Gov. Donald Carcieri '65 announced new graduation requirements for Rhode Island high school students and a new urban education task force at an education panel held Thursday on College Hill.
Students for a Democratic Society is trying to convince the University to adopt a temporary tuition freeze for the 2007-2008 academic year and, in the long run, shift the focus of financial aid packages from loans to grants and scholarships.
Since the implementation of the Medical Marijuana Act last spring, Rhonda O'Donnell, a 44-year-old former registered nurse with multiple sclerosis, has used marijuana to alleviate her pain without fear of breaking the law.
Technology managers are longing for the days when spam was simply an awful lunchmeat. Recently, the e-mail form of spam has been wreaking havoc on inboxes across the country, and Brown's are no exception. The number of spam messages filtered by the University's anti-spam engine more than tripled in ...
The Brown University Community Council met Tuesday afternoon to discuss institution-wide responses to Hurricane Katrina, including the possibility of a weeklong colloquium in which students and faculty could discuss the social issues exposed by the catastrophe and raise funds to support the relief effort. ...
The Rhode Island Department of Health received its first applicants for the Medical Marijuana Program last week, according to Bruce Mirken, director of communications for the Marijuana Policy Project. The General Assembly voted to create the program in January, overriding a veto from Gov. Don Carcieri ...
For Chris Oates '07, the decision to apply for a Rhodes Scholarship stemmed largely from his attraction to Oxford University and its surroundings.
An unusually mild winter and efforts to conserve energy seem to be paying off, as University energy costs did not meet original projections made in the fall.
One year after the Rhode Island General Assembly passed a statewide smoking ban, local restaurant and bar owners say a feared loss of business has not materialized.
Four lectures on Saturday focused on the inequality in U.S. institutions and government as part of the Steering Committee on Slavery and Justice's workshop series.
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