Grace Hu is a Senior Staff Writer covering graduate student life. She is a sophomore from Massachusetts studying English and Neuroscience.
The Graduate Student Council voted to approve changes to its constitution and by-laws, at its monthly general body meeting on Wednesday night.
With a surge in on-campus protests since the start of the Israel-Hamas war last fall, many students across the country have come face-to-face with university policies governing free expression and demonstrations. Students have also navigated rising tensions in and out of the classroom when expressing ...
The Graduate Student Council voted in favor of a decreased budget at its first monthly meeting of the semester Wednesday night. The Council also elected a new vice president of advocacy, chair of student life and chair of technology to its executive board.
As of May 3, the Labor Organization of Community Coordinators has completed six bargaining sessions with the University. Since its formal recognition in the fall, LOCC has proposed sixteen contract articles. The University has proposed one new article which outlines the roles and tenets of the Community ...
Following an uptick in sixth-year PhD students reporting that their requests for a yearlong COVID-related funding extension had been partially denied by the University, Graduate Labor Organization leaders are accusing the University of violating “the spirit” of a clause in a 2023 side letter to ...
The Labor Organization of Community Coordinators had its third bargaining session with the University on March 15 over its first collective bargaining agreement.
Historian Dominic Erdozain discussed the politics, culture and laws surrounding guns in the United States at a Wednesday talk for his book “One Nation Under Guns.”
Some graduate student workers have expressed frustration with the timeline for implementing back pay guarantees stipulated in the Graduate Labor Organization’s second union contract, which was ratified with the University last December.
At a Wednesday night meeting, the Graduate Student Council voted to increase its funding for GSC recognized groups from $500 per semester to $650. After a club funding request is approved, the money can be used for any of their events and initiatives throughout the semester, explained GSC President ...
After receiving word on Tuesday that their card check agreement is complete, the University officially recognized the Brown University Postdoc Labor Organization as a union, according to a BPLO Instagram post.
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