“Taste of Thayer Street” returned for its second year Wednesday evening, featuring 17 restaurants and seven retail stores, including the Brown Bookstore.
The Undergraduate Council of Students announced the results of its first-year election for positions on UCS, the Undergraduate Finance Board, and Class Coordinating Board on Sept. 27, electing ten first-year students into office. Approximately a quarter of all first years, or 772 students from the ...
The Undergraduate Council of Students hosted a town hall meeting focused on residential life Wednesday, which included staff from the Office of Residential Life addressing student questions on the recently announced updates to the housing lottery.
On Oct. 4, Jacob Gelman ’25 left the Duke University School of Law admissions information session with the same confusion he had brought with him. After an hour of listening to admissions officers detail the school’s application cycle, requirements, strategies and more, Gelman still ...
A class action complaint filed Sept. 23 claims that the University’s websites, including the athletics website and the campus shop website, violate the Americans with Disabilities Act by not being ...
Student protesters interrupted an ExxonMobil recruiting event Tuesday in the Lincoln Field Building to call attention to the company’s lack of action to prevent climate change.
When Jesse Hogan ’24 sat down to select his housing in the spring, he was hoping for an in-suite single — a typical living situation for juniors. To their surprise, by only the second day of the housing lottery, there were nearly no such options available in University dorms, leaving ...
The University announced that 62 additional faculty were hired for the 2022-23 school year, 30% of which are members of historically underrepresented groups in higher education, according to a Sept. 6 press release. With these new hires, the University has “just about” met its goal of doubling ...
Following the Supreme Court decision overturning Roe v. Wade this June, abortion access has remained at the forefront of both local community discourse and nationwide topical concern,
Victoria Richter, adjunct professor of Slavic studies, was scrolling through her laptop at the International House ...
Jennifer Nazareno was appointed interim associate dean for academic affairs and innovation at the University’s School of Professional Studies in September, the school announced Friday. As interim dean, “Nazareno will provide oversight and support for academic affairs” and serve ...
Under the dim lighting of her office, Professor of Hispanic Studies Mercedes Vaquero sits in a cozy chair surrounded by walls of colorful posters. Located in Rochambeau House, home of the Department of French and Francophone Studies, her office boasts a variety of knick-knacks, like a bronze medallion ...
President Christina Paxson P’19 led a student listening session for the ongoing provost search Thursday in Petteruti Lounge. Students in attendance shared questions, comments and suggestions with Paxson and search committee members Nicole Gonzalez Van Cleve, associate professor of Sociology, and ...
Mahsa Amini was 22 years old when Tehran’s Guidance Patrol — a dedicated morality police established by the Islamic Republic of Iran that enforces strict dress codes for women — apprehended ...
From Sept. 15 to Oct. 15, the United States commemorates Hispanic Heritage Month. In Rhode Island, the Latinx community is rapidly growing, having increased 40% in the last decade, per the US Census Bureau's 2021 census. To celebrate a vibrant and diverse community, local governments, businesses ...
When Marielle Segarra ’10 joined WBRU, the University’s radio station, at her RPL’s urging her sophomore year, a career in radio wasn’t on her radar. She wanted to be a journalist, but she thought she would end up working in print.
“Climate and democracy are under enormous threat,” said Amy Goodman, host and executive producer of the progressive news program “Democracy Now!” at a Thursday evening event hosted by the Cogut Institute for the Humanities in Pembroke Hall. “Our ability to weather this storm depends on ...
In their second meeting of the semester, the Graduate Student Council hosted Graduate Labor Organization President Sherena Razek GS and Secretary Mary Higgins to discuss the recent removal of two graduate students, as well as accommodations and emergency funding options for grad students.
The Undergraduate Council of Students hosted a roundtable talk Wednesday to discuss recent changes to the housing lottery. UCS members began the meeting by discussing concerns over off-campus housing for juniors.
A Sept. 30 petition called for a recall election of Undergraduate Council of Students President Ricky Zhong ’23 shortly after members of the UCS executive board expressed ...
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