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Building projects approved
By Heeyoung Min | February 28The Corporation authorized construction of two capital projects to begin this spring and summer at its meeting Feb. 27.
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Professor creates culturally adapted smoking treatment
By Sofia Castello | February 28Latino 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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Student coalition rallies for budget transparency
By Max Godnick | February 28Correction appended.
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Prop. 8 panel discusses race and sexuality
By Kristina Klara | February 25Civil unions give same-sex couples "only half a loaf" because they are still denied many federal rights and the title of marriage, Occidental College professor and LGBT advocate Ron Buckmire told a nearly empty Salomon 101 Thursday night.
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Corp. to consider ways to balance budget
By Sydney Ember | February 25Faced with the task of further reducing the University's projected budget deficit by $30 million, the Corporation will convene this weekend to finalize plans to balance next fiscal year's operating budget and discuss academic priorities.
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Student robbed at gunpoint
By Claire Peracchio | February 25A Brown student was robbed at gunpoint at approximately 7:41 p.m. on Tuesday, according to an e-mail sent to members of the Brown community yesterday.
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RISD senior creates energy-conserving gadget
By Jonathan Chou | February 25Bloodsucking leeches have always had a bad reputation, but now there's a new leech that doesn't suck.
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Med School holds lecture on forgiveness
By Leonardo Moauro | February 24The key to understanding the shock that the patient-doctor relationship receives after medical malpractice is understanding what it means to forgive, said Nancy Berlinger, deputy director and research scholar of the Hastings Center, to a small audience in Salomon 101.
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Crime log: keys, electronics, cash stolen
By Brown Daily Herald | February 24The following summary includes all major incidents reported to the Department of Public Safety between Jan. 26 and Feb. 3. It does not include general service and alarm calls. The Providence Police Department also responds to incidents occurring off campus. DPS does not divulge information on cases ...
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New conference features student capstones
By Zung Nguyen Vu | February 24The first Theories in Action conference, a new forum for seniors to share their capstone projects with the community, will be held on campus on April 30 and May 1. The two-day conference will be an opportunity for seniors who worked in groups or as individuals to showcase their work and engage in discussions ...
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Health Services to become more transgender-inclusive
By Ana Alvarez | February 24In early February, Health Services hired a consultant to examine how the office could improve its training, forms, environment and advertising to be more transgender-inclusive, according to Francie Mantak, its director of health education.
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At Heritage Week kickoff, a plea for work in Caribbean
By Talia Kagan | February 24Professor of Africana Studies and Sociology Paget Henry gave students some academic career advice last night — work in Caribbean universities — as he made his plea for intellectual leaders in the region.
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UCS to institute instant runoff for internal elections
By Max Godnick | February 24The Undergraduate Council of Students voted to approve a number of changes to the elections section in its Code of Operations. The proposed alterations would allow the UCS president to nominate members of the elections board, create an ad hoc appeals board to hear complaints filed against the elections ...
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Students weigh in on budget
By Max Godnick | February 23Most college students rarely have the opportunity to help craft nine-figure institutional budgets. But five Brown students — the student representatives to the University Resources Committee — do just that as they advise senior administrators on the University's annual budget.
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Simmons not swayed by Corporation
By Alex Bell | February 23President Ruth Simmons' decision to leave Goldman Sachs' Board of Directors earlier this month was not influenced by the Corporation, members of Brown's highest governing body told The Herald.
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Corporation stayed out of Goldman decision
By Alex Bell | February 23President Ruth Simmons' decision to leave Goldman Sachs' Board of Directors earlier this month was not influenced by the Corporation, members of Brown's highest governing body told The Herald.
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India tie strengthened through new council
By Anna Andreeva | February 23The University will launch an India Advisory Council in March to increase outreach and generate alumni support in the region, said Vice President for International Affairs Matthew Gutmann.
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Biotech firm gets grant for ulcer cure
By Brielle Friedman | February 23CytoSolv Inc., a biotech startup in Providence, received $500,000 in seed-stage funding from the Slater Technology Fund, a Rhode Island capital fund committed to supporting technology-based businesses. CytoSolv is in the process of testing an acellular treatment for healing diabetic ulcers. The product ...
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U. committee OKs engineering school proposal
By Goda Thangada | February 23The proposal to create a school of engineering at Brown is about to pass through the final stages of approval, nearly two years since the first version was written before summer 2008. Provost David Kertzer '69 P'95 P'98 said the Academic Priorities Committee, on which he serves, gave a "thumbs up to ...
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Seeking divided peace in Israel, org joins nat'l mov't
By Crys Guerra | February 23Puzzle Peace, a student organization that focuses on education and advocacy about the current Israeli-Palestinian conflict, is affiliating itself with the national "pro-Israel, pro-peace" movement J-Street, which is connected to Brown through its Rhode Island branch, slated to start up operations this ...
