Due to the 51.5% returns on Brown’s endowment in fiscal year 2021, Brown now has joined a handful of universities that pay taxes on their endowments. With its recent growth, Brown joins universities such as Harvard, Princeton, Yale and Stanford in qualifying for paying taxes on its endowment. ...
Members of the University's faculty and administration opted to delay a vote on establishing a proposed Center for Philosophy, Politics and Economics at the March 1 faculty meeting. The vote will instead be held at the May 3 faculty meeting. The vote on establishing the proposed center has ...
Although students were granted a day of canceled and virtual classes last Friday due to a snowstorm, normal operations continued for some University workers. Only eight staff members missed work due to the weather, according to an email to The Herald from Vice President of Dining Programs George ...
On Wednesday, the Pembroke Center for Teaching and Research on Women held a virtual panel discussion titled “Over the Rainbow: (Re)Considering the Pride Flag(s).” The event was hosted by the Center’s LGBTQIA+ Thinking initiative which, according to its website, is “devoted to the active production ...
Starting this spring, the Division of Campus Life streamlined its housing accommodations request process to “increase clarity and create a simpler process for all students,” according to the Office of Residential Life’s Housing Accommodations website. ...
Fiona Hill, a Russia expert and former National Security Council official, spoke at the Watson Institute Friday about her recent book and the recent Russian invasion of Ukraine. The book, “There is Nothing for You Here: Finding Opportunity in the Twenty-First Century,” details her childhood experiences ...
Leadership of the Undergraduate Council of Students, the Undergraduate Finance Board and the Class Coordinating Board formed the Student Government Association, a group meant to foster better communication between the different branches of student government, at the end of last semester, following ...
The Black Star Journal hosted a gala in the Hazeltine Commons Sunday afternoon to celebrate the launch of its inaugural issue last Friday. The event featured reflections from the journal’s editors-in-chief, Amiri Nash ’24 and Keiley Thompson ’24, followed by performances of select works from ...
Almost every Saturday at 6:40 a.m., the women’s gymnastics team boards two vans and drives 20 minutes away from campus to the Ocean State School of Gymnastics Center in Lincoln, RI, to gain access to what most of the gymnasts had previously as level 10, Junior Olympic gymnasts: soft landings. ...
As Black History Month comes to a close, community service and education organizations throughout Providence and Rhode Island have held several events to celebrate and continue advocacy efforts for the Black community. The Herald spoke to five organizations about how they commemorated the month. ...
In a Feb. 24 webinar hosted by the Center for the Study of Race and Ethnicity in America in partnership with the Providence Branch of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People, journalist Bankole Thompson discussed the role of major institutions in addressing racial inequalities. ...
This semester, CSCI 0200: “Program Design with Data Structures and Algorithms” was introduced as the new final course in the Department of Computer Science's undergraduate introductory sequence. In previous years, students could choose between two alternate courses — CSCI 0160: “Introduction ...
Instructors can opt to hold their classes remotely on Friday due to inclement weather, Executive Vice President for Planning and Policy Russell Carey ’91 MA’06 announced in an email to the Brown community. The email also announced that testing centers and administrative and academic offices will ...
A first-of-its-kind bill that proposes an effective ban on legacy admissions in higher education was introduced in Congress earlier this month, according to a press release from Sen. Jeff Merkley (D-OR). The Fair College Admissions for Students Act was introduced by Merkley and Rep. ...
Director of BWell Tanya Purdy and Associate Director of Response Services Alana Sacks from BWell Health Promotion presented to Undergraduate Council of Students general body members at the Council’s meeting Wednesday evening. The presentation was geared towards informing Council members ...
At the Watson Institute’s Joukowsky Forum Tuesday evening, panelists discussed “No Standard Oil: Managing Abundant Petroleum in a Warming World,” a book by senior fellow in international and public affairs Deborah Gordon about the oil and gas industries and climate change policies. ...
The expanding impact of finance on American universities was discussed at a Tuesday evening virtual talk hosted by the Watson Institute. The event focused on a new book entitled “Bankers in the Ivory Tower: The Troubling Rise of Financiers in US Higher Education” by Charlie Eaton, assistant professor ...
The Underground reopened Feb. 7 to welcome students back for the spring 2022 semester while introducing some new changes. Located in the Stephen Robert ’62 Campus Center, the student-operated coffee shop aims to offer cheaper coffee and tea alternatives to other storefronts on College Hill. ...
From Feb. 10 through Feb. 16, 229 students reported positive COVID-19 test results, a decline of about one-third from the previous week, according to a Feb. 18 Today@Brown announcement.
The Office of Institutional Equity and Diversity named Ebony Manning the new University Title IX coordinator, according to a Jan. 26 Today@Brown announcement.
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