For two consecutive years, the mid-year graduation ceremony has ignored — and thus invalidated — the experiences of medical leave-takers who comprise a substantial number of the mid-year graduating class. According to the Office of Student Life website, there were 85 medical leaves of absence in ...
To the Editor: “Hermano Fortes finds family at hockey rink” (Nov. 11) is a short-sighted, one-dimensional article that was published carelessly on the front page of The Herald Friday. The Herald clearly intended to publish a heartwarming, behind-the-scenes piece about a beloved Facilities worker. ...
To the Editor: In his Nov. 23 column, Chad Simon ’16 described his experiences with depression and mental health services at Brown. He went on to discuss his thoughts on how mental health issues should be viewed and dealt with on college campuses. Overall, his arguments are rooted in anecdotal evidence, ...
Ask a group of undergraduates why they applied to Brown and most will give similar answers: the open curriculum, high-quality faculty or an affinity for Providence, among others. Though many students enjoy their time on College Hill, most use their undergraduate experience as a gateway to future careers. ...
This series explores the racial dynamics of Rhode Island’s school-to-prison pipeline. This story, the second of three, examines disproportionate juvenile detention rates that black and Hispanic students encounter. Black males in Rhode Island were 9.3 times as likely to end up in juvenile detention ...
In the wake of neighborhood favorite Spats’ closing, new additions to Thayer Street this semester are slated to include a barber shop and a kabob wrap restaurant, owners of various Thayer establishments said. Walter L. Bronhard Real Estate purchased the building Spats occupied for eight years Nov. ...
Updated January 26, 2015 at 12:23 a.m. Nestled in the West Wing of University Hall, Executive Vice President for Finance and Administration Elizabeth ‘Beppie’ Huidekoper has spent the past 12 years overseeing the University’s finances, facilities and human resources. After a 33-year career in ...
Following nearly three months of negotiations, unionized library workers unanimously agreed to the University’s proposed contract earlier this month, said Karen McAninch, business agent for the library workers’ union, United Service and Allied Workers of Rhode Island. The old contract expired Sept. ...
Barbara Chernow ’79 will succeed Beppie Huidekoper as the next executive vice president for finance and administration effective March 1, President Christina Paxson P’19 announced in a community-wide email Friday. The appointment concludes a search that began in August, when Huidekoper announced ...
Over the past year, the administration has touted Brown’s 250th anniversary celebrations as opportunities to rally school spirit and reflect on the institution’s history. But the festivities also serve another purpose: an impetus for the whirlwind of fundraising and alum outreach currently underway ...
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