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 ...
Recruitment for program houses and fraternities yielded a below-average turnout this year, according to Greek Council President Meghan Gill '06.
In the debate over the addition of pluses and minuses to the University's grading system, proponents of the change have argued that a more accurate method of evaluating students will reduce grade inflation trends across academic disciplines.
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.
On Monday night, the Rhode Island Board of Governors for Higher Education approved a budget that will increase tuition and fees at public institutions in the state by 6 percent for the next year.
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.
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.
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