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Brown's reputation is that of a particularly activist-friendly university, but some students engaged in a variety of causes say the environment falls short of the hype. Is the Brown activist stereotype ...
An array of speakers including Mayor David Cicilline '83 and President Ruth Simmons kicked off A Day On College Hill by welcoming prospective students and their parents last night in Salomon 101. The ...
Rhode Island is set to become the first state with a comprehensive wireless network, starting with a pilot program slated to launch this week in Providence. The first antenna installed for the network ...
About 50 or 60 protesters gathered outside Meehan Auditorium Saturday evening to voice their objections to the politics of Sen. Hillary Clinton, D-N.Y., including her voting record on the war in Iraq. ...
As part of the Ivy Film Festival, Michael Showalter '92 regaled a packed Salomon 101 Saturday night with his talk, titled, "The life and times of a relatively obscure basic cable sketch comedian." Relative ...
Though Alison Michener '06 had previously considered attending graduate school to study biology, a desire to use her passion for science to benefit others and "work with people" had recently inspired ...
Brown accepted a record low 13.8 percent of applicants this year out of an all-time high 18,313 applications. This is the "lowest rate in the history of the institution," said Dean of Admission Jim Miller ...
It's not easy being a Republican at Brown, but a sense of humor helps. That might be why Professor of Economics George Borts responded to a Herald inquiry about conservatives on campus with his own question: ...
The CCC drafted six possible changes to the grading system but ultimately voted against sending any proposal for more differentiated grading to the Faculty Executive Committee, the body that sets the ...
The SAT scores of about 80 applicants to Brown were affected by a recently revealed scoring error, according to Dean of Admission Jim Miller '73. Nevertheless, no admissions decisions at Brown were changed ...
Revitalization in Providence has changed the character of the local job market, allowing the city to transition from a manufacturing-based to a service-oriented economy. But these economic advances have ...
Nationwide, universities and military officials are on opposite sides of an argument that could potentially cost Brown $120 million in federal funds.
Participants in yesterday's forum on the possible addition of pluses and minuses to Brown's grading system discussed topics including grade inflation, an on-campus obsession with A's, the New Curriculum ...
Though the Brown Corporation announced on Saturday its intent to divest from companies implicated in the genocide in Darfur, the decision has yet to be met with an immediate and concrete plan for action. ...
A group of approximately 50 students gathered on the steps of Faunce House at 11:30 Saturday morning to encourage the Corporation - meeting a stone's throw away in University Hall - to vote for divestment. ...
While Brown is the only member of the Ivy League that uses neither pluses/minuses nor D's in its grading system, other Ivies employ their own peculiarities in evaluating students.
Students who think administrators are not hearing their complaints sometimes fall back on what they see as a trump card - their parents. But are administrators really more willing to respond to the people ...
At its meeting yesterday, the College Curriculum Council scheduled a University-wide forum for March 9 to discuss the possible addition of pluses and minuses to the grading system. The forum will follow ...
Snowfall starting about 1 a.m. Sunday morning continued through the day and into the night, with weather forecasters expecting 10 to 18 inches of accumulation by the end of the storm, according to the ...
The Providence City Council passed a resolution Feb. 2 declaring Martins Maintenance, a janitorial contractor currently employed by the University, a "Business Non-Grata" - or unwelcome business - in ...