Rory’s Market and Kitchen opened in downtown Providence Sept. 23, bringing fresh produce to the heart of the city and expanding food accessibility as the sole grocery store located downtown. According to WPRI-12, the opening of Rory’s — as well as plans for a Trader Joe’s store to open in ...
Latham Thomas, founder of maternity lifestyle brand Mama Glow, and Sarah Williams, visiting assistant professor of anthropology and gender studies, discussed their journeys with reproductive justice in a conversation hosted by Doulas@Brown in the Multipurpose Room of the Health & Wellness Center ...
University students can take their undergraduate education beyond the scope of single or double-concentrations with the Combined Degree Program or a triple concentration.
This winter marks the bear’s 119th year as a mainstay of Brown that has inspired songs, student names for art pieces and the four towering bear statues positioned throughout campus. The tradition of bringing live bears as mascots to represent the University at sporting events lasted from Helen’s ...
The University pledged in 2019 to reach net-zero carbon emissions by 2040 and cut its emissions by 75% by 2025, simultaneously unveiling multiple projects to reach these goals. While the University maintains that it is on track to reach its 2025 target with a new solar farm scheduled ...
Several students received incomplete or damaged deliveries of the items they stored with Campus Storage over the summer, according to students. Five students told The Herald that, when their belongings were delivered at the start of the academic year, they were missing boxes, received ...
In the 1960s, the women of Pembroke College were subject to strict rules. They adhered to curfews and conformed to dress codes under the parietal rules enforced at the time. But in 1965, one doctor in University health services made waves by doing what was unthinkable at the time — prescribing ...
On Oct. 12 the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention expanded its recommendation for the updated bivalent COVID-19 vaccine booster to include children ages five through 11, according to a CDC press release. The updated vaccines include Omicron BA.4 and BA.5 spike proteins, which target Omicron ...
When Caroline Sassan ’24 found out that the University was not offering its typical intramural soccer programming this fall, she began to look for alternate ways to still get on the field. Looking for “a pickup-type situation,” she came across an informal, queer soccer group led and participated ...
A class-action lawsuit filed in August 2021 claiming that the University fails to protect students from sexual violence can move ahead partially, a judge ruled on Tuesday. In March, the University filed a motion to dismiss the suit, The Herald previously reported. In May, the plaintiffs ...
The Providence City Council heard testimony from the public Wednesday evening about a proposal to prohibit more than three college students from renting a unit together in the city.
A long-planned temporary bike path on Hope Street went up for eight days earlier this month in an attempt to show residents and business owners what a mixed-use trail might look like on one mile of the busy East Side thoroughfare.
The road to Jan. 6, 2021 began at an August 2016 rally in Columbus, Ohio for former President Donald Trump, according to Jonathan Lemire, POLITICO’s White House bureau chief and the host of “Way Too Early” on MSNBC.
After its dissolution in fall 2020, the Brown chapter of Sunrise Movement, a climate advocacy group, relaunched on campus last week. The chapter has already been active: Sunrise members have promoted a petition asking candidates to replace Provost Richard Locke P’18 to commit to the University’s ...
A unique blend of drums, keys, guitar, trumpet, bass and cello echoed throughout the hallways of T.F. Green Hall Friday night. Within one of the hall’s practice rooms, energy soared high as The Sundials rehearsed their set — they practiced certain verses over and over again, making sure to hit ...
With just three weeks to go until the midterm elections, Democrat Seth Magaziner ’06 and Republican Allan Fung — candidates for Rhode Island’s 2nd Congressional District — clashed in a televised debate Tuesday evening. The debate marked one of the last high-profile opportunities for the candidates ...
Trader Joe’s is set to open later this month in Fox Point, offering East Side residents another option for groceries, along with flowers, plants and seasonal bouquets for bargain prices. The long-awaited grocery store will share a neighborhood with a number of mom-and-pop florists on Wickenden ...
The second cohort of a scholarship and leadership initiative for students from historically underrepresented backgrounds in the Master of Public Health program was announced Sept. 9, according to a Sept. 26 Today@Brown announcement. The Health Equity Scholars program is a two-year scholarship ...
The Corporation, the University’s highest governing body, formally accepted over $91 million in gifts and pledges at its October meeting, according to a Monday Today@Brown announcement from President Christina Paxson P’19. These contributions, made since the Corporation’s last meeting ...
The Undergraduate Finance Board voted Sept. 16 to pass a budget that fully covers club sports costs, eliminating the prior requirement that club sports members fundraise a percentage of their budgets determined by the Athletics Department, according to UFB Chair Amienne Spencer-Blume ’23.
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