Arts & Culture
Sound art pioneer visits U.
By Alicia Dang | September 30Christina Kubisch, a pioneer in the field of sound art, gave a presentation on her career to a packed List 225 Thursday evening.
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Doctoral programs offered in Sanskrit, Eastern religions
By Alicia Dang | September 8Students interested in Sanskrit or Asian religions now have the chance to undertake doctoral research at Brown. Beginning last year, the University started to accept applications to two newly added doctoral programs in Sanskrit Language and Literature and Asian Religious Traditions.
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Whitehouse: Time isn't on Congress' side
By Alicia Dang | November 14Time is running out when it comes to reforming health care and passing legislation to curb damage to the environment, Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse, D-R.I., told a crowd of about 100 in a talk at Salomon 101 Friday.The talk was the second of a two-part series organized by the Brown Democrats.One of the biggest ...
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Bill would consolidate RI cities and towns
By Alicia Dang | November 2Would the smallest state in the union be better off doing away with some of its even smaller municipal borders? One state senator thinks it would.
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JROTC survives, thrives at Hope
By Alicia Dang | October 19Hope High School's Junior Reserve Officers' Training Corps — the only elective course that has survived from the school's now-defunct Leadership academy — remains as popular as ever among students.
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With support in place, more women flock to science
By Alicia Dang | October 6The University has recently observed a large increase in the number of female students pursuing study in the physical sciences — and administrators say they have the necessary support programs in place to help sustain the gain.
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Students for Israel meet with R.I. congressmen about Iran
By Alicia Dang | September 23Members of Brown Students for Israel met with office representatives of two members of Congress and hand-delivered to them about 250 student letters in support of the proposed Iran Refined Petroleum Sanctions Act of 2009 on Wednesday.
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U. will offer new Ph.D in biology
By Alicia Dang | September 22Beginning next year, graduate students studying computational molecular biology will be able to officially work toward a Ph.D. in the field. The new program, created by the Center for Computational Molecular Biology, draws from four disciplines: ecology and evolutionary biology, applied mathematics, ...
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Web site organizes Brown social life
By Alicia Dang | September 16Students interested in publicizing, browsing or organizing campus events now have a new place to look — www.themaingreen.com, a Web site developed this past summer by Matt Smith '12.
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Activities fair draws more than 2,000
By Alicia Dang | September 10As many as 281 student groups and more than 2,000 first-years and upperclassmen packed into the Olney-Margolies Athletic Center Thursday night for a familiar fall ritual: the Activities Fair.
