In early April, Miraal Zafar ’23 joined a campus-wide student boycott of the Graduate Center Bar. Organized by Okezie Okoro ’22, the boycott was held in response to an April 7 incident in which a GCB employee told Okoro to leave the bar premises after the two had a disagreement. Lasting through ...
Alumni interviews for prospective students will not resume following their suspension at the outset of the COVID-19 pandemic, according to an email from the Office of College Admission sent to alumni on Oct. 11. Applicants will retain the option to submit a two-minute video introduction, the email ...
After Leona Hariharan ’23 received doula training from Mama Glow, a maternal health education organization, in September 2021, she began to consider how she could create similar opportunities for students interested in learning about reproductive justice on Brown’s campus. Last November, ...
If you’ve ever eaten a meal at Andrews Commons, then chances are you’ve encountered Chef Younes Haimoura. Charismatic and upbeat, Haimoura always chats with students as they make their way through the meal stations. But beyond his work as a culinary supervisor at Andrews, Haimoura is also the ...
The School of Public Health celebrated the launch of its Pandemic Center in a ceremony Oct. 12. Speeches from Jennifer Nuzzo, Pandemic Center director and professor of epidemiology, as well as Beth Cameron, Pandemic Center senior advisor and professor of the practice of health services, rang in the ...
On May 15, 1978, an exhibition titled “Private Parts” was set to debut at 128 Main St., organized by a group of RISD students. But the night before the opening, a Providence Police officer came to inspect the gallery. Though the officer didn’t personally take offense with the content of the ...
After over two years of efforts and a few surprising phone calls, the work of a man The New York Times once described as the “most visible” prisoner on death row is now at the John Hay Library. This past August, the University acquired the personal papers and items of Mumia Abu-Jamal, ...
After years of waiting and speculation, the Fox Point Trader Joe's will have its grand opening next Thursday, Nov. 3. “Moments before doors open at 8 a.m., there will be a brief ceremonial ribbon cutting,” according to a press release from the grocery store chain. “Store Captain Linda Iannitti ...
The Undergraduate Council of Students hosted a sustainability town hall meeting Wednesday, during which members of
The University is in the process of inviting administrators, faculty, students and staff to join a new advisory group on issues related to transportation, traffic and parking.
The formerly vacant rooms of Andrews House, which were left empty when the University’s health services office moved to the Wellness Center and Residence Hall, are once again full of life. The various pharmacy, storage and office rooms in the building are now occupied by countless racks of colorful ...
When Caspar Schliemann ’25 logged on to Brown’s intramural sports website earlier this semester, he was expecting to sign up his 11-person team for intramural soccer. Instead, he saw basketball, volleyball and ultimate frisbee — but soccer wasn’t listed.
With recent rapid advancements in data technology, “what often gets lost is the human element,” said whistleblower and trans activist Chelsea Manning to a packed audience in the Granoff Center Tuesday evening.
In 1972, the University’s Urban Studies Program was born out of faculty volunteerism and a steadfast commitment to the principles of interdisciplinary exploration unique to Brown. Fifty years later, the program is celebrating half a century of community engagement, scholarship and development. Professor ...
The Rhode Island School of Design launched a new “brand identity” last month to better reflect the school’s “vision, values and priorities,” the culmination of a process that began last spring and involved input from hundreds of community members, according to a Sept. 28 press ...
The University donated $5 million to Care New England to support the building of a new labor and delivery center at Women and Infants Hospital, according to an Oct. 20 press release from the hospital. The new center, which is expected to begin construction in January 2023, will be named the Brown ...
Over 100 students crowded into the Kasper Multipurpose Room in the Stephen Robert ’62 Campus Center on Monday night to celebrate Diwali, a religious festival in Hinduism, Buddhism, Sikhism and Jainism. Dressed in a variety of traditional South Asian clothing such as kurtas, lehengas and shararas, ...
This morning, the University released the details of its Operational Plan for Investing in Research, which aims to increase University research output over the next five to seven years through investments in “space, faculty, staff and students,” according to a letter from President Christina ...
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 ...
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