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Brown professor says he requested coronavirus test after trip to Europe

By Daniel Goldberg , Emilija Sagaityte and Olivia Burdette | March 2

Onésimo Almeida, professor of Portuguese and Brazilian Studies, said he has requested a test for COVID-19 coronavirus following a trip to Portugal during which Almeida was near someone recently diagnosed with the virus.Alemeida told The Herald that the Rhode Island Department of Health did not give ...

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Metro Recap: Reflections on Sanders’ 2016 Rhode Island win

By Olivia George | March 2

The nation’s smallest state voted big for Senator Bernie Sanders (I-VT) on April 26, 2016. Winning 54.7 percent of the vote compared to Hillary Clinton’s 43.1 percent, Sanders emerged victorious in Rhode Island’s Democratic presidential primary even as Clinton scooped up wins in many neighboring ...

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Roundup: Graduate labor regulations may see changes in 2020 election

By Kamran King | March 2

About 40 years ago, one in five American workers were union members; though membership has dropped to about 10 percent since then, labor is still an essential part of the American political landscape. As graduate student unionization efforts become increasingly prevalent, the 2020 elections could affect ...

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First two presumptive coronavirus cases reach Rhode Island

By Emilija Sagaityte | March 2

State public health officials announced Rhode Island’s first two presumptive cases of COVID-19 coronavirus Saturday and Sunday respectively after finding out that two people who had returned from a trip to Europe Feb. 22 tested positive. The first presumptive patient, a man in his 40s, is currently ...

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Rhode Island aims to avoid polling station issues for 2020

By Benjamin Pollard | March 2

After the 2016 Rhode Island presidential primary left some voters confused about which polling locations were open, the location and number of polling stations for this April’s primary remain in question. “We’re still formulating a plan,” said Steven Taylor, special projects coordinator for ...

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Brown students plan leave to work on campaign trail

By Katie Chen | March 2

This fall, while some students will look forward to apple-picking, pumpkin spice lattes and shopping period, others will trade in their textbooks and backpacks for long workweeks spent knocking on doors and organizing communities. Citing the importance of the 2020 Presidential Election this November, ...

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Brown political researchers discuss 2020 primary

By Rahma Ibrahim | March 2

With the 2020 Democratic primary under way, University political scientists are researching new ways to evaluate the current election cycle and incorporate current election news into the classroom. Professors Katherine Tate, Richard Arenberg and Rachel Meade spoke with The Herald about their research ...

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Some Rhode Island politicians endorse candidates, most refrain

By Ben Glickman | March 2

On the eve of Super Tuesday and two months before the Rhode Island primaries, most of Rhode Island’s prominent Democratic officials have not endorsed a presidential candidate. Those who have endorsed candidates are supporting a range of moderates. Gov. Gina Raimondo endorsed former New York City mayor ...

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Brown suspends study abroad program in Italy due to increasing concerns about coronavirus

By Victoria Caruso | February 29

Updated 8:00 P.M. Feb. 29, 2020. In light of growing concerns about the spread of the coronavirus, the University cancelled its Brown in Bologna program yesterday, asking all enrolled students to make arrangements to depart from Italy. The email from the Office of International Programs announcing ...

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Translator talks importance, difficulties of language

By Ben Balint-Kurti | February 28

Acclaimed translator of Italian works and former Head of the Copy Department for the New Yorker Ann Goldstein spoke on the nuanced and complex process of adapting foreign-language literature into English during the keynote address of the Center for Language Studies’ Translation Across Disciplines ...

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Brown physics professor Jim Gates pens book, 'Proving Einstein Right'

By Claire Liu | February 28

While Professor of Physics and Director of the Brown Theoretical Physics Center S. James Gates, Jr. has only taught at the University since 2017, Gates has an astounding body of achievements in the physics field under his belt. Recently, Gates co-wrote the book “Proving Einstein Right: The Daring ...

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Brown computer science grants will fund two new projects

By Kaan Sayin | February 28

In today’s world, people turn to their phones and computers in search of information, expecting relevant results at the click of a button. Computers use their ability to recognize language to return personalized results to users in seconds. Two grants awarded in January will allow computer science ...

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GSC, CAPS address graduate student mental health needs

By Jack Walker | February 28

The Graduate Student Council and Counseling and Psychological Services are collaborating on new programming to address graduate student mental health needs. At its February meeting, the GSC executive board focused on increased mental health support in its plans for the new semester, The Herald previously ...

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MRHS, BOMBS, MASH host Loving Week 2020

By Samantha Molina | February 28

From March 2 through March 6, the Brown Center for Students of Color’s Multiracial Heritage Series, the Brown Organization of Multiracial and Biracial Students and the Mixed-Asian/Pacific Islander Students’ Heritage group will commemorate the Loving v. Virginia Supreme Court case with their annually-hosted ...

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From the archives: This day in Herald history

By Rose Houglet | February 27

This article describes a piece published in the Feb. 26, 1987 Brown Daily Herald. On this day in history in 1987, Stacy Bereck Chernosky ’90 P’23 covered the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation’s $95,000 grant for the University to study community-based AIDS care. The Center for Health Care Research ...

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State poised to ban 3-D-printed guns, ‘ghost guns’

By Karlos Bautista | February 27

In the first six weeks of the 2020 Legislative Session, both chambers of the Rhode Island General Assembly passed bills which outlaw 3-D-printed guns and other untraceable or undetectable firearms, better known as ‘ghost guns.’ With supporters including Governor Gina Raimondo and Attorney General ...

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Brown holds forum discussing Sustainability Report draft

By Henry Dawson | February 27

The University’s draft Strategic Sustainability Plan Report received feedback from community members who urged a greater focus on equity and climate justice at an open forum Wednesday. The forum, led by Stephen Porder, assistant provost for sustainability and professor of ecology, environment and ...

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Journalists expelled by Chinese Foreign Ministry

By Olivia George | February 27

On Feb. 19, the Chinese Ministry of Foreign Affairs announced its decision to expel three Wall Street Journal reporters, including University alum Chao Deng ’09. The move marked the country’s first direct expulsion of foreign reporters in over two decades. Two of the reporters left the country on ...

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New exhibit comes to Haffenreffer Museum of Anthropology

By Caelyn Pender | February 27

A new exhibit, titled “Transient Matter: Assemblages of Migration in the Mediterranean,” opened at the Haffenreffer Museum of Anthropology Feb. 20. The exhibit showcases a collection of objects — including life jackets, blankets and a baby’s bottle — left behind on the island of Lesvos in ...

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Brown graduate students protest for union contract

By Jack Walker | February 26

“What do we want? Contract! When do we want it? Now! If we don’t get it? Shut it down.” Chanting to beats banged out on pots and pans, over 100 graduate students and allies marched from the Van Wickle Gates to 225 Dyer Street yesterday, where bargaining committee members of the graduate student ...