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(01/29/14 5:15am)
President Obama emphasized reducing income inequality and expanding opportunity, in part through increased access to higher education, in his fifth State of the Union address Tuesday night.
He also stressed ...
(01/27/14 5:10am)
News of Provost Mark Schlissel’s P’15 departure precipitated a range of reactions throughout the Brown community this weekend, including uncertainty about losing a top administrator, pride in a University ...
(12/06/13 7:32am)
Implementation of the Affordable Care Act could potentially cost the University millions of dollars in taxes on health insurance expenditures, though the University has experienced few consequences from ...
(12/04/13 5:06am)
Brown will undergo an external review of undergraduate alcohol consumption this spring in response to a poll conducted by the Campus Life Advisory Board, said Margaret Klawunn, vice president for campus ...
(12/02/13 5:12am)
Leaders of the Third World Center hope to propose a new name for the center to President Christina Paxson by July 2014, said Mary Grace Almandrez, associate dean of the College and the center’s director, ...
(11/22/13 7:02am)
The GeoChem Building will likely undergo a renovation in the next few years, Stephen Maiorisi, vice president for Facilities Management, confirmed to The Herald.
“In general, the age of certain buildings ...
(11/14/13 6:42am)
In response to an ad hoc committee report, the University will increase tuition assistance for the children of employees by an amount proportional to percentage increases in University tuition starting ...
(11/08/13 7:34am)
The University’s current $4.3 million deficit remains a concern as administrators plan the next fiscal year’s operating budget, said Provost Mark Schlissel P’15 at an open forum hosted Thursday ...
(11/06/13 6:24am)
The University has begun to implement proposals outlined in President Christina Paxson’s strategic plan after the Corporation approved the document at its Oct. 26 meeting, Paxson said at a faculty meeting ...
(11/04/13 5:30am)
In the weeks after Christina Paxson was named the University’s 19th president, the transformative tenure of her predecessor, Ruth Simmons, set the backdrop against which Paxson’s presidency would ...
(10/10/13 4:25am)
A post-tenure sabbatical policy, changes to the academic calendar and streamlined research reporting procedures are among possible new endeavors intended to increase support for faculty research, said ...
(10/03/13 5:38am)
The University may add as many as 70 new faculty positions over the next decade to maintain the student-faculty ratios while increasing the size of the student body, Dean of the Faculty Kevin McLaughlin ...
(10/02/13 4:21am)
Faculty members voiced concerns over President Christina Paxson’s strategic plan draft at a faculty meeting Tuesday, taking issue with the absence of the term “university-college,” its commitment ...
(10/02/13 4:17am)
Vice President for Campus Life and Student Services Margaret Klawunn will serve as interim dean of the College effective Jan. 1, when current dean Katherine Bergeron will step down to become president ...
(09/26/13 5:18am)
Faculty members interviewed expressed no strong opinions about President Christina Paxson’s strategic plan draft, which was released to the community last Wednesday.
The plan will be presented and ...
(09/12/13 4:59am)
After 97 percent of potential hires who were offered tenured or tenure-track positions in the 2012-13 academic year accepted their positions at Brown, the University will try to curtail its hiring push ...
(09/04/13 5:24am)
The University will distribute a draft of President Christina Paxson’s strategic plan and solicit feedback from faculty members and students later this month, Provost Mark Schlissel P’15 said during ...
(07/17/13 3:43am)
After a series of recent armed robberies, the Department of Public Safety and the Providence Police Department have stepped up their security presence around campus, said Paul Shanley, deputy chief of ...
(05/02/13 9:35pm)
The University named Joseph Dowling III, founder of the investment firm Narragansett Asset Management, as vice president and chief investment officer in a press release Thursday.
Dowling will succeed ...
(04/16/13 6:52am)
After controversy flared online Sunday over a proposed budget cut to the literary arts publication Visions, a meeting Monday afternoon between Undergraduate Finance Board representatives and Visions leaders ...