When Peter Green House was moved down Angell Street last summer, it was the first time many students had heard of Brown's preservation efforts. But the University and Providence have a rich tradition of historic preservation that spans the last 50 years.
You won't find a course in Elvish or Orkish listed in the Banner course catalog, but "Lord of the Rings" fans seeking an expert in J. R. R. Tolkien's invented languages need look no further than Geoffrey Russom, professor of English and medieval studies. Author Tolkien created Elvish and Orkish, which ...
Brown's Spring Weekend - the traditional four-day extravaganza of music, food and drink - will take place from April 10 to 13 this year, a week earlier than usual. This spring, the start of the Jewish holiday Passover falls during the third weekend of April, which is when the University usually schedules ...
It was during her time at Brown that Christi Andersen '97 began to feel that she needed more comfort and support. Her feelings didn't stem from the quality of the food in the dining halls or the sophomore advising system, but from the lack of well-made bras that could support her 34DDD frame.
When you walk into a Brown student's dorm room, you're likely to find one of a few familiar images on the wall: John Belushi in "Animal House," the Beatles crossing Abbey Road or the iconic Che Guevara.
Graduate school hopefuls will soon face one of two new types of questions on the Graduate Record Examination - but for now, the questions won't count.
When Katherine Aguilar-Juarez's hobby of cooking collided with her husband's love of building cars, the result was the Rolling Wagon - a new food truck students often see parked outside the Sciences Library on Thayer Street. The North Providence couple created and now operate the Oregon Trail-esque ...
Nicole Carty '10 recalled her favorite part of last semester's cheese-themed night at campus dining halls: "It's always entertaining when you see Gail wearing a cheese head," she said of the popular Sharpe Refectory employee.
Four houses failed the Residential Council's spring program house review, and four more houses receiving warnings. While 12 houses passed, reasons for warnings and failure included low membership, lack of a faculty adviser, failure to hold regular meetings and problems submitting spring review materials. ...
Members of Brown Model United Nations will travel to Geneva, Switzerland, tomorrow to participate in the annual World Model United Nations Conference hosted by Harvard University and the Ecole Polytechnique Federale de Lausanne.
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