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Cold weather brings mouse problems
By Sarah Geller | December 7Despite the University's efforts to keep them out, mice are again a problem this year in campus buildings.
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Plans for the Walk begin to take shape
By Sarah Geller | December 7With planning for the Walk underway, the University is currently designing new buildings as well as studying reports on traffic and pedestrian flow in an effort to ease congestion on College Hill.
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Brown's study abroad rate high among Ivies
By Sarah Geller | December 7The University has the second highest percentage of undergraduates who study abroad among Ivy League schools, according to Kendall Brostuen, associate dean of the College and director of international programs. Brown is second only to Dartmouth College, which has a slightly higher percentage of students ...
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From College Hill to Hollywood style
By Sarah Geller | December 7Though her name is increasingly familiar to fashion followers across the country, Lauren Merkin '96 never anticipated her career as a designer. But after several years at an engineering consulting firm in California and business school at Columbia University, Merkin launched her eponymous handbag line. ...
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U. tries to accommodate overcrowded Orgo
By Sarah Geller | December 7Due to an unusually large number of students registered for the 9 a.m. Monday/Wednesday/Friday section of CH 35: "Organic Chemistry," the class' lecture hall, MacMillan 117, is overfilled. Despite several attempts, the section has been unable to move to a bigger room.
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Growth of Political Theory Project leads to new programs
By Sarah Geller | December 7What originally started as an initiative involving primarily post-doctoral research associates has expanded in recent years, spawning a variety of programs for undergraduate and graduate students as well as an independent concentration that may eventually get formal approval from the College Curriculum ...
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New grad student residence under construction
By Sarah Geller | December 7The University is currently renovating a house on Charlesfield Street to be used as a residence for graduate students, as part of the Plan for Academic Enrichment's goal to increase available grad student housing.
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Students from Israel and Lebanon travel safely to Brown
By Sarah Geller | December 7Brown students from Israel and Lebanon were able to arrive safely on campus this semester despite ongoing conflict between the two countries, according to University officials.
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Pre-meds land in Israel during summer conflict
By Sarah Geller | December 7Brown students often undertake demanding volunteer work during school vacations, but this summer Nadia Maccabee '08 and Alex Ewenczyk '08 may have ended up with more than they bargained for. The two spent the summer working as first aid ambulance responders in Israel, and halfway through the summer ...
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Departments use different tactics to find professors for introductory courses
By Sarah Geller | December 7Every year, departments face the task of finding professors to teach their large introductory courses. Department chairs say they often try to enlist professors who can skillfully teach a large body of material to a great number of students in an attempt to both attract potential concentrators and engage ...
