With the banks of the Seekonk lined with throngs of spectators and eager fans, the men’s crew team contested 2014 Intercollegiate Rowing Association national champion Washington in a formidable challenge Saturday morning in Providence. The Bears lost all three races to the Huskies despite solid efforts. ...
Sen. Jack Reed, D-R.I. addressed budgetary concerns, the Affordable Care Act and foreign policy issues in a speech to the Brown Democrats Tuesday night in Wilson Hall. Reed has served in Congress for 25 years — including 18 as a Senator — and is the ranking Democrat on the Senate Armed Services ...
After a long winter on the ergs, the men’s and women’s crew teams finally took to open water for their spring season openers Saturday, with the men at home on the Seekonk against Yale and the women facing Michigan and Princeton on Lake Carnegie in New Jersey. Despite blustery conditions — winds ...
Hundreds of students from 22 Rhode Island high schools conversed with Brown community members on College Hill Sunday and grappled with issues of feminism, gender identity and sexuality at the first annual Feminist Leadership and Mentorship for Equality Conference. The event was coordinated by Feminists ...
The international search for the Rhode Island School of Design’s 17th president — which began following the sudden departure of President John Maeda in December 2013 — has reached the preliminary interview process. More than 100 members of the RISD community have been nominated, some of whom will ...
In the arts, we are all learners,” said Lisa Wong, pediatrician, musician and author of “Scales to Scalpels: Doctors Who Practice the Healing Arts of Music and Medicine,” addressing the symbiotic relationship between medicine and the arts in a lecture Wednesday in Pembroke Hall. “Musicians ...
Richard Baccari II, a key developer in Rhode Island and principal of Royal Oaks Realty Ventures, entered into a purchase and sale agreement Jan. 20 with the I-195 Redevelopment District Commission for Parcel 8 — a LINK land site directly adjacent to property at 39 Pike Street that Baccari II owns. ...
The Blackstone River Valley — a national heritage corridor for 28 years — has been designated a national historical park after President Obama signed Sen. Jack Reed’s, D-R.I., bill proposing the change in December. No specific sites have been designated for the park, but the committee has pointed ...
The men’s and women’s swimming and diving teams have faced a wave of changes over the last several months. After the retirement of longtime coach Peter Brown, the co-ed program has split into separate men’s and women’s teams. Despite the separation, both the women’s and men’s teams remain ...
Comedy was always a favorite hobby for Chris Duffy ’09, a co-founder of the campus comedy group Starla and Sons, which specializes in long-form improvisation. A former Herald writer, Duffy initially aspired to be a journalist. When that fell through, he pursued teaching. Today he lives and breathes ...
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