Bryce Blinn ’21, a registered Democrat, knows that his vote in the presidential election is crucial in his home state of Texas, which the nonpartisan Cook Political Report rates as a toss-up. So, to make sure his vote was counted, he took matters into his own hands. Blinn boarded a plane Oct. 27 ...
As a number of prominent Republicans have distanced themselves politically from President Donald Trump ahead of the imminent 2020 election, conservative students at the University are grappling with the decision of whether or not to back their party’s incumbent. Brown College Republicans has endorsed ...
As Senator Kamala Harris took the stage at the Democratic National Convention Aug. 19 to formally accept the nomination for vice president, supporters took to Twitter to celebrate a long-overdue milestone. Harris, running on a historic ticket alongside former Vice President Joe Biden for a shot at unseating ...
Democratic political donations from University employees have increased exponentially since 1992, dwarfing donations to Republicans, which have more or less remained constant, according to data from OpenSecrets. In 1992, 32.5 percent of total political contributions from Brown community members went ...
On the morning of Nov. 8, 1916, the front page of The Herald, in a large print headline, read “Hughes Elected to Presidency; Republicans Carry Both Houses.” The story announced that University alum Charles Evans Hughes 1881 had won the presidential election. But despite The Herald’s proclamation, ...
The University plans to offer an in-person residential experience for students from each undergraduate class for the spring semester, though space constraints may limit how many students can return. “Our goal is to allow a larger number of undergraduate students to return to campus, while ensuring ...
On the evening of Oct. 27, renowned civil rights attorney Benjamin Crump delivered a virtual lecture hosted by the Brown Lecture Board to 120 online attendees. Wearing a suit adorned with a deep purple tie and silver eagle lapel pin, Crump explained that he had just left Marcellis Stinnette’s vigil. Stinnette, ...
The Undergraduate Council of Students heard from Decolonization at Brown as well as the chair of the University’s Committee on Public Art about DAB’s initiative to replace statues on campus at its general body meeting Wednesday evening. DAB’s proposal, which was originally introduced at the Council’s ...
Elementary schoolers learn that DNA is the instruction manual for life — the immutable blueprints that cells follow to build proteins and stay alive. But DNA is a physical molecule which can change over time. So how do cells, especially the ones which produce offspring, ensure that these blueprints ...
Frederic Whitney “Eric” Wu ’22, a go-getter with a passion for helping others, passed away in a tragic automobile accident Sept. 23. Eric would now be 21 years old. Eric grew up in Manchester, Vermont and New York City, where he graduated from Saint David’s School. Eric later attended Phillips ...
As a student at Brown, Ainissa Ramirez ’90 would spend countless hours studying at her usual spot on the fifth floor of the Sciences Library. Perched five stories above Thayer Street, she would review her engineering or chemistry material until her friends reliably found her and walked her to the ...
Updated at 9:30 p.m. Oct. 27, 2020. President Christina Paxson P’19 was elected chair of the Association of American Universities’ Board of Directors Tuesday, according to an AAU press release. The AAU is composed of 65 research universities dedicated to promoting higher education and academic ...
Dr. Ashish Jha, dean of the School of Public Health, announced Actions to Confront Anti-Black Racism on Sept. 23, building upon the School’s Diversity and Inclusion Action Plan. The plan includes modifications to increase diversity and inclusivity in research, faculty and staff hiring and public ...
Eight University community members tested positive for COVID-19 from Oct. 21 to Oct. 23, the most “in a three day time period to date,” according to an Oct. 24 email from Executive Vice President of Planning and Policy Russell Carey ’91. This is also the most positive test results the University ...
As COVID-19 continues to affect nearly every aspect of University operations, Facilities Management has had to adapt to keep new construction projects on track and workers safe. Marston Boathouse and the Performing Arts Center, two of the University’s capital construction projects, are set to finish ...
At a virtual town hall event hosted by the Undergraduate Council of Students Friday, students discussed the University’s COVID-19 plans, policing on campus, academic concerns and more with administrators, including President Christina Paxson P’19, Provost Richard Locke P’18 and Dean of the College ...
The Graduate Student Council has been planning self-care activities to bolster support for graduate students’ mental health, particularly in light of the coronavirus pandemic and the additional stress it causes. As a graduate student, “often you dig yourself a very deep mental hole, or get so engrossed ...
Beyond the bounds of Earth’s solar system, exoplanets revolve in space and are the target planets of ongoing research efforts, including those of Professor of Physics Gregory Tucker. Tucker is leading a team of Brown students to build key parts of the Exoplanet Climate Infrared Telescope, aptly referred ...
At its general body meeting Wednesday, the Undergraduate Council of Students debated whether the general body passed an amendment to introduce class year representatives after a previously overlooked Council rule left the status of the proposal uncertain. UCS was scheduled to hear Decolonization at ...
The Undergraduate Council of Students kicked off its election process for first-year representatives last week with two information sessions. First-year elections will take place entirely virtually this year, with freshmen candidates campaigning from home in accordance with the University’s tri-semester ...
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