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The Third World Center emerged Wednesday from a period of strategic planning ongoing since last fall with plans for new initiatives, a new mission statement and a new name — the Brown Center for Students ...
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The Third World Center emerged Wednesday from a period of strategic planning ongoing since last fall with plans for new initiatives, a new mission statement and a new name — the Brown Center for Students ...
In a significant uptick over the past two admission cycles, 42 students were admitted off the waitlist to the Brown class of 2018, Dean of Admission Jim Miller ’73 wrote in an email to The Herald. Two ...
Amidst the celebration of Brown’s 250th anniversary, the University awarded 2,440 diplomas Sunday to the class of 2014, including 1,594 bachelor’s degrees. The ceremonies began Saturday with the ...
Around 54 percent of students applying to be first-time Meiklejohn peer advisors were accepted into the program for the 2014-15 academic year, said Kayla Rosen ’14, a Meiklejohn Leadership Committee ...
Since Andrews Commons opened at the beginning of this semester, the space in the basement of Alumnae Hall — previously home to the Gate — has stood vacant, with no immediate plans for renovation. “We’re ...
Using a video camera attached to a robot in San Francisco, Jack Dorsey, a co-founder of Twitter and the mobile payment company Square, took the audience at his Salomon 101 lecture yesterday on a tour ...
While Kindles and Nooks may be replacing printed pages and bound texts on bookshelves across the country, students at Brown have been slow to catch on to the e-book and e-textbook trend. “The transition ...
The following is an account of crime events that took place this past week, reported to The Herald by Deputy Chief of Police for the Department of Public Safety Paul Shanley: February 12, 2014 The Department ...
For students enrolled in POLS 0010: “Introduction to the American Political Process” this semester, class began well before the syllabus was handed out and continues each week beyond the walls of ...
The Campus Safety Task Force’s interim report, released Dec. 19, recommended continuing the piloted expansion of Brown University Shuttle’s OnCall service and maintaining 10 “yellow jacket” security ...
Eighteen juniors returning from study abroad are living in temporary housing while awaiting permanent on-campus housing assignments this semester. Another approximately 40 juniors returning from study ...
Academics have escaped the ivory tower and are using research findings in attempts to better the world. A recent report from the Science Coalition, an advocacy group of research universities including ...
A computer game developed to help children learn to control their peanut allergies is being tested in a pilot trial led by Elizabeth McQuaid, research associate professor of psychiatry and human behavior ...
Administrators, faculty members and students are working to address the underrepresentation of students from certain minority groups in science, technology, engineering and mathematics — known as STEM ...
The Sheridan Center for Teaching and Learning has created a new program to fund research that specifically focuses on supporting graduate students in mentoring undergraduates, said Kathy Takayama, executive ...
When Jen Nykiel ’10 MD ’14 examined seriously ill patients over the summer on Block Island, she made sure not to only check their vital signs but also the weather forecast. Nykiel was one of 12 ...
University administrators and faculty members will overhaul introductory courses in STEM — science, technology, engineering and math — and focus on improving undergraduate education in STEM through ...
Patients with Type 1 diabetes may someday be treated with a single transplantation of pancreatic cells, rather than having to continually monitor their blood sugar levels. A study conducted by an Alpert ...
The Rhode Island General Assembly earned a grade of D on a transparency report card released last month by the Sunlight Foundation, a nonprofit devoted to increasing government openness. The report graded ...
A clinical trial led by Steven Opal, professor of medicine at Alpert Medical School, found that the drug Eritoran was no more effective in treating sepsis than a placebo. The study was published in the ...