University News

Grant funds inner-city student engagement

EMS transports drop as U. targets underage drinking

There was a decrease in the number of students transported by Brown Emergency Medical Services during orientation and the first weekend of classes compared to the same period last year, said Margaret Klawunn, vice president of campus life and student services. The drop comes in the wake of new initiatives ...

U. to install elevators in more dorms

Residence hall renovations next summer will include the installation of two elevators in Keeney Quadrangle as part of the next stage of a University effort to extend campus-wide elevator access. The elevators will simplify the move-in process, provide relief for students living on upper floors and  ...

Students go abroad for free as resident advisers

Students who want to study abroad without the price tag can apply to be resident advisers in one of the University's pre-college summer study abroad programs, which expanded its offerings this summer. Since 2010, Brown has offered three-week programs based in Italy, Spain and Greece, and it now has ...

CareerLAB unveils renovated interior

Newly completed renovations to the Center for Careers and Life After Brown were formally unveiled Friday, with an opening celebration hosted in the first-floor program space. Dean of the College Katherine Bergeron and Director of the CareerLAB Andrew Simmons spoke to a crowd of students and faculty, ...

Luxury apartment plan approved for Thayer

Plans for a new upscale apartment complex on Thayer Street between Euclid Avenue and Meeting Street are moving forward after the outlines for the complex, set to be built by Gilbane Development, were approved by the Providence City Council Aug. 1. Construction on the 257 Thayer building is slated to ...

Bookstore offers RISD courses' textbooks

The Brown Bookstore has expanded its textbook selection to include Rhode Island School of Design course books this semester and will also expand its rental program to include books not designated for courses, said Steven Souza, director of the bookstore. RISD books currently take up almost 20 percent ...

Faculty profiles: Q & A with English professor Amanda Anderson

Amanda Anderson, a new professor of English, will be speaking at the TEDxBrown event this October on the value of a liberal arts education. Anderson, a literary scholar who received a Guggenheim Fellowship for her work on research into liberal philosophy in America, served as the chair of the English ...

Almost 500 courses transition to Canvas

The University's transition from MyCourses to Canvas as its primary online course management platform is in full swing. This semester, 457 courses will use the site, up from 70 last semester, said Dean of the College Katherine Bergeron. Around 7,000 students - graduate, undergraduate and medical - are ...

App highlights U.'s 'architectural richness'

An iPhone application mapping the architectural history of the University is nearing completion and is slated to be released in late October. The elaborately named app, FACADES - Facts About Campus Architecture, Design, Environment and Spaces - provides information about 125 structures related to the ...

U. implements Affordable Care Act policies

The Supreme Court upheld the constitutionality of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, President Obama's signature health care legislation, this summer following a national debate over the law's ramifications for patients and doctors. With the law's provisions remaining intact after the court's ...

In wake of Aurora shooting, threat teams stress dedication to student safety

Though the University receives "consistent reports" from students expressing concerns about their peers, few cases have required drastic intervention by threat assessment teams, said Senior Associate Dean for Student Life Jonah Ward and Director of Psychological Services Belinda Johnson. Administrators ...

Syrian journalist talks life in the crossfire

Prominent Syrian journalist Samar Yazbek fled from Syria at the height of the violence following the recent civilian uprisings and has since risked her life to return to the unstable country and document its ongoing unrest. Yazbek, an activist and screenwriter, spoke to a packed audience at the Watson ...

New Protestant chaplain hopes to serve all students

Associate University Chaplain for the Protestant Community Rev. Kirstin Boswell-Ford joined the Office of Chaplains and Religious Life this summer after being hired in mid-May. 

New U. fund supports interdisciplinary efforts

Student arrested for alleged theft

Joe Royo '14 and Xavius Dorego, a Providence resident with no University affiliation, were arrested early Saturday morning after allegedly stealing a student's laptop and cell phone from her Marcy House room, said Paul Shanley, deputy chief of police for the Department of Public Safety. 

UCS reps selected at first meeting

The Undergraduate Council of Students filled vacant positions, and its committee chairs outlined initial goals for the year during the council's first general body meeting of the semester Wednesday night.

Paxson discusses new strategic plan at BUCC meeting

About a dozen audience members attended President Christina Paxson's first Brown University Community Council meeting as president yesterday in the Perry and Marty Granoff Center for the Creative Arts. Along with Paxson, nearly half of the members of the BUCC were new. Discussion of a new strategic ...

Documentary explores Japanese internment

With new director, slavery center plans events

The newly formed Center for the Study of Slavery and Justice has begun planning several campus community efforts this year under the leadership of Anthony Bogues, professor of Africana Studies, who was named the center's director in May.   Former University President Ruth Simmons will serve as the ...