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Pioneer of CRISPR genome-editing technology, Jennifer Doudna, opens inaugural Lemley Family Leadership Lecture Series

By Claire Liu | March 5

Nobel Prize winner Jennifer Doudna, who co-invented CRISPR-Cas9 genome editing technology, joined President Christina Paxson P’19 for a virtual conversation on CRISPR’s wide-ranging applications and its ethical implications in medicine and beyond. Doudna and collaborator Emmanuelle Charpentier ...

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University launches strategic sustainability plan

By Caelyn Pender | March 5

The University launched a strategic plan for campus sustainability March 5, outlining “aggressive actions” they will take towards mitigating environmental challenges, according to a University news release. The plan consists of the next steps the University needs to take to reduce its environmental ...

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Increased choice at Sharpe Refectory leads to longer lines

By Adam Remels | March 5

Lines outside the doors of the Sharpe Refectory have become a new normal since the dining hall’s transition from offering preselected meals to a new “build your own” model, which offers students more variety. The change was prompted by student feedback requesting more “autonomy” over selections ...

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Rhode Island community members turn to mutual aid, direct outreach during pandemic

By Jack Walker | March 4

“All Services Free & Confidential,” reads a corner of the black-and-white handout being distributed to Kennedy Plaza passersby on a chilly March afternoon. The other side of the printed graphic advertises resources ranging from HIV testing to job application support. In spite of growing winds ...

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Community welcomes back Jahunger, New England’s first Uighur restaurant, after two-year hiatus

By Victoria Yin | March 4

The Chinese idiom, 麻雀虽小, 五脏俱全, Má què suī xiǎo, wǔ zàng jù quán, translates to: Despite its small size, a sparrow still has all the vital organs, Jahunger owner and founder Nadia Parhat explained. The traditional saying, she said, shows that despite being small, places like Parhat’s ...

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In wake of Jhamal Gonsalves’ crash and investigation, students, community members weigh in

By Karlos Bautista | March 4

Anger and hurt. Those were the two emotions Mark Gonsalves Sr. said he experienced when he found out in January that the Providence police officers involved in an October moped crash that left his son Jhamal in a coma would not face criminal charges. Jhamal Gonsalves “has never had (malicious) ...

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Report finds Providence may be drastically underestimating its carbon emissions

By Kate Dario | March 4

Providence may be underestimating its carbon dioxide emission figures by up to 60 percent, which would make it the city with the fifth-most inaccurate reporting in the country, according to a recent study published by Nature Communications. These disparities would threaten the City’s ability to meet ...

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University forms search committee for new vice president for institutional equity and diversity

By Estelle Zhu | March 4

The University has formed a search committee to find a successor for Vice President for Institutional Equity and Diversity Shontay Delalue, according to a Feb. 12 Today@Brown announcement from President Christina Paxson P’19. Delalue will depart her role at the University July 1 to become senior vice ...

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College Republicans split on post-Trump future, reflecting national GOP divisions

By Liza Mullett | March 3

As the Republican Party wrestles with how to define itself in the post-Trump era, Brown College Republicans finds itself in the same boat. With the defeat of former President Donald Trump in the 2020 election, the political right is being forced to choose a path forward — whether to distance ...

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Faculty react to potential University endowment investment in cryptocurrency

By Alex Nadirashvili | March 3

The University may have invested endowment funds into cryptocurrency, specifically Bitcoin, potentially joining some of its peer institutions such as Harvard, Yale and the University of Michigan, according to a report by CoinDesk. The University has neither confirmed nor denied the investment. “The ...

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UCS proposes creation of bylaw review committee, discusses referendum process

By Shilpa Sajja | March 3

The Undergraduate Council of Students proposed an act to create a committee to review the organization’s bylaws, introduced an amendment to the referendum process and presented a referendum about reparations at its general body meeting Wednesday evening. The UCS bylaws, which are separate from ...

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‘Should we close the Rhode Island Women’s Prison?’: OpenDoors event discusses hardships of re-entry for formerly incarcerated women

By Ashley Guo | March 3

With only about 80 women imprisoned in the state of Rhode Island, should the Rhode Island Women’s Prison be closed? This question and nuances surrounding the incarceration of women in the Ocean State were explored at a Wednesday panel hosted by OpenDoors. OpenDoors, a Providence-based nonprofit that ...

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Author James Reston, Jr. delves into his 9/11 novel, The 19th Hijacker in Taubman Center event

By Jillian Lederman | March 3

Author James Reston, Jr. spoke at the Taubman Center for American Politics and Policy Wednesday about his most recent novel, “The 19th Hijacker,” which follows the story of one of the 19 men who perpetrated the Sept. 11 terrorist attack. Lee Hamilton, one of the co-chairs of the 9/11 Commission, ...

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The COVID Pod with Dr. Ashish Jha: Optimistic Outcomes and Overcoming Hurdles: Managing COVID-19 in March 2021

By Cate Ryan, Emilija Sagaityte and Rahma Ibrahim | March 3

In this episode of The COVID Pod with Dr. Ashish Jha, recorded Tuesday, March 2, Dr. Jha speaks to the importance of equitable vaccine distribution, ventilation over sanitation for public spaces and the promises of the recently authorized Johnson and Johnson vaccine amid the rise of new virus variants. ...

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Paxson and Locke look ahead to University “going back to normal” at faculty meeting

By Will Kubzansky | March 2

President Christina Paxson P’19 and Provost Richard Locke P’18 further detailed the University’s plans for campus operations in the following months at Tuesday’s faculty meeting. The meeting, which comes nearly a year after the University canceled all in-person classes at the onset of the pandemic, ...

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U. Cancer Center pilot projects: investigating cancer connections

By Kathleen Meininger | March 2

[lwptoc skipHeadingLevel="h1,h2,h3,h5,h6"] Eight labs who were recipients of the University Cancer Center’s funding in December for projects advancing cancer research will use the funds to delve into cancer biology, cancer therapeutics and population science. Four of the eight projects are investigating ...

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United Way of Rhode Island pledges $100 million over five years to promote racial equity

By Sarah Ogundare | March 2

United Way of Rhode Island has pledged $100 million to promote racial equity through accessible education, affordable housing and unemployment for Black, Indigenous and People of Color in Rhode Island as part of the organization’s LIVE UNITED 2025 plan to help address systemic racism announced Jan. ...

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Socially Responsible Teaching Assistant program continues to expand

By Anne Wang | March 2

Almost two years ago, as part of a “Responsible CS” initiative, the Ethics Teaching Assistant position was created. Now, the program — which has since been rebranded as the Socially Responsible Teaching Assistant — continues to expand and work toward integrating ethics and social impact into ...

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University plans to return to two-semester, in-person learning model for 2021-22 academic year

By Benjamin Pollard | March 2

The University expects to return to a two-semester system where all undergraduate, graduate and medical students will be brought back to campus to take classes and conduct research in person for the 2021-22 academic year, according to a Monday Today@Brown announcement from Provost Richard Locke P’18 ...

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Jack Hayes departs Brown, leaving behind a changed athletics department and complicated legacy

By Will Kubzansky | March 1

It had been a “trying year,” a student-athlete explained to The Herald. That spring, a committee proposed cutting varsity sports teams to improve the athletics program’s competitiveness. A column in The Herald, he added, had suggested that athletics had “no part at Brown.” The year in question ...