Janet Yellen ’67 was confirmed by the U.S. Senate Monday evening to head the Department of the Treasury following announcements of her planned nomination by the Biden administration in November. Yellen is the first woman to hold the position.
University President Christina Paxson P’19 was selected to serve as the chair of the Boston Federal Reserve Bank’s board of directors, the Federal Reserve Board announced Dec. 23. Her position began Jan. 1. Paxson, an expert on economics and public policy, has served on the Boston Fed’s board ...
Nearly half of all enrolled undergraduate students are living on campus or in University-leased housing this semester, according to data provided to The Herald by Dean of the College Rashid Zia ’01. Only 15 percent of enrolled students are studying remotely this spring, and 36.1 percent are living ...
The Lifespan health system received a shipment of COVID-19 vaccines from Pfizer-BioNTech and Moderna on Dec. 14 and Dec. 22, respectively. Two physicians who received both vaccine doses through the program spoke with The Herald about their experiences. Lifespan-affiliated hospitals are holding vaccine ...
With limited supply of vaccines in Rhode Island, state officials have backed a three-phased prioritization plan to determine who receives doses first, with a focus on equity and minimizing hospitalizations. More than 66,000 COVID-19 vaccine doses have been administered in Rhode Island, according to ...
At the Student Clinic for Immigrant Justice, an organization incorporated last July, undergraduate students are acquiring the tools to represent asylum seekers in immigration court. The organization recently partnered with the Center for Human Rights and Humanitarian Studies at the Watson Institute ...
A report released Oct. 19 provided recommendations for managing the COVID-19 pandemic in prisons and jails, which have become hotspots for the spread of COVID-19. The report, titled “Decarcerating Correctional Facilities During COVID-19: Advancing Health, Equity and Safety,” was put together ...
37 University community members tested positive for COVID-19 through the asymptomatic testing program from Jan. 10 to Jan. 17, which included the move-in period for the spring semester, according to the Healthy Brown COVID-19 Dashboard. Executive Vice President of Planning and Policy Russell Carey ...
Applications to the University reached an all-time high for the class of 2025, exceeding last year’s total by nearly 10,000 students, Dean of Admission Logan Powell told The Herald. Before the Jan. 5 deadline, 46,469 applicants — from both the early and regular decision pools — applied to the ...
Students who recently arrived on campus can move into stage two of Quiet Period starting Jan. 23 at 6 a.m., according to a Thursday night email from Associate Vice President for Campus Life Vanessa Britto and Dean of Students Koren Bakkegard. During stage two of Quiet Period, students may pick up meals ...
Pizza Marvin, a collaboration between chef Robert Andreozzi and renowned bartender Jesse Hedberg, opened its doors on the corner of Wickenden Street and Governor Street last month. Andreozzi drew inspiration from “historic pizza joints,” he said. Pizza Marvin offers New Haven-inspired pies ...
The Brown Center for Students of Color is in the process of searching for a new director, planning to pick someone to assume the position by the summer. The new director, along with new staff members who will eventually fill current vacancies, will play a large role in shaping the atmosphere of the ...
The Undergraduate Council of Students passed a resolution to rename the Thomas J. Watson Sr. Center for Information Technology after its Nov. 18 general body meeting. The resolution, which passed with 87.5 percent in favor, was sent to the Office of the President and the Advisory Committee on University ...
Since the Warren Alpert Medical School moved the majority of its curriculum to a remote format beginning in fall 2020 to adhere to COVID-19 guidelines, lectures have been given live over Zoom or pre-recorded. The components of the curriculum that do meet in person, such as the first-year anatomy course, ...
Updated at 8:16 p.m. 1/21/2021. Commencement for the class of 2021 will be held in-person May 1 and 2, but families and guests must attend the event virtually in light of public health conditions surrounding the COVID-19 pandemic. The decision was announced Thursday afternoon in a campus-wide email ...
Joseph R. Biden has been inaugurated as the 46th president of the United States. In an emotional inaugural ceremony that marked the transfer of power from former President Donald Trump to Joseph R. Biden Jr., speakers called for unity and healing. Biden inherits a nation facing the COVID-19 pandemic, ...
Jennifer Steger ’13, co-founder of medical device startup company Nanodropper, was named alongside her cofounders to the Forbes 30 Under 30 Healthcare list of honorees this year. Nanodropper has designed a more cost-effective eye-drop bottle adapter of the same name, which reduces the size of eyedrops ...
The Providence Public Library hosted an online workshop Jan. 14 to spark community discussion on climate change and its varying impacts on people of different socioeconomic backgrounds. The webinar took place over Zoom as part of a larger pilot program called Resilient Communities: Libraries Respond ...
The Title IX and Gender Equity Office released its 2019-20 Annual Outcome Report Dec. 10, revealing a slight increase in the reported incidents of sexual misconduct at the University. There were a total of 109 allegations made in the reporting window of July 1, 2019, to June 30, 2020, in comparison ...
In Rhode Island, there have been 10 reported COVID-19 cases for every 100 people, according to the New York Times. But the rate in state prisons is currently more than five times that, with 51 cases per 100 incarcerated people as of Jan. 14, according to the Rhode Island Department of Corrections’ ...
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