS Treasurer Sam Gilman ’15, asserts the council’s disapproval of the federal sequester’s 6 percent cut ...


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Gate will move to Andrews Hall

The Gate will be relocated to Andrews Dining Hall and expanded into a new eatery and social space, said Richard Bova, senior associate dean of residential life and dining services. Construction is scheduled to begin in June, with an estimated completion date of January 2014. There is “a lack of space ...


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Grad School sees small decline in overall applications

Applications to the Graduate School decreased by 1 percent this year, wrote Graduate School Director of Communications Beverly Larson in an email to The Herald. While applications to the University’s Ph.D. programs dipped 5 percent, applications to master’s programs received thus far have risen ...


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Obama pushes broad liberal agenda in speech

President Obama stressed the importance of preparing students to meet the new demands of globalized markets to alleviate the nation’s persistent economic problems in his annual State of the Union address Tuesday night. The president also urged legislators to unite and reform policy on gun control, ...


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