A survey conducted in 2022 by the Department of Planning and Development found that addressing building quality and affordable housing over the next two decades is a top priority for Providence residents.
Far from home, students at Brown and the Rhode Island School of Design come together on College Hill annually to celebrate Rosh Hashanah, the Jewish New Year. The Herald spoke with students and religious leaders on College Hill about how they adapt Rosh Hashanah traditions to a campus setting — ...
Buyer of stolen Harvard Medical School human remains pleads guilty
On Sept. 5, Gabe Amo, a former White House aide under the Obama and Biden administrations, won the special primary election for Rhode Island’s 1st U.S. Congressional District.
Rhode Island’s housing challenges remain stark and will take significant time to improve, Secretary of Housing Stefan Pryor told the Special Legislative Commission to Study Housing Affordability Tuesday afternoon.
This story was initially published in The Herald’s Guide to Brown earlier in September.
Poet Kwame Dawes read a collection of his recent poetry for an audience of University students and faculty Wednesday evening.
Hurricane Lee is expected to bring heavy rain through New England as the Category 2 storm expands in size, potentially sparking flash flood warnings and shelter-in-place recommendations. The third major hurricane of the 2023 Atlantic hurricane season, Lee formed on Sept. 5 from a tropical depression ...
Content Warning: This article includes references to sexual assault. A University undergraduate has filed a lawsuit against Brown for allegedly mishandling a Title IX complaint following alleged sexual assault by a now-former lacrosse player.
The University’s Undergraduate Finance Board faced a $1.5 million gap between the funding requested by student groups and the money it could disperse to them this year, UFB President Arjun Krishna Chopra ’25 told The Herald. UFB, the student government branch that allocates student ...
Health Services is now offering free, over-the-counter emergency contraception at the on-campus pharmacy, according to a Sept. 7 Today@Brown announcement to the University community.
The School of Engineering added a new design engineering concentration to their degree offerings, according to a press release from late August. The new concentration connects to a variety of subject areas — from data science to graphic design — and will allow students to apply engineering principles ...
The workshop is the second hosted by the Curricular Resource Center in a Fall 2023 series that covers topics such as preparing for exams and scheduling coursework.
The Providence City Council Committee on Finance did not vote on two proposed voluntary payment agreements between the city and four private higher education institutions.
Former Brown University President Ruth J. Simmons details her journey since stepping down in 2012.
U. alum startup Wingspans will head to Washington, D.C. next week to compete for the U.S. Department of Education Future Finder Challenge.
The Graduate Labor Organization continued renegotiating its contract with the University through the summer, tentatively agreeing on four articles.
The positions up for election include two UCS First-Year Representatives, two UFB First-Year Representatives and the full First-Year CCB board.
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Several campus buildings faced flooding and leakages following a flash flood warning in some parts of Providence County Sunday afternoon.
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