More than 35 years after it first made a home in the Brown Office Building on Thayer Street, and 12 years since its last renovation, the Brown Bookstore is again undergoing University review.
Frederick Lippitt left the University more than $6 million and the Lippitt property at 108 Prospect St. when he died May 11. A longtime East Side resident and frequent donor to the University, he was 88.
The most recent addition to an elite group of Brown alums, Rafe Judkins '05 will soon be among reality TV vets Maggie Haskins '04 (ESPN's "Dream Job") and Yaya Johnson '04 (UPN's "America's Next Top Model") as a Brown alum-cum-TV contestant.
The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission officially rejected KeySpanLNG's plans to develop a liquid natural gas facility at Fields Point, Providence, in a July 5 decision. At the same time, FERC approved Hess LNG's plans for a facility in Fall River, Mass., 16 miles to the east.
"It's easy and cheap to say, 'Get over it,'" said Alfred Brophy, a law professor at the University of Alabama, at the first session of a weekend-long conference on slavery reparations Friday night.
Round Again Records has hunkered in the same, whitewashed brick basement at 278 Wickenden St. for 25 years. Over time, it has carved its identity into the minds of local music fans as a store devoted to excellent quality and selection. Thanks to this reputation, Round Again remains anchored on Wickenden ...
A chase on foot at about 1:30 a.m. Monday morning ended with a suspect's arrest in the dead end behind Josiah's and the East Side Mini-Mart. The suspect, according to his pursuer, Justin Glavis-Bloom '07, fled from Grad Center Tower A clutching a PlayStation, which he managed to hold on to for the duration ...
Local politicians and environmental advocacy groups are speaking out against the possible upgrade of a liquid natural gas facility at Field's Point, in Providence. The upgrade would maintain the facility's current 600,000-barrel capacity and improve the site's access to Narragansett Bay to allow deliveries ...
Suheir Hammad, a Palestinian-American poet, performer and activist, gave an innovative, percussive performance in List 120 Wednesday night.
Blacks need to shed stereotypes and work more as a community, keynote speaker Brenda Verner. said at Friday's Black History Month convocation in Salomon 101.
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