Edward Melillo, associate professor of history and environmental studies at Amherst College, has been drawn to insects since childhood. He first felt a connection to the six-legged creatures in an entomology class at age 11 when he watched a butterfly drink from a juicy slice of watermelon on a sweltering ...
Stephen Karam ’02 started writing at Brown and has since been recognized with numerous awards for his work, including a Tony award for his play “The Humans.” Karam, who grew up in Scranton, Penn., initially thought he wasn’t “fancy enough” to attend a school like Brown, but continued to ...
In the March 19-21 affiliation vote organized by Stand Up for Graduate Student Employees, graduate student voters selected the American Federation of Teachers as their union affiliate should unionization occur, according to SUGSE members. AFT was chosen on Tuesday night over the United Automobile, Aerospace ...
For the fourth year in a row, a faculty member in the computer science department has been awarded the Sloan Research Fellowship, which recognizes the work and promise of early-career scholars by awarding winners a two-year, $65,000 fellowship, according to its website. Tim Kraska, assistant professor ...
Come April 1, the School of Public Health will welcome its first assistant dean for diversity and inclusion: Assistant Professor of Behavioral and Social Sciences Caroline Kuo. In her new role, Kuo will “manage, coordinate and centralize diversity and inclusion efforts” within the SPH, according ...
According to the University mission statement, Brown strives to “serve the community, the nation and the world by discovering, communicating and preserving knowledge.” But as Andrew Creamer, the University Library’s scientific data management specialist, pointed out, the University has yet to ...
Updated on Mar. 22 at 12:57 p.m. The debate over graduate student unionization at the University starts a new chapter as Stand Up for Graduate Student Employees — the main group pushing for unionization on campus — concluded voting on the labor union with which it will affiliate. The American Federation ...
A campaign to encourage students to respect sexual consent during Spring Weekend was launched at the Spring Weekend Release Party Tuesday night. The Positive Change campaign aims to increase awareness about consent by spreading a visual symbol of consent — a plus sign within a triangle — and ensuring ...
The University received a total of 32,699 applications for the class of 2021, according to Dean of Admission Logan Powell. The number of applicants increased from last year’s applicant pool, which saw 32,280 students seek admission to the University for the class of 2020. This year’s applicant pool ...
Launched by the Undergraduate Council of Students at the end of February, the Celebrating Staff at Brown Facebook page highlights University staff members “who we interact with and who keep the University running” as part of an effort to show staff appreciation, said UCS treasurer Yuzuka Akasaka ...
As the University’s academic departments released their own departmental diversity and inclusion action plans last fall, many mentioned new spring courses intended to build upon the goals set forth in the University’s Diversity and Inclusion Action Plan to increase faculty and student diversity ...
The 2017 Brown Brain Fair saw people of many different ages and interests come together with a single purpose — to learn about the brain. More specifically, they came to Sayles Hall March 19 to hear about different aspects of the brain’s anatomy, applications and recent research advancements. The ...
Former Prime Minster of the United Kingdom David Cameron came to the University Monday to deliver the Ogden Memorial Lecture at the Pizzitola Center. Prior to his lecture, the former Prime Minister sat down with The Herald for an exclusive interview touching on isolationism in global politics, Britain’s ...
Former Prime Minister of the United Kingdom David Cameron delivered a lecture Monday in the latest iteration of the Ogden Lectureship. The lecture, titled “Contemporary Global Challenges: Where Do We Go From Here?,” focused on a recent trend of populist, nationalist events — the United Kingdom’s ...
Alex Volpicello ’18 withdrew from the Undergraduate Council of Students vice presidential race Monday night, leaving Naveen Srinivasan ’19 to run uncontested for the position. The race for every UCS position is now uncontested, including the race for president, which is headed by Chelse-Amoy Steele ...
Monty Alexander, a Grammy award winning composer, showed off his creative and eclectic jazz style at the 30th Annual Eric Adam Brudner ’84 Memorial Concert in Salomon Hall March 18. His band, the Harlem Kingston Express, played a setlist incorporating a range of pieces that featured genres from traditional ...
In an attempt to educate the community — both on and off campus — about Islam and Islamophobia in the United States, the Rhode Island Council for Muslim Advancement and Brown Chaplaincy are working together to conduct a series of monthly interactive workshops. Adnan Adrian Wood-Smith, the University’s ...
After releasing its first annual report on the Diversity and Inclusion Action Plan, the University hosted its biennial National Diversity Summit this weekend featuring a series of panels and breakout sessions designed to relay the importance of diversity and inclusion in higher education. Organized ...
Candidates running for executive positions for the Undergraduate Student Council and the Undergraduate Finance Board discussed a range of issues, including a possible raise in the student activities fee, staffing at the Title IX office and increased recruitment for both bodies, at a debate Sunday night. Chelse-Amoy ...
We may not know as much as we think we do, University research suggests. Our own knowledge may be riddled with holes, but the information contained in many people’s minds forms a vast web of communal understanding, according to Steven Sloman, professor of cognitive, linguistic and psychological sciences. ...
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