Forty juniors were elected to the Rhode Island Alpha of Phi Beta Kappa on Feb. 17. The honors society, founded in 1776 at the College of William and Mary, "encourages intellectual distinction among undergraduates by recognizing outstanding academic accomplishment in the course of a broad liberal education," ...
At a grand opening for the Science Center held Wednesday night, faculty, students and administration flocked to the third floor of the Sciences Library to observe the new space's available resources. The center has been open since Feb. 5, but Wednesday evening marked its formal introduction to the Brown ...
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In an effort to support the use of new technologies in teaching, learning and research, the University Library launched the Center for Digital Scholarship in 2009. The center will serve as "a focal point … at Brown for digital humanities and digital library methods and tools," according to the ...
Cars still zoom through the intersection of Hope and Thayer streets, where Avi Schaefer '13 was killed less than two weeks ago — a reminder of the challenges that remain in ensuring pedestrian safety on College Hill.
Ever since the former nightclub closed its doors over 10 years ago, the future of the Shooters property has been subject to contentious debate. But last week — in what John Rousseau of the Fox Point Neighborhood Association described as a "hard-fought victory" — the City Plan Commission ...
The Undergraduate Council of Students is recommending that the University create a new study lounge on Pembroke campus after conducting an audit of all student lounges and study spaces on campus, according to Admissions and Student Services Chair Andrew Bergmanson '11.
Several Brown students will have the opportunity to engage in social change with former President Bill Clinton and other global leaders at the Clinton Global Initiative University's third annual conference this April.
Brown Dining Services' new Club Plan meal option, which allows seniors to enjoy gourmet food at the Faculty Club, kicked off this year and attracted four subscribers.
The IE Brown Executive M.B.A. Program, an experimental business master's program resulting from a partnership between the University and the Instituto Empresa Business School, will begin next spring, Provost David Kertzer '69 P'95 P'98 announced Monday.Instituto Empresa is a top-tier international business ...
Watermyn and Finlandia, the two co-operatives that are part of the Brown Association for Cooperative Housing, have recently undergone significant changes, including financial restructuring and complete turnover of their residents since last September, the association's coordinator said.
When the Undergraduate Council of Students released its 2009–10 agenda, it highlighted the goal of reviewing advising at Brown. Following its pledge, UCS delivered an "Advising Review" report to the Office of the Dean of the College at the end of last semester. In a brief list of recommendations, ...
The Corporation approved the merging of the Department of Cognitive and Linguistic Sciences and the Department of Psychology into a single department at its meeting Feb. 27. While the two departments will merge when the next fiscal year begins July 1, they will not move into the renovated Metcalf Chemistry ...
The Corporation approved a $786.6 million budget for the next fiscal year, authorized construction for capital projects and voted to reappoint two of its top members for second terms at its meeting Saturday. The University will also lay off employees at the end of this fiscal year.
Claire Andrade-Watkins grew up minutes away from Brown's campus. Andrade-Watkins, an associate professor at Emerson College and a visiting scholar at Brown's Center for the Study of Race and Ethnicity in America, lived in Providence's Fox Point neighborhood — an experience she shared at the opening ...
The Corporation authorized construction of two capital projects to begin this spring and summer at its meeting Feb. 27.
Latino smokers respond better to a specially adapted smoking cessation program that is "culturally appropriate," according to a new study from Belinda Borrelli, professor of psychiatry and human behavior.
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