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TeleHealth Access for Seniors provides senior citizens with smart devices to access health care, contact family

By Marlene Goetz | September 29

TeleHealth Access for Seniors, a nonprofit, provides smart devices to low-income and elderly patients across the country, helping them remain connected with health services, as well as family and friends. “We found a problem with a lot of seniors not having access to their doctors because they ...

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Some remote students receive emails from Brown accusing them of violating code of student conduct

By Katie Chen | September 28

As the University pushed for students who have opted for remote status but are living in Providence to enroll in its testing program last week, some students erroneously received emails alleging that they had been in the Providence area and had violated the Code of Student Conduct. Emails have since ...

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Predicting outcomes of COVID-19: Brown professors describe the ‘art’ of drawing the curve in epidemiological modeling

By Emilija Sagaityte | September 28

Picture thousands of undergraduate students unpacking their bags at an isolated Brown University campus free from outside contact amid the COVID-19 pandemic. In this simplified scenario, a certain number of these students are carrying stowaway SARS-CoV-2 particles. Others have yet to be exposed to the ...

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Brown urges students to be cautious as Providence College sees spike in COVID-19 cases

By Corey Gelb-Bicknell | September 28

In the last seven days, Brown administered 10,000 COVID-19 asymptomatic tests to students and faculty with no confirmed positive cases among students. In total, Brown has announced 16 asymptomatic positive cases since Aug. 24. But, less than three miles away, students at the private Catholic school ...

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Faced with pandemic hurdles, restaurants on Thayer Street lean on apps

By Ben Glickman | September 27

Before the pandemic, customers in East Side Pockets watched their orders being prepared from behind a glass wall. Still, the glass could not contain the crackle of frying oil and the wafting smell of grilled meat — mouthwatering hints for hungry customers. Now, instead of waiting behind glass, more ...

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Brown community reflects on passing of Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg, future of SCOTUS

By Liza Mullett | September 27

In 2002, Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg delivered the baccalaureate address to the University’s graduating seniors and told a story about a time a student asked her what America’s biggest problem would be as the new century began. “The challenge,” Ginsburg related to the student, ...

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TAs navigate online semester

By Jack Walker | September 27

Teaching assistants have always played an essential role in helping classes run smoothly, moderating discussion sessions and answering students’ questions. Now, they are also navigating the remote learning environment, working with instructors to offer accessible and comprehensive teaching to students ...

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Stacey Abrams speaks on importance of voting, activism at Watson panel

By Benjamin Pollard | September 27

“Voting is not enough” to address social injustice in the United States, said Stacey Abrams, the Democratic Party’s nominee in the 2018 Georgia gubernatorial election, at a Wednesday panel discussing the “All In: The Fight for Democracy” documentary. “And anyone who tells you different isn’t ...

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Brown community remembers Milan Samardziski ’23

By Corey Gelb-Bicknell | September 24

Milan Samardziski ’23, a loving friend with a quick wit and resounding laugh, passed away unexpectedly while at home with his family in North Macedonia, on Sept. 4. He had just turned 20 years old. Samardziski was a musician, mathematician and multi-lingual, “brilliant in every aspect of life,” ...

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Students with remote status but residing in Providence urged to come forward and register for testing program

By Kayla Guo | September 24

Updated 5:10 P.M., September 24, 2020 President Christina Paxson P’19 urged students who are listed as studying remotely but have returned to Providence to come forward and enroll in the University’s testing program immediately, in a community-wide email sent Thursday. “Because these students ...

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Paxson, Locke memo addresses anti-Black racism and lack of representation in admissions

By Henry Dawson | September 23

Both addressing anti-Black racism and furthering diversity and inclusion initiatives at the University were centered in a Sept. 18 memo written by President Christina Paxson P ’19 and Provost Richard Locke P’18 in response to the Diversity and Inclusion Oversight Board’s 2020 annual report released ...

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Brown Votes launches challenge aimed at 100 percent voter registration, turnout in 2020 election

By Liza Mullett | September 23

When men’s basketball captain Tamenang Choh ’21 and his teammates returned to campus this year, they knew they wanted to take action beyond the court during this unusual fall semester. The team had already set goals to confront racial injustice and support the Black Lives Matter movement over the ...

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UCS introduces Equity and Inclusion committee, discusses semester projects at first meeting of academic year

By Karlos Bautista | September 23

The Undergraduate Council of Students held an information session during its first general body meeting of the semester and discussed the new UCS Equity and Inclusion Committee, project updates and upcoming UCS elections. At Wednesday’s virtual meeting, members of the Council’s executive board, ...

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Five 70 Ship Street workers have tested positive for COVID-19 over past four weeks

By Olivia Burdette | September 22

Five individuals working in University labs at 70 Ship Street, a multi-lab research building, have tested positive for COVID-19 in the past four weeks, according to a Sept. 19 email to workers, reviewed by The Herald, from Executive Vice President for Planning and Policy Russell Carey. Three of the ...

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Brown COVID-19 testing update: 16 total positive cases as of 9/22

By Katie Chen | September 22

The University maintains a positivity rate under 0.1 percent as the testing program proceeds, while Providence College reported an outbreak and greater Rhode Island remains at risk for an outbreak of its own. The University is working to ensure the safety of students, faculty and staff as online classes ...

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Brown and Rhode Island Department of Health use interviews, mobile app for contact tracing

By Claire Liu | September 22

From personal logs to phone applications and software, many methods of contact tracing are being put to use at the University, state and national levels to track COVID-19 infections. Contact tracing is a key strategy for preventing further spread of COVID-19 by individuals that have been exposed, according ...

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Brown’s FY21 deficit may reach $165 million

By Caelyn Pender | September 22

The University’s financial losses for Fiscal Year 2021 may range from $100 to $165 million due to the economic impacts of COVID-19 and adjustments made to the academic year, President Christina Paxson P ’19, Provost Richard Locke P ’18 and Vice President for Finance and Administration Barbara ...

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‘I just want my children to be safe’: Providence Public School District parents on school reopening

By Benjamin Pollard | September 21

As their children began school Sept. 14, Providence Public School District parents expressed concerns about what the year will bring. Whether instruction for the school year begins in person, online or hybrid differs by grade and follows the evolution of the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic. At the beginning ...

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Professors log in for first week of online semester at Brown

By Mia Barzilay Freund | September 21

Professor of Neuroscience Monica Linden’s eight-year-old daughter stared at her mom through the glass doors of her home office, waiting to share something while Linden taught a seminar on brain regions that ran for over an hour. Professor of International and Public Affairs Ari Gabinet can no longer ...

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RPLs plan for atypical dorm experience this fall semester

By Jack Walker | September 20

For Natalia Brown ’23, the decision to return as an in-person Residential Peer Leader was not an easy one. When the University announced its phased opening plan, she considered pulling out of the RPL program entirely. “It was almost too much stress,” Brown said. As the return of the University’s ...