The sportswear apparel company Adidas announced plans to compensate over 2,700 Indonesian workers who had not received their severance pay after a factory where they were employed by the company closed over two years ago, according a press release Wednesday from the Brown Take Adidas Down Coalition. Adidas’ ...
Six of Rhode Island’s prominent Latino figures condemned the lack of Latino leaders in the state, where 38 percent of Providence residents and 60 percent of Central Falls residents are Latino, at a panel discussion Wednesday afternoon. The speakers — who included politicians, community leaders ...
“A great person makes a great calligrapher,” said Kazuaki Tanahashi, a world-renowned painter and calligrapher, in his lecture “The Zen Poet Ryokan” Wednesday in List 120. Sitting on a stool in front of about 60 attendees, Tanahashi gave off an air of tranquility as he spoke quietly about Ryokan’s ...
Homeless individuals in Rhode Island who have used emergency medical services feel they were treated like “non-persons” by medical staff, according to a 2010 survey conducted by the Rhode Island Homeless Advocacy Project. Members of student group Rhode Island Medical Advocacy Project, two members ...
International peace and birth control are more closely related than one would think, said Aiko Takeuchi, visiting assistant professor of American Studies. Twelve people sat in a circle in the Sarah Doyle Women’s Center lounge Friday — International Women’s Day — to hear Takeuchi deliver a talk ...
Five students competed in the regional finals of the fourth annual Hult Prize competition in Boston March 2. Lauren Behgam ’15, Rebecca Kagan ’13, Erin Kelley ’15, Taylor Lanzet ’15 and Gladys Ndagire ’13 tackled this year’s challenge — the global food crisis — with their business idea, ...
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