More than a quarter - and in some cases nearly half - of black students at selective American colleges and universities are first- or second-generation immigrants, according to a new study appearing in the February issue of the American Journal of Education. Some sociologists say the data throw into ...
This summer, the Brown/Trinity Playwrights Repertory Theatre hosted its second annual summer play series, which included Paul Grellong's '01 "Power of Sail," Alice Tuan's MFA '97 "Iggy Woo" and Stephen Karam's '02 "Speech and Debate." The pieces showcased Brown and Brown/Trinity Consortium students ...
Members of Brown's Darfur Action Network presented a proposal Wednesday calling for the University's divestment from Sudan to the Advisory Committee on Corporate Responsi-bility in Investing.
Despite a lower attendance than anticipated, Saturday's 20th Annual Islamic Conference of New England, sponsored by the Islamic Council of New England and hosted by the Brown Muslim Students' Association, set a strong precedent for future large-scale undertakings of the BMSA, according to its organizers. ...
Before last night's screening of "Darfur Diaries," Jen Marlowe, one of the film's three creators, described her experiences visiting genocide-torn Darfur, a region in western Sudan, in October and November of 2004. Marlowe - who traveled with colleagues Aisha Bain and Adam Shapiro to collect stories ...
In Musical Forum's production of "Assassins," written by Stephen Sondheim and John Weidman, eight figures spanning over a century of American history recount the stories behind their real-life attempted (and sometimes successful) killings of United States presidents through a mixture of metaphor, vignettes ...
Originally scheduled for a pre-Thanksgiving opening, Spats - a sports bar and restaurant to be located at 184 Angell St., next to Roba! Dolce - will now open its doors "a couple of weeks before Christmas," according to owner and local restaurateur Andy Mitrelis.
Koji Masutani '05 never took a film class while at Brown, or even in high school. Yet his short documentary "The Japanese Textbook Controver-sy: Through the Eyes of the Next Generation" earned screenings at international film festivals, including the prestigious Cannes International Film Festival in ...
Musical Forum's production of Kander & Ebb's "Chicago," directed by Farra Ungar '06, is an odd combination of talent, effort and sincerity with unsuccessful interpretations and artistic choices.
The Brown Muslim Students Association, in conjunction with the Islamic Council of New England, will host a daylong conference, "Islamic Vision of Democracy and Geopolitical Realities," Sat-urday at the Salomon Center. The conference will examine basic Muslim concepts regarding government, politics and ...
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