Simmons: Dorms, grad school, internationalization on agenda

Large tuition increases "absolutely will not be an option" to balance the budget in the future, President Ruth Simmons told a less than half full Salomon 101 in her State of Brown address Thursday afternoon. She also announced that the University is designing a plan to expand and overhaul student residence halls on campus. The "long-overdue" study will be completed next year, she said. Full story