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‘I don’t want it to end like this’: Senior Lecturer Richard Bungiro pleads for reinstatement following sudden resignation

By Olivia George | November 11

The single email that would come to haunt Richard Bungiro PhD ’99 only took a few minutes to write. But all five sentences were the product of months of stress, anguish and growing disillusionment with University administrators. At 4:37 a.m. on Oct. 30, Bungiro, a senior lecturer in the Molecular ...

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Filmmaker Garrett Bradley joins Watson Institute for conversation about “TIME”

By Rebecca Carcieri | November 10

The Watson Institute for International and Public Affairs welcomed director Garrett Bradley for a Monday evening conversation about her new documentary “TIME.” Bradley was joined by Associate Professor of Sociology Nicole Gonzalez Van Cleve and Director of the Watson Institute Edward Steinfeld. ...

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Paxson talks Spring Semester housing plans, possible changes to DPS at monthly faculty meeting

By Samantha Molina | November 10

President Christina Paxson P’19 addressed concerns around implementing a denser on-campus housing model for the spring 2021 semester and hinted at “short term, concrete actions” the University plans to take to make the Department of Public Safety more equitable at a faculty meeting Tuesday. Spring ...

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UCS does not officially endorse Decolonization at Brown statue initiative

By Jack Borris | November 10

The Undergraduate Council of Students did not vote to endorse Decolonization at Brown’s proposal to remove and replace Roman statues on campus in a vote following the Council’s Nov. 4 general body meeting. DAB’s initiative calls for the removal of the Caesar Augustus statue in front of the Sharpe ...

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Brown students respond after Jhamal Gonsalves left in coma following moped crash involving police

By Katie Chen | November 9

After Jhamal Gonsalves was critically injured on a moped in a crash involving Providence police Oct. 18, a wave of protests flared up in the city over police brutality. Gonsalves, a 24-year-old man from Providence, was in a coma for weeks. Although released body camera footage and other publicly viewable ...

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University medical experts talk public health, 2020 election

By Kathleen Meininger | November 8

At a virtual event Thursday, University public health and medical experts discussed the impact of the pandemic on the 2020 election and public health’s lasting importance at the federal, community and individual levels moving into the next presidential administration. At the time of the event, President-elect ...

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Dean Jha on increasing COVID-19 cases: ‘We have to watch this carefully’

By Rahma Ibrahim | November 8

Dean of the School of Public Health Ashish Jha spoke with The Herald Nov. 6 to reflect on how colder temperatures are increasing the prevalence of indoor activities and impacting COVID-19 cases, the rise in cases at the University, Governor Gina Raimondo’s new increased public health restrictions ...

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OIED announces new director of equal opportunity and diversity, institutional equity investigator

By Karlos Bautista | November 8

Juana De Los Santos joined the University’s Office of Institutional Equity and Diversity as the new director of equal opportunity and diversity last month. Jeana Horton also joined the office as an institutional equity investigator. As director of equal opportunity and diversity, De Los Santos will ...

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‘This is a very challenging time’: Teaching, researching, parenting amid COVID-19

By Rahma Ibrahim | November 8

As students log onto Zoom to watch their professors lecture, faculty’s children also slink behind screens, their needs posing challenges to faculty’s academic and research responsibilities. Six University faculty members spoke to The Herald about challenges posed by the pandemic, particularly ...

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Eyewear chain Warby Parker opens on Thayer Street

By Neha Mukherjee | November 8

Eye-glass chain Warby Parker opened their first Rhode Island store on College Hill at the end of October. The Providence location, one of the company’s over 100 brick-and-mortar retail shops, sits at the corner of Thayer and Meeting Street. “We can't wait to be an active part of the community ...

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Brown students react to historic Biden victory with quiet optimism

By Ben Glickman | November 7

In a sudden conclusion to a drawn-out battle, former Vice President Joe Biden was declared the winner of the 2020 presidential election Nov. 7. Biden’s victory arrives four days post-Election Day after a close battle for the Oval Office with incumbent President Donald Trump. The Democratic nominee ...

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Rhode Island residents gather at State House in response to Biden win

By Colleen Cronin | November 7

On one side of Gaspee Street early this afternoon, a large group of people danced, cheered and cried in celebration of former Vice President Joe Biden and Sen. Kamala Harris’ (D-CA) victory in the presidential election. On the other, a smaller group protested incumbent President Donald Trump’s loss. Wearing ...

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Brown political organizations react to Biden win

By Ben Glickman | November 7

After former Vice President Joe Biden was declared the next president of the United States, beating incumbent President Donald Trump, leaders of student groups representing the major parties — Brown College Democrats and Brown College Republicans — reflected on the significance of this election ...

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Days after election night, no declared winner in race for presidency

By Ben Glickman | November 6

Over two days after the first polls closed on Election Day, no winner has been declared in the race for U.S. president. Former Vice President Joe Biden moved closer to an electoral college victory early Nov. 6, almost entirely eliminating his vote deficits in Georgia and Pennsylvania, as election ...

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Ocean State sees record voter turnout as R.I. expands forms of voting

By Benjamin Pollard | November 6

More than 500,000 Rhode Islanders voted in the 2020 general election, eclipsing the state’s previous all-time record for voter turnout in 2008. The all-time record turnout in the state was driven in part by historic levels of early voting, mail-in voting and other efforts made by the R.I. Department ...

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GSC elects 2021 executive board leadership

By Mia Barzilay Freund | November 5

At its monthly general body meeting Wednesday, the Graduate Student Council elected its new executive board of leadership for 2021. In light of the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, the election took place over Zoom through the use of the webinar polling function. GSC President Kathryn Thompson GS ran uncontested ...

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VP Carey: Despite increase in COVID-19 cases, ‘we don’t feel that we’ve seen spread on campus’

By Marlene Goetz | November 5

Executive Vice President of Planning and Policy Russell Carey ’91 MA’06 and University Spokesperson Brian Clark discussed Halloween weekend, the election and the recent uptick in positive asymptomatic test results in conversations with The Herald Oct. 29 and Nov 5. The University’s asymptomatic ...

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Rhode Island to initiate stricter public health restrictions following COVID-19 case climb

By Emilija Sagaityte | November 5

Gov. Gina Raimondo announced adjustments to Rhode Island’s Phase 3 public health guidelines Thursday, which will begin Nov. 8 and last at least two weeks as a precautionary measure against the continuing climb in COVId-19 cases. Rhode Island saw 566 positive COVID-19 test results Nov. 4, according ...

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Rhode Island changes state name to remove ‘Providence Plantations’

By Caelyn Pender | November 5

Successfully ending a campaign that began over 10 years ago, a referendum to remove “Providence Plantations” from the state name of Rhode Island passed on Tuesday with a vote of 52.9 percent approval, according to the Rhode Island Board of Elections. Rhode Island is the first state to change its ...

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Undetermined election outcome leaves higher education policies uncertain

By Jack Walker | November 5

While current presidential election results project a potential win for former Vice President Joe Biden, the lingering possibility of President Trump’s reelection leaves the future of higher education in the United States at the precipice of two very different administrations. Trump and Biden’s ...