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Brown’s new Center for Alzheimer’s Disease Research to expand studies on prevention, treatment methods

By Gabriella Vulakh | May 19

The University is establishing a Center for Alzheimer’s Disease Research with the support of two gifts totaling $30 million from anonymous donors. The center will combine clinical and laboratory-based research teams from the University and partner teams from Sweden to aid in the detection and treatment ...

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Community groups ask for changes to Brook St. dorm plan

By Ben Glickman | May 18

Multiple East Side neighborhood groups and Ward 1 Councilman John Goncalves ‘13 MA ‘15 released a letter Monday demanding changes to the University proposal for a two-building residence hall on Brook Street, including shrinking the proposed structure and adding back retail space that had been removed ...

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Providence receives “F” on ozone pollution in American Lung Association report

By Emma Gardner | May 18

The American Lung Association’s annual State of the Air report for Providence gave the city an F for ozone pollution, but found that particle pollution is at an acceptable level. The State of the Air report, which is based on data from 2017 to 2019, found that the city had a weighted average of four ...

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U. hosts first on-campus COVID-19 vaccination clinic for students, faculty, staff

By Emily Faulhaber | May 18

The University hosted its first on-campus COVID-19 vaccination clinic Monday for students, faculty and staff, offering participants their first dose of the Moderna vaccine. Over 60 individuals attended the clinic and received the vaccine, according to Kimberly Almeida, director of benefits operations ...

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Alex Barry ’20 remembered as creative, caring, ambitious

By Benjamin Pollard | May 17

Alexander Barry ’20, a passionate writer and caring friend with a love for music, movies and literature passed away from Ewing Sarcoma Jan. 12. Barry grew up in Calabasas, California and graduated from Calabasas High School before traveling east to study creative writing at Brown. He graduated with ...

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Executive Vice President for Finance and Administration Barbara Chernow ’79 announces retirement

By Jack Walker | May 16

Barbara Chernow ’79, executive vice president for finance and administration, will retire from the University this September, according to a May 12 University press release. After more than 30 years working in administrative positions in education, Chernow returned to Brown in 2o15. She spent the ...

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Brown Lecture Board speaker Ali Wong talks failure, rise to comedy

By Victoria Yin | May 16

Stand-up comedian, writer, actress and this spring’s Brown Lecture Board speaker Ali Wong was first asked, in her May 13 virtual lecture, about her Zoom life and if she was wearing pants. In response, she flashed her high-waisted slacks to the camera. “I'm wearing pants, I'm wearing this — they’re ...

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Brown ends Quiet Period early at start of summer term

By Benjamin Pollard | May 15

The University ended Quiet Period today, three days early for students who arrived on campus from May 9 to 11 for the summer semester, according to a Saturday email from Associate Vice Presidents for Campus Life Vanessa Britto MMSc’96 and Koren Bakkegard. The original seven-day period, which was ...

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Thayer sees turnover as pandemic restrictions ease

By Katy Pickens | May 13

College Hill looks different than it did a year ago. While several small businesses and chains have been forced to close due to a drop in profits during the COVID-19 pandemic, new storefronts, including restaurants such as Tribos Peri Peri and Ayame Hibachi and Sushi, look to fill these vacancies. In ...

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$15 minimum wage bill passes R.I. House

By Sarah Ogundare | May 13

The Rhode Island House of Representatives passed legislation which would increase the minimum wage to $15 an hour by 2025, in a vote of 58 to 16 May 6. The bill now moves to the Senate, which passed matching legislation in February. Either the House bill or the Senate’s companion will have to pass ...

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Title IX Program Officer Rene Davis to leave U. for independent K-12 school

By Jack Walker | May 12

Title IX Program Officer Rene Davis will leave the University in June to become assistant head of an independent K-12 school, according to a May 6 announcement from Russell Carey ’91 MA’06, executive vice president for planning and policy. During her time at the University, Davis has worked to ...

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Close High Side Coalition advocates for limits on solitary confinement practices through Restrictive Housing Act

By Oliver Kneen | May 12

Close High Side Coalition — a community alliance that includes attorneys, formerly incarcerated people, the re-entry organization Open Doors and Direct Action for Rights and Equality’s prison abolition campaign — is advocating for an end to long-term solitary confinement in the Rhode Island prison ...

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PPSD receives $3 million grant to advance teacher diversity

By Kate Dario | May 12

The Rhode Island Foundation will grant $3.1 million to the Providence Public School District to hire more teachers of color through a three-year college loan repayment program, according to an April 26 press release. PPSD and the Rhode Island Department of Education plan to use the funding to hire 125 ...

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Brown guidelines for Summer 2021 semester

By Alex Nadirashvili | May 11

With students returning to campus for the summer semester, the University maintains the importance of following public health guidelines. The summer term will enroll about 2,000 undergraduate students and two groups of pre-college summer program students in June and July. The Herald has compiled information ...

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University announces class of 2020 in-person Commencement

By Benjamin Pollard | May 6

The University will host a delayed in-person Commencement ceremony for the class of 2020 either this fall, in either September or October 2021 or over Memorial Day weekend in May 2022, according to an email from President Christina Paxson P’19 to members of the class of 2020. The announcement follows ...

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Ivy League plans to resume normal athletic competition in fall

By Peter Swope | May 5

The Ivy League plans to resume athletic competition for the fall 2021 season, according to a joint statement issued Tuesday by the Council of Ivy League Presidents. “Barring unanticipated circumstances, such as a dramatic increase in infection rates from a variant in the virus, we look forward ...

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‘Learning was his key to freedom’: Vartan Gregorian’s life as a teacher, leader

By Caelyn Pender | May 4

Former University President Vartan Gregorian, widely known for the academic ingenuity, benevolence and strong leadership he demonstrated during his tenures at Brown, the New York Public Library and the Carnegie Corporation of New York, passed away April 15. He was 87. Gregorian was the first foreign-born ...

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Provost Locke presents preliminary recommendations for new budget model

By Livia Gimenes | May 1

Provost Richard Locke P’18 revealed the “preliminary recommendations” of the Ad Hoc Committee on Promoting Financial Health and Sustainability to reduce the “small structural deficit” in the University’s budget at an April 30 faculty meeting. The recommendations include carefully increasing ...

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Admitted students turn to Zoom and ‘Bruniverse’ to learn about University in place of ADOCH

By Will Kubzansky | May 1

As Tuesday’s deadline to commit to the class of 2025 nears, the University is utilizing a variety of online resources to convince admitted students to come to College Hill in the fall. In years past, events for admitted students in the month of April — known in admissions as “yield programming” ...

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Zooming through senior year and into adulthood

By Benjamin Pollard | May 1

This article is the fourth in the four-part series "An Unexpected Commencement: The Class of 2021 Looks Back, and Forward."The class of 2021 spent its entire last year at Brown under COVID-19 restrictions: last memories made socializing in pods of no more than five people; senior seminars ...