In search of the cyborg student
By Michael Skocpol | May 29If you listen closely, you can hear two sounds wafting through Salomon 001 as Associate Professor of Sociology Leah Vanwey lectures to the students in her introductory statistics class.
If you listen closely, you can hear two sounds wafting through Salomon 001 as Associate Professor of Sociology Leah Vanwey lectures to the students in her introductory statistics class.
Brown enters the national consciousness in strange ways.
Sitting at a table in the College Hill Cafe Thursday evening, catching up with an old friend, Lauren Kolodny's '08 businesslike attire was the only thing that made her seem the least bit out of place. Anyone who saw Kolodny around campus last week might be forgiven for assuming she was a current student, ...
WASHINGTON — Chatting politely with Diddy. Clasping hands with Queen Latifah. Receiving a bear hug from Whitney Houston. And delivering a speech that may reach a television audience of millions.It was all in a glamorous night's work for President Ruth Simmons, who accepted an award for her accomplishments ...
WASHINGTON - Chatting politely with P. Diddy. Clasping hands with Queen Latifah. Receiving a bear hug from Whitney Houston. And a delivering a speech that may reach a television audience of millions. It was all in a glamorous night's work for President Ruth Simmons, who accepted an award for her accomplishments ...
Rhode Island's junior senator took a break from the health care debate on Capitol Hill Friday to learn a little more about where future medical breakthroughs may come from.
The director of the Center for Latin American and Caribbean Studies resigned abruptly from his post Monday. James Green, an associate professor of history credited with raising the center's profile significantly since taking its helm in 2005, did not indicate a reason for the sudden departure.
Outperforming the market and many peer institutions, the University earned a 6.3 percent return on its endowment in the fiscal year ending in June, Brown's top financial officer said Wednesday. While the gain represents a definite step back from the greater returns seen in recent years, it reflects ...
The classic riddle of the tree falling in the woods just got a new twist. After decades of faithfully and loudly tolling off class periods, the iconic 300-pound bell atop University Hall fell silent this month - and almost no one noticed.
Situated at the crest of College Hill, the Sidney Frank Hall for Life Sciences strikes an imposing figure. The downhill end of the building is a towering brick face, partly gridded with rows of windows that look in on state-of-the-art labs and faculty offices. It occupies almost an entire block. To ...