In Cambodia in the summer of 2002, Khipra Nichols witnessed for the first time a sight common in developing countries - motorcycles being used in ways that Americans would consider anything but ordinary. Families of six crammed themselves onto one motorcycle, while street vendors used modified motorcycles ...
Eighty-one percent of students approve of President Ruth Simmons, a recent Herald poll found. This year Simmons has maintained her overwhelming popularity, with a small decrease from her 87 percent approval rating in a similar poll last year. The poll, conducted from Jan. 29 to Feb. 2, has a margin ...
For Jeffrey Stibel MS'99, graduate study in cognitive and linguistic sciences didn't lead to a research or academic career but to a trail of corporate successes. Currently CEO and president of Web.com, the 33-year-old Stibel uses his knowledge of the brain - which he developed in part as a grad student ...
Beginning next semester, anyone interested in observing the variety of avian wildlife on campus will be able to use a guidebook that the group plans to publish as its final project. So far, the six students have spotted 96 bird species on Brown's campus, including an eagle and a falcon.
When Alison Fairbrother '08 left for Ethiopia this summer, she did not expect that in less than a month an HIV-positive woman would become one of her closest friends.
In the wake of a broad review of the University's social events and alcohol policies, fraternity leaders have had mixed responses to new policies - especially the new per-drink charge.
Starting this spring semester, the University is no longer accepting declarations for the Biomedical Ethics concentration.
What if you could have a successful, comfortable life without leaving your idealism behind? Good, a magazine launched last month by Ben Goldhirsh '03, promises to advise its readers on how they can do well while doing good at the same time.
Sometime between finishing a summer job and beginning this semester's midterms, Shanay Jhaveri '07 researched and wrote a 112-page guidebook to India's bustling metropolis Mumbai. Scheduled for release in March 2007, the book is being published by the design magazine Wallpaper.
Renowned writer and Professor of Creative Writing John Edgar Wideman shook the audience Friday night with the powerful images of suffering in his writing and raised questions about race, identity and community in contemporary America as part of the Steering Committee on Slavery and Justice's workshop ...
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