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UCS, UFB candidates debate U.'s priorities

Candidates for Undergraduate Council of Students and Undergraduate Finance Board leadership positions grappled with ways to improve the relationship between the two organizations, means to increase financial aid and how to prioritize fundraising for student activities during a debate Thursday night ...


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Grant funds biomedical research

The University received a grant from Johnson and Johnson last month to provide seed funds for biomedical research that could have commercial or practical applications. The unrestricted grant was not awarded for one particular project but rather for a variety of research projects that may already be ...


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Harvard joins U. in halting HEI investment

With Harvard's announcement April 1 that it will not reinvest in HEI Hotels and Resorts, only three major university investors have yet to make statements regarding their holdings in the company. Harvard's decision - attributed to "portfolio strategies and needs" by Harvard Management Company President ...


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Simmons discusses financial aid, city relations

President Ruth Simmons visited the general body meeting of the Undergraduate Council of Students Wednesday night to discuss the council's work this past year and to answer questions about tuition increases, the relationship between Brown and Providence and the University's priorities. UCS also discussed ...


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JCB puts historic documents online

The John Carter Brown Library is home to more than 50,000 rare books and 16,000 reference books and secondary sources. But due to the changing nature of students' study habits and library restrictions to protect its books, most of these resources remain vastly underused. In an effort to make its collections ...


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Q & A: Amitav Ghosh

What made you decide to visit Brown for the Year of China? Professor (of Physics) Chung-I Tan wrote to me and mentioned this event. Basically, he was interested in talking about the whole issue of China and India and the relations between India and China, and that's what I've been working on for a very ...


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Former Chilean president discusses new book

It certainly is "a wonderful life after the presidency" for former Chilean President and Professor-at-Large Ricardo Lagos, as his good friend and former Colombian President Belisario Betancur used to tell him. Lagos spoke at the Watson Institute for International Studies last night about his latest ...


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Alex Morse '11: 100 days as mayor of Holyoke

Less than five years after graduating from high school, Alex Morse '11 again set foot in Holyoke High School Jan. 3 to start a very different chapter in his life. His campaign's "I Love Holyoke" button pinned to his suit, the recently elected mayor faced a crowd of supporters to give his inaugural address. ...


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Only three candidates remain to lead Watson

The University has narrowed its list of candidates for the directorship of the Watson Institute for International Studies to three contenders - Jeffrey Kopstein, acting director of the Centre for Jewish Studies at the University of Toronto, Allison Stanger, chair of the political science department ...


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Cicilline '83 blasts Tea Party, stresses youth involvement

After almost two years in Congress, Rep. David Cicilline '83, D-R.I., returned to his alma mater last night to address the Brown Democrats - an organization he co-founded almost 30 years ago with John F. Kennedy Jr. '83. He stressed the importance of unifying the Democratic Party as the 2012 congressional ...


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From dean to president, Paxson's rapid ascent

President-elect Christina Paxson's resume shows a rapid advancement through the academic ranks. In the last five years, she has served as a dean at Princeton and chaired the university's nationally renowned economics department, serving at one point as the department's only tenured female professor. ...


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Proposed Thayer housing draws criticism

Tuesday night's public discussion held by the College Hill Neighborhood Association saw a heated debate between opponents of the proposed 257 Thayer Street student apartment complex and the few residents in favor of it. Robert Gilbane '71 P'02 P'05, chief executive officer and chairman of Gilbane, Inc., ...



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