First pick raffle attracts large crowd
At last night’s housing options fair hosted by the Office of Residential Life, 755 students entered the first pick raffle for the housing lottery.
Articles by Amy Chen (29)
Alum slackliners trick their way to the top
Slackliner Melissa Bowe ’11 had a prolific November. She captured first place at the Gibbon Games East International Slacklining Competition in Boston, and won first place at the online Queen of Slackline competition, beating out over 70 other female competitors.
Dance scholarship program expanded
In collaboration with Northwestern and Stanford universities, Brown announced Oct. 11 the creation of a new dance studies program that incorporates doctoral fellowships and summer seminars for the expansion of research and scholarship in the field of dance studies.
Students slow to support Obama
President Obama swept into office in 2008 with significant support from college students, winning roughly 94 percent of the vote at Brown’s on-campus polling center and 63 percent across the state.
Taekwondo wins first national title
Twenty-five members of the Brown Taekwondo team brought home medals galore, trophies and, for the first time, the national title at the National Collegiate Taekwondo Association Championships April 9-10.
Shipping containers granted fresh life
Brown and the Rhode Island School of Design are exploring the use of shipping containers in energy-efficient design for sustainable housing.
‘Once Upon a Time’ rethinks the natural
What happens when you throw some chickens, cats, a group of parrots and perhaps even a deer into a home?
Bell Gallery features student art
The bright, cheerful colors of the background contrast with the brooding darkness of the central figure. Todd Stong ’14 captures a certain loneliness in his contemplative self-portait, on display in the 31st Annual Student Exhibition in the David Winton Bell Gallery.
Project for persecuted writers finds funds
The International Writers Project can continue funding its fellowship after securing two substantial gifts this month. Though the project — which invites a fellow from a country where his or her writings have been censored to the University —has existed for 20 years, it does not have a permanent endowment.
Royce Fellowship aligns sports and academics
Kerrissa Heffernan summed up the scope of the Royce Fellowship for Sport and Society with the story of a simple trade. Ask a former child soldier to trade his gun for a soccer ball, she said, and “the kid would say okay … It’s powerful stuff.”
Alum slackliners trick their way to the top
Slackliner Melissa Bowe ’11 had a prolific November. She captured first place at the Gibbon Games East International Slacklining Competition in Boston, and won first place at the online Queen of Slackline competition, beating out over 70 other female competitors.
Dance scholarship program expanded
In collaboration with Northwestern and Stanford universities, Brown announced Oct. 11 the creation of a new dance studies program that incorporates doctoral fellowships and summer seminars for the expansion of research and scholarship in the field of dance studies.
Students slow to support Obama
President Obama swept into office in 2008 with significant support from college students, winning roughly 94 percent of the vote at Brown’s on-campus polling center and 63 percent across the state.
Taekwondo wins first national title
Twenty-five members of the Brown Taekwondo team brought home medals galore, trophies and, for the first time, the national title at the National Collegiate Taekwondo Association Championships April 9-10.
Shipping containers granted fresh life
Brown and the Rhode Island School of Design are exploring the use of shipping containers in energy-efficient design for sustainable housing.
‘Once Upon a Time’ rethinks the natural
What happens when you throw some chickens, cats, a group of parrots and perhaps even a deer into a home?
Bell Gallery features student art
The bright, cheerful colors of the background contrast with the brooding darkness of the central figure. Todd Stong ’14 captures a certain loneliness in his contemplative self-portait, on display in the 31st Annual Student Exhibition in the David Winton Bell Gallery.
Project for persecuted writers finds funds
The International Writers Project can continue funding its fellowship after securing two substantial gifts this month. Though the project — which invites a fellow from a country where his or her writings have been censored to the University —has existed for 20 years, it does not have a permanent endowment.
Royce Fellowship aligns sports and academics
Kerrissa Heffernan summed up the scope of the Royce Fellowship for Sport and Society with the story of a simple trade. Ask a former child soldier to trade his gun for a soccer ball, she said, and “the kid would say okay … It’s powerful stuff.”
