The Brown University Task Force on Sexual Assault will begin work in the fall, submitting recommendations by December, President Christina Paxson announced in a campus-wide email Friday. The University will also immediately begin searching for a full-time Title IX coordinator, she wrote. Paxson also ...
She braids her hair. Brushes her teeth. Gently reminds her husband that it is his birthday. She hands him a pair of enormous, fuzzy slippers in the shape of ducks, which he slides on his feet, quacking. He pulls on a pair of gloves — boxing gloves, to be precise — and sets to work. These are the ...
The tables at Kitchen are already dressed with ketchup, sriracha sauce, a jug of sugar — the essentials. Tame Impala and Broken Social Scene jam over the stereo. The smiling waitress, her hair pulled back into a neat, low ponytail, rushes out with tall glasses of iced water infused with petite slices ...
Running the gamut of genres, ranging from mass appeal to up-and-comers, the Brown Concert Agency released a stacked Spring Weekend lineup at midnight, headlined by R&B legend Lauryn Hill and electronic producer and DJ Diplo. BCA revealed the artist names for next month’s concert — scheduled ...
Even early on a Sunday evening, the bar at The Grange is energetic. Friends drink cocktails out of Mason jars and share bowls of Brussels sprouts and quinoa. There’s no meat in the kitchen, but no one seems to notice or care. Federal Hill’s newcomer to the vegetarian farm-to-table scene is housed ...
Schwanengesang: a swan song, a last performance before retirement, a final deed before dying. The swan song originates from the Greek mythological belief that a swan sings a unique farewell once in its life, just before its death. “Schwanengesang” is also the title of a cycle of 14 poems set to ...
Six influential figures will receive honorary degrees from President Christina Paxson on behalf of the University during this year’s commencement exercises. The Board of Fellows of the Corporation, the University’s highest governing body, selected the recipients following recommendations from an ...
Three years have passed since the pedestrian accident that claimed the life of Avi Schaefer, a former member of the class of 2013, but family, friends and faculty members still remember him vividly as a transformative member of the Brown community. “Avi was somebody who was intensely passionate about ...
Artists, scientists and college presidents are among the six individuals selected to receive honorary doctorates at this year’s Commencement ceremony May 26 . The group comprises actor and director Benjamin Affleck, writer Junot Diaz, bacteriologist Stanley Falkow PhD’61, Tougaloo College President ...
Warning: This article contains graphic material regarding sexual assault. Peter, a 2011 graduate of the University, saw his life turned upside down when a woman he had dated filed a sexual assault complaint against him with the Department of Public Safety in fall 2008. “I knew the relationship ...
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