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First-year's startup aids charities

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Simmons' approval rating down 12 percent

Ivy schools reinstate early action

Harvard and Princeton will allow prospective students to apply through non-binding early action programs beginning this fall, the two schools announced Feb. 24. Both schools cancelled their early action and early decision programs in 2006 in favor of single rounds of admissions in the spring.

Hiroshima survivor calls for peace

"As long as we live on this Earth, we have a responsibility to keep it a happy Earth," said Shigeko Sasamori, a survivor of the atomic bomb in Hiroshima, last night during her talk in Salomon 101 about her life and anti-war philosophy. Sasamori was one of 25 Japanese women, known as the Hiroshima Maidens, ...

Via Via becomes Cosa Nostra

The Meeting Street building that formerly housed Via Via IV is undergoing renovations and will eventually open under the name Cosa Nostra.

Grant funds research on college readiness

Brown's Annenberg Institute for School Reform will use a $3 million grant to help school districts gauge their students' preparedness for college.

Census forms due back Friday for students

This Friday is the deadline for students to fill out and submit their forms for the 2010 U.S. Census.The census, a survey conducted by the U.S. government every 10 years to determine how many people are in the U.S. and where they reside, aims to "count people at their usual residence, which is the place ...

Assembly considers decriminalizing pot

State Rep. John G. Edwards, D-Dist. 70, introduced a bill last week in the General Assembly that would decriminalize possession of up to one ounce of marijuana.

Earth-friendly light bulb project nears goal

How many Brown student groups does it take to change 67,000 light bulbs?Just one. Project 20/20, a student-run program that installs energy-efficient lighting in low-income Providence households, is nearing its goal of replacing the light bulbs in 5,000 homes with compact fluorescent lamps.The project ...

Researchers get grant to investigate new OCD treatment

Brown professors are among a team of researchers that recently received a $10.5 million grant from the National Institute of Mental Health to study a new treatment for Obsessive Compulsive Disorder. Brown faculty will lead two of the study's six sub-projects.