After returning from summer break, students noticed that some of their favorite dining halls were missing a previous staple: compost bins. “A lot of my friends are upset and often ask, ‘what’s up with that?’” said Jessica Minker ’21, a member of SCRAP, the University’s student compost ...
South Street Landing, once a coal-fired factory in the Jewelry District, has transformed into an expansive workspace for the University. Administrative staff from 11 departments — once located in the Brown Office Building at 164 Angell St. and various buildings on College Hill — finished moving ...
A team of University researchers received funding from the National Science Foundation in August 2017 to develop bioluminescent tools that can be used to enhance methods of studying the brain; researchers atCentral Michigan University and the University of California, San Diego also received the funding. The ...
For former Syrian political prisoner Omar Alshogre, the experience of looking into a mirror after his release from prison was shocking — he was unrecognizable to himself, with bloodshot eyes and weighing just 75 pounds. Alshogre was imprisoned in 2012 at the age of 15, and he spent the next three ...
The University is offering tuition deadline extensions to students whose parents are federal workers affected by the partial federal government shutdown, according to a Jan. 18 press release. Students awaiting tuition assistance directly from a federal agency will also receive a penalty-free extension ...
Five bills regarding abortion were heard by the Rhode Island House Judiciary Committee Tuesday night, and over 100 activists filled the State House halls to support or oppose the bills. Should the U.S. Supreme Court ever overturn Roe v. Wade, the Reproductive Health Care Act (H 5127) would codify protections ...
University researchers recently published a study analyzing the material properties of alginate graphene oxide, which could lead to new developments in both cancer research and 3D printing technology for human organ printing. The team aims to simulate the environment in which tumors grow and use that ...
Providence City Committee on Ordinances voted Jan. 29 to “continue indefinitely” a previously proposed amendment which would have restricted housing to no more than four undergraduate students per home across the city. The ruling “kind of kills” the amendment, said Tina Mastroianni, first deputy ...
William Povell ’20, a computer science concentrator from Baltimore, passed away, wrote Vice President for Campus Life Eric Estes and Dean of the College Rashid Zia in an email to the University community Monday. Povell was “deeply immersed in activities across the (computer science) department,” ...
Despite the partial federal government shutdown ending, public comment meetings led by the Bureau of Ocean Energy Management regarding Vineyard Wind’s plan to construct an offshore wind-turbine farm have been indefinitely postponed, according to David Bernhardt, acting secretary of the interior. ...
Following Rhode Island’s legalization of sports betting last June, state politicians joined casino representatives Monday to discuss updates and challenges posed by the implementation of sports betting and assess the financial state of the casinos. New sports betting facilities were added to the ...
In a Society for Neuroscience meeting last November, two University professors presented their discovery of a specific brain circuit that could be involved with mood disorders, including seasonal affective disorder and depression. Jerome Sanes, professor of neuroscience and director of the University’s ...
Old fur coats with faded fabric lie piled next to brass lamps and boxes of cracked, yellowed vinyl slips. A worn teddy bear and an ancient film camera appeared to stare at first-edition comic books on folding card tables. This is a flea market — a monument to those fascinated by the eclectic, the ...
University professors Susanna Loeb, Kenneth Wong, Matthew Kraft and John Papay were named in the 2019 Rick Hess Straight Up Edu-Scholar Public Influence Rankings Jan. 9. The list ranks the top 200 U.S. university scholars who most influenced “educational practice and policy” last year, according ...
The Graduate School updated its academic grievance procedures last fall for the first time since 1973. The updated procedures establish timeline and documentation requirements, allow graduate students to participate in proceedings, provide multiple opportunities for appeals and create a clearer distinction ...
Many say age is just a number, but a recent research study involving short pieces of cell-free DNA has added some scientific truth to this common cliché. University researchers, in tandem with researchers in Bologna, Italy and Belo Horizonte, Brazil, published a study in December proposing a link between ...
Updated 6:45 P.M. Jan. 25, 2019. Former student employees under Brown Dining Services, Maxwell Kozlov ’20 and Benjamin Bosis ’19, who is also a Herald staff columnist, filed a complaint in a collective civil action lawsuit against the University Thursday, seeking compensation for “violations ...
Today marks the 35th day of the longest government shutdown in U.S. history and the second missed paycheck for Coast Guard workers in Rhode Island, who are required to show up to work despite their lack of compensation. The Coast Guard has approximately 332 active duty and reserve personnel in Rhode ...
Richard Rothstein, a Distinguished Fellow at the Economic Policy Institute, discussed the idea that federal, state and local government policies have segregated metropolitan areas into racially homogeneous neighborhoods and potential government remedies during a talk at the University Thursday. Sponsored ...
Former President of CNN/U.S. Jonathan Klein ’80 will return to the University to lead a non-credit seminar called “News vs. Truth” at the Watson Institute for International and Public Affairs this semester, according to the Watson Institute’s website. The seminar will explore topics such as ...
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