Imagine the Epcot Center at Disney World — a network of triangular elements curl together to form a silver sphere. Shaped in exactly the same way, viruses are self-assembled from two-dimensional "nets." Scientists show how this folding process could be mimicked to develop new technologies, such as ...
When the first American diagnosis of AIDS catapulted it onto the national health scene 30 years ago, the disease was shrouded in mystery and stigma. Since then, major medical breakthroughs and heightened public awareness have made AIDS a more treatable and recognizable threat. But these advances can ...
The University has extended the length of the African, Latino, Asian and Native American Mentoring Program from two to three semesters, according to a September update to the Plan for Academic Enrichment.
In 1946, President Henry Wriston wrote in a letter to the Corporation that Brown's defining feature was its status as a "university-college" — an undergraduate-centric institution focused on the liberal arts with the resources of a large university.
Gov. Lincoln Chafee '75 P'14 and Christine Gregoire, governor of Washington, filed a petition with the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration to request that marijuana be reclassified as a Schedule II controlled substance, allowing it to be prescribed in states that legalized medical marijuana.
In response to the recent pepper spraying of students at the University of California at Davis by campus police, the University Council of Students passed a statement defending students' "inalienable right to peaceful assembly" during its final general body meeting of the semester last night.
Corner office or a corner in your parents' basement? Students reported varying levels of confidence in their ability to obtain a desirable job after graduation in a recent Herald poll. According to the poll, 28.4 percent of students are somewhat worried about obtaining desirable jobs after graduation, ...
Service-oriented students already have an umbrella organization for their groups — soon, they could get a roof.
Students discussed the need for a community-based University mission statement at last night's Janus Forum Town Hall event, "The Search for Brown's Next President."
Interested in Swahili? Armenian? Well, the Brown Language Society is interested in you.
The Rhode Island Board of Elections is revising a proposal to ban voters and poll workers from carrying political paraphernalia — such as T-shirts, buttons and pins — within 50 feet of state polling places.
One professor said he was scared — "scared of the University's being asked to bear another financial risk." A few months earlier, Mark Spilka, then chair of the Department of English, had said he was worried the University seemed to be drifting away from the humanities, establishing itself as a "science-oriented ...
The University hopes to announce both the inaugural director for the planned center for the study of slavery and justice and a replacement director for the Office of Institutional Diversity by the end of the academic year, administrators said at the Brown University Community Council meeting yesterday. ...
It's bad enough catching a cold during midterms week or spraining an ankle in a satellite gym. But when students get sick abroad, they can end up grappling with an administrative headache.
Thirty years ago, having a portable writing machine meant lugging a typewriter across campus. But today, nearly all students own a laptop, and almost 65 percent own a smartphone. According to the most recent Herald poll, 97.5 percent of students indicated they own a personal laptop and 64.3 percent ...
A shift in health insurance compensation to incentivize higher quality care is occurring at many of Rhode Island's top hospitals, some of which are partnered with Alpert Medical School.
The University mission statement grew out of its charter, a document bold enough to create a governance structure for a school with no home, professors or students. The motley crew of New England Baptists and intellectuals that gathered in Newport in 1764 — the original Corporation — had their charter ...
Despite the widespread attention Brown has garnered as the home of the infamous SexPowerGod party, the University is less sexually freewheeling than its reputation suggests. Poll results reveal Brunonians may be having less sex than their peers across the country: Most students have only had one sexual ...
About 20 students and faculty members met on the Main Green at 10 a.m. yesterday in a walk-out supporting the Occupy movement at the University of California at Davis, where campus police used pepper spray against protesters last week. The meeting was part of a national day of action as students and ...
The Office of International Programs is offering several new options for summer abroad programs this year, including an architecture program in Barcelona and history, language and art programs in Greece and Turkey. The OIP will also offer a studio art program in a yet-to-be-determined location in Spain. ...
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