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Is Brown's popularity a passing trend or here to stay?
By Ana Alvarez | April 18From Serena van der Woodsen of "Gossip Girl," to Brian Griffin of "Family Guy," to the nearly 30,000 students that applied for admission this fall, it seems like everyone wants to go to Brown. With myriad popular culture references and a couple well-known students over the years — not to mention, ...
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Study: Psychiatrists diagnose without consulting professional guidelines
By Abby Kerson | April 18Many doctors are not referring to predefined criteria when diagnosing major depressive disorder, according to a study by Mark Zimmerman, associate professor of psychiatry and human behavior and director of outpatient psychiatry at Rhode Island Hospital.
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Future of research workshop uncertain
By Julia Kim | April 18For some seniors, it's the most wonderful time of the year: the time their theses are finally due. As seniors prepare to present their research to their professors and peers, some who participated in the inaugural year of a year-long workshop on research communication will be prepared to explain their ...
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Students flock to campus for Ivy Film Festival
By Jessica Liss | April 18The six-day 2010 Ivy Film Festival began on Tuesday with advance screenings of feature films, a series of student film showings and industry guest panels.
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Gala planners have not paid Westin in full
By Alex Bell | April 15Organizers of Saturday's Gala have not paid more than the $5,000 deposit they had originally paid to the Westin Providence hotel, despite a contractual obligation to pay the remainder of a $20,000 minimum payment by Wednesday, Senior Director for Student Engagement Ricky Gresh wrote in an e-mail to ...
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Corporation fellow investigated for kickbacks
By Alicia Chen | April 15The Quadrangle Group — a private investment firm co-founded by Steven Rattner '74 P'09, a member of the Corporation's board of fellows and a former Herald editor-in-chief — has reached a settlement with the Securities and Exchange Commission and New York Attorney General Andrew Cuomo concerning ...
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Over 700 visit the Hill for a taste of Brown
By Ana Alvarez | April 15After a record number of applications and months of student planning, A Day on College Hill welcomed over 700 prospective students to the sunny Brown campus. The two-day event, which gives admitted students a taste of life at Brown, officially began Thursday afternoon. Many prospective students had ...
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Essayist John D'Agata shares eclectic writing
By Anish Gonchigar | April 15Essayist John D'Agata read from his latest book, "About a Mountain," to a crowd of about 60 people in the English department's McCormack Family Theater Thursday night. D'Agata, a professor of English at the University of Iowa, merges ordinarily separate literary techniques, such as fictional storytelling, ...
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On TV and the Web, sifting through images of Brown
By Claire Peracchio | April 14For the more than 30,000 students who applied to Brown this year, the popular college admissions Web site College Confidential, whether reliable or not, acted as a prime source of information about the school.
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Most undergrads fly solo
By Jessica Liss | April 14The majority of undergraduate students say they are single and about one-third report they are in an exclusive relationship, according to a recent Herald poll.
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Prof's exhibit examines effects of climate change on New England
By Zung Nguyen Vu | April 14An interactive exhibit created by a Brown professor will travel New England over the next five years.
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Chemistry professor will be new Grad School dean
By Talia Kagan | April 14Peter Weber, professor and chair of the chemistry department, will replace Sheila Bonde as dean of the Graduate School beginning July 1, according to a Wednesday University press release.
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Graphic novelist muses on comics, art
By Claire Peracchio | April 14Everything Art Spiegelman P'13 learned, he learned from comics.
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Pre-frosh invade campus for ADOCH
By Anne Artley | April 14For the next two days, Brown's population will increase by about 700 as admitted students invade campus for A Day On College Hill.
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TWW welcomes potential minority students
By Sara Luxenberg | April 14About 120 minority students admitted to the class of 2014 arrived on campus Wednesday for this year's Third World Welcome, a day before A Day on College Hill, which welcomes the rest of their potential classmates who applied regular decision. The two-day program, which aims to give prospective students ...
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Teach-in spotlights R.I. homeless
By Clare De Boer | April 14"Being poor, and its corollary, being homeless, is a crushing burden to bear," Gregory Elliot, professor of sociology, told an intimate audience in MacMillan 115 at the Rhode Island Hunger and Homelessness Teach-In on Thursday evening. At the teach-in, sponsored by the Community Health Departmental ...
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UCS election competition heats up
By Nicole Boucher | April 14The candidates running in this year's Undergraduate Council of Students and Undergraduate Finance Board elections next week will encounter stiff competition, with only the UCS treasurer and UFB at-large representatives facing uncontested races.Students will also vote on a referendum to adopt instant ...
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Junior wins Truman scholarship
By Heeyoung Min | April 14Over spring break, David Poritz '11.5 checked his e-mail and found a message from President Ruth Simmons — telling him that he was one of 60 Truman Scholars, a select group of students chosen from 576 candidates across the nation to receive up to $30,000 for their graduate studies. Poritz, who ...
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Art historians dig into 'movable feast'
By Kristina Klara | April 14The Joukowsky Institute for Archaeology and the Ancient World was recently awarded an $180,000 grant from the Getty Foundation to begin work on an international project titled "The Arts of Rome's Provinces."
