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Center for Study of Race and Ethnicity, Nelson Center for Entrepreneurship create joint grant program to address anti-Black racism

By Estelle Zhu | March 10

The Center for the Study of Race and Ethnicity in America and the Nelson Center for Entrepreneurship established a new grant program to provide funding for students who create and lead projects that address anti-Black and systemic racism, according to a Feb. 11 Today@Brown announcement. The Anti-Black ...

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McKee inaugurated as R.I. governor, Raimondo confirmed Commerce Secretary

By Liza Mullett | March 9

Former Lieutenant Governor Dan McKee was ceremoniously sworn in as governor of Rhode Island March 7. McKee takes the place of former Governor Gina Raimondo, who resigned after being nominated as secretary of commerce by President Joe Biden. McKee inherits a state combatting the COVID-19 pandemic ...

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UCS hosts undergraduate town hall with University administration

By Shilpa Sajja | March 9

At a town hall hosted by the Undergraduate Council of Students yesterday, President Christina Paxson P’19, along with other University administrators, discussed the University’s plans for the upcoming summer and fall semesters, support for young alums and test-optional policies for undergraduate ...

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Peter Rich discusses role of educational boundaries in perpetuating racial disparities

By Jasper Yeh | March 9

Nearly 70 years ago, the Supreme Court case Brown v. Board of Education of Topeka deemed racial segregation in schools unconstitutional. Yet, gaps persist in access to quality education among racial groups, as highlighted by Associate Professor of Sociology and Policy Analysis and Management at Cornell ...

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Study suggests potential decarbonization plan for R.I. that could lead to net zero emissions by 2050

By Emma Gardner | March 9

Rhode Island has the potential to cut its carbon emissions by 80 percent between 2030 and 2050, according to data from a recently published study from the Brown Climate and Development Lab and the Stockholm Environment Institute, titled “Faster and steeper is feasible: Modeling deeper decarbonization ...

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Rabbi Moskowitz discusses themes of incarceration, criminal justice in Torah

By Corey Gelb-Bicknell | March 8

“There are so few absolute statements in the Torah,” Rabbi Moshe Moskowitz said Monday to a small group of Brown community members at the Brown-RISD Hillel’s speaking event, “Prisons and Punishment in the Torah.” The Torah “doesn't allow you to be an extremist. It also doesn't allow you ...

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The Bruno Brief: An update on the case of Jhamal Gonsalves

By Ben Glickman | March 8

This week, we hear about the civil lawsuit against two Providence police officers who were involved in a moped crash that left Providence resident Jhamal Gonsalves, 24, in a coma last October. Senior staff writer Karlos Bautista spoke with Gonsalves' father and his attorney about the lawsuit, as well ...

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Looking back at the history and legacy of Black History Month at Brown

By Jack Walker | March 8

Rooted in the work of Black activists and the Black Lives Matter movement, discussions surrounding racism and the Black experience have been revitalized in mainstream discourse across the nation. But today’s initiatives taken by Brown and universities across the country to center the Black experience ...

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Students respond to new University sustainability plan

By Caelyn Pender | March 8

After the University’s March 5 announcement of a new campus sustainability plan — an announcement that followed a year of student input and revisions — students reflected on the strengths and weaknesses of the plan, and how it should evolve in the future. The sustainability plan lays out steps ...

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University researchers study Apollo rock samples to understand Moon’s early history

By Anna Kim | March 8

Professor of Earth, Environmental and Planetary Sciences Alberto Saal and his colleague, late Carnegie scientist Erik Hauri analyzed sulfur isotopes in samples of volcanic glass collected during NASA’s Apollo 15 and 17 missions to understand the Moon’s formation and early history in a study published ...

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2021 Seed Awards grant 18 projects $1 million in total

By Gabriella Vulakh | March 8

Recipients of the 2021 Seed Awards will receive a total of $1 million in funding according to a Feb. 22 Today@Brown announcement from the Office of the Vice President for Research. 18 projects across a variety of fields, predominantly physical and life sciences, will receive funding through Seed. The ...

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R.I. sex workers seek legislative change

By Jack Walker | March 7

In a time of unprecedented national change, Rhode Island sex workers are calling on state legislators to critically re-examine laws surrounding commercial sexual activity, namely the criminalization of sex work. Despite limits on the legality of sex work codified across state law, advocates point toward ...

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VP Carey: Brown community sees 'encouraging' declines in positive COVID-19 cases following spike

By Claire Liu | March 7

The University saw a decrease in positive COVID-19 cases this week after a spike in numbers the previous week. Twenty community members tested positive between Feb. 28 and Mar. 6 in the asymptomatic testing program, compared to the 60 positive COVID-19 cases between Feb. 21 and 27, according to the ...

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M. Grace Calhoun ’92 named vice president of athletics

By Amelia Spalter | March 5

M. Grace Calhoun ’92 was named a new vice president of athletics and recreation March 5 according to an email to the Brown community from President Christina Paxson ’P19. The decision comes a month after former Athletics Director Jack Hayes’ departed his post Feb. 5, ending a national search for ...

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Pioneer of CRISPR genome-editing technology, Jennifer Doudna, opens inaugural Lemley Family Leadership Lecture Series

By Claire Liu | March 5

Nobel Prize winner Jennifer Doudna, who co-invented CRISPR-Cas9 genome editing technology, joined President Christina Paxson P’19 for a virtual conversation on CRISPR’s wide-ranging applications and its ethical implications in medicine and beyond. Doudna and collaborator Emmanuelle Charpentier ...

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University launches strategic sustainability plan

By Caelyn Pender | March 5

The University launched a strategic plan for campus sustainability March 5, outlining “aggressive actions” they will take towards mitigating environmental challenges, according to a University news release. The plan consists of the next steps the University needs to take to reduce its environmental ...

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Increased choice at Sharpe Refectory leads to longer lines

By Adam Remels | March 5

Lines outside the doors of the Sharpe Refectory have become a new normal since the dining hall’s transition from offering preselected meals to a new “build your own” model, which offers students more variety. The change was prompted by student feedback requesting more “autonomy” over selections ...

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Rhode Island community members turn to mutual aid, direct outreach during pandemic

By Jack Walker | March 4

“All Services Free & Confidential,” reads a corner of the black-and-white handout being distributed to Kennedy Plaza passersby on a chilly March afternoon. The other side of the printed graphic advertises resources ranging from HIV testing to job application support. In spite of growing winds ...

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Community welcomes back Jahunger, New England’s first Uighur restaurant, after two-year hiatus

By Victoria Yin | March 4

The Chinese idiom, 麻雀虽小, 五脏俱全, Má què suī xiǎo, wǔ zàng jù quán, translates to: Despite its small size, a sparrow still has all the vital organs, Jahunger owner and founder Nadia Parhat explained. The traditional saying, she said, shows that despite being small, places like Parhat’s ...

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In wake of Jhamal Gonsalves’ crash and investigation, students, community members weigh in

By Karlos Bautista | March 4

Anger and hurt. Those were the two emotions Mark Gonsalves Sr. said he experienced when he found out in January that the Providence police officers involved in an October moped crash that left his son Jhamal in a coma would not face criminal charges. Jhamal Gonsalves “has never had (malicious) ...