Buoyed by a recent $856,000 grant from the Department of Education, the Center for Latin American Studies and interested students and professors are looking to expand courses about Caribbean languages and culture over the next few years.
Following the decision of Brown's highest governing body to divest from companies that do business with Sudan last month, both the city of Providence and the state of Rhode Island are considering doing the same.
Orhan Pamuk, this year's recipient of the Nobel Prize in Literature, spoke about his personal experiences as an author and the importance of freedom of expression at the kickoff of "Strange Times, My Dear, A Freedom-to-Write Literary Festival" Tuesday in a packed Salomon 101.
There are two types of hate speech - one that is threatening and another that expresses a legitimate political viewpoint, Assistant Professor of Political Science Corey Brettschneider told an audience gathered in Wilson 102 Monday afternoon to hear the second annual lecture in a series titled "Constitutional ...
A lyric essay should connect to readers on an intimate level, regardless of whether the facts are imaginary or real, said essay-ist John D'Agata to a nearly full MacMillan 117 Wednesday night.
At its weekly general body meeting Wednesday night, the Undergraduate Council of Students postponed its vote on a resolution addressing pay for graduate students to allow time for revisions.
"Sitting in (Ann Weinstein's) living room feels like sitting in a living room in Sweden," said Angela Sherwin '07, describing the setting of Weinstein's course, SW 10-20: "Beginning Swedish." But this semester is one of the last opportunities for students to enjoy Weinstein's living room - and to enjoy ...
Former U.S. Poet Laureate Robert Hass will read his poetry today in Salomon 001 at 3 p.m., as part of the Writers on Writing series.
For most Brown students, the highest point they can hope to reach on a regular day is the 14th floor of the Sciences Library. But a small group of students has the opportunity to go thousands of feet higher.
In an effort to stop students who skirt card swipers at the Sharpe Refectory, 13 emergency exit doors around the main dining area have been equipped with alarms that sound when the doors are opened from the inside. Though the alarms were already in place on the exit doors, many of them were no longer ...
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