Tristan Glenn was named as the inaugural assistant vice president for inclusion, campus culture and engagement in the Office of Institutional Equity and Diversity, according to an Oct. 11 Today@Brown announcement ...
Legal scholar and author Catharine MacKinnon critiqued the legal construct of consent in a lecture entitled “Sexual Assault and Inequality: A Critique of Consent” hosted by the Center for Philosophy, Politics and Economics Friday evening. In her lecture, MacKinnon ...
This Thursday, around 15 people stood outside Page-Robinson Hall, holding signs that read “Modernize Medical Training” and “Brown: Stop Killing Animals.” The Physicians Committee for Responsible Medicine, a nonprofit health organization with more than 17,000 doctor members, organized the ...
The University’s endowment saw a -4.6% return on investment for fiscal year 2022, according to a Thursday news release. The endowment ...
An athlete suspended in fall 2022 for an alleged sexual assault that took place in October 2021 has sued the University, claiming that it unfairly suspended him after conducting a biased Title IX investigation, according to court documents. Smith v. Brown University was filed in Rhode Island District ...
Each semester, a swarm of students runs nude through the John D. Rockefeller, Jr. and Sciences Libraries, delivering donuts to their peers in the most prominent example of nudity on Brown’s campus. The Naked Donut Run is a tradition that has existed for decades, with The Herald first taking note ...
In the second half of a club soccer game against Providence College earlier this semester, Kate Collier ’25 was shoved from behind and fell on top of her left leg. She felt her leg bend and pop, which “was kind of scary because usually for women, that means an ACL tear,” she said. Some of her ...
More than 50 Rhode Island School of Design and Brown students squeezed into a yellow school bus Thursday night, doubling and tripling up in seats. They wore sweats and athletic shorts and carried training and drawstring bags. It was dark outside, and cars were scarce on the corner of North Main and ...
The Undergraduate Council of Students announced the results of its first-year election for positions on UCS, the Undergraduate Finance Board, and Class Coordinating Board on Sept. 27, electing ten first-year students into office. Approximately a quarter of all first years, or 772 students from the ...
The Undergraduate Council of Students hosted a town hall meeting focused on residential life Wednesday, which included staff from the Office of Residential Life addressing student questions on the recently announced updates to the housing lottery.
On Oct. 4, Jacob Gelman ’25 left the Duke University School of Law admissions information session with the same confusion he had brought with him. After an hour of listening to admissions officers detail the school’s application cycle, requirements, strategies and more, Gelman still ...
A class action complaint filed Sept. 23 claims that the University’s websites, including the athletics website and the campus shop website, violate the Americans with Disabilities Act by not being ...
Student protesters interrupted an ExxonMobil recruiting event Tuesday in the Lincoln Field Building to call attention to the company’s lack of action to prevent climate change.
When Jesse Hogan ’24 sat down to select his housing in the spring, he was hoping for an in-suite single — a typical living situation for juniors. To their surprise, by only the second day of the housing lottery, there were nearly no such options available in University dorms, leaving ...
The University announced that 62 additional faculty were hired for the 2022-23 school year, 30% of which are members of historically underrepresented groups in higher education, according to a Sept. 6 press release. With these new hires, the University has “just about” met its goal of doubling ...
Victoria Richter, adjunct professor of Slavic studies, was scrolling through her laptop at the International House ...
Jennifer Nazareno was appointed interim associate dean for academic affairs and innovation at the University’s School of Professional Studies in September, the school announced Friday. As interim dean, “Nazareno will provide oversight and support for academic affairs” and serve ...
Under the dim lighting of her office, Professor of Hispanic Studies Mercedes Vaquero sits in a cozy chair surrounded by walls of colorful posters. Located in Rochambeau House, home of the Department of French and Francophone Studies, her office boasts a variety of knick-knacks, like a bronze medallion ...
President Christina Paxson P’19 led a student listening session for the ongoing provost search Thursday in Petteruti Lounge. Students in attendance shared questions, comments and suggestions with Paxson and search committee members Nicole Gonzalez Van Cleve, associate professor of Sociology, and ...
Mahsa Amini was 22 years old when Tehran’s Guidance Patrol — a dedicated morality police established by the Islamic Republic of Iran that enforces strict dress codes for women — apprehended ...
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