The University and Graduate Labor Organization continued their negotiations regarding fiscal year 2023 stipend increases for graduate student workers in a March 2 meeting. In response to GLO’s proposal for a 21% stipend increase at a meeting last month, the University offered a 4.25% raise ...
Positive COVID-19 cases among students have declined for the third week in a row, according to a March 4 COVID-19 Campus Safety Update from Executive Vice President for Planning and Policy Russell Carey ’91 MA’06. Eighty students reported positive COVID-19 test results from Feb. ...
Climate Jobs Rhode Island, The Worker Institute at Cornell’s School of Industrial and Labor Relations and other organizations have collaborated to address how the state's climate goals and the labor movement intersect. A year of research culminated in the report “Building a Just Transition for ...
The Providence Public School District currently has 129 teacher vacancies, according to Maribeth Calabro, president of the Providence Teachers Union. These vacancies have been caused by various factors such as the COVID-19 pandemic, curriculum and certification requirements.
The University is currently working with partner organizations such as Scholars at Risk and the New University in Exile Consortium “to provide a safe academic ...
On Tuesday, President Christina Paxson P’19 announced that the BrownTogether campaign was extended to Dec. 31, 2024 with a new $4 billion ...
Five blocks east of Thayer sits Ives Street, a calm stretch filled with a variety of small businesses and eateries. While Ives is farther from the University’s central campus, it is still known as a popular place in the community to shop and eat. The Herald spoke to four business owners on Ives ...
The University’s Advisory Committee on University Resources Management released its recommendations on a proposal by Scholars at Brown for Climate Action to revise the University’s gift acceptance policy and business ethics policy, according to a March 2 Today@Brown announcement from President ...
In March 2019, the Watson Institute for International and Public Affairs announced plans to combine its Development Studies, International Relations and Public Policy concentrations into a single concentration called “International and Public Affairs,” The Herald previously reported. ...
As the spring semester presses on and University students scramble to secure summer and postgraduate opportunities, international students face particular logistical challenges in seeking employment in the U.S. “International students, especially those studying on F-1 student visas, have unique ...
Students, parents and University faculty crowded into the Salomon Center on Wednesday to listen to a lecture from the 2021 Co-recipient of the Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences Guido Imbens MA’89 PhD’91. Imbens won the prize for his work with Massachusetts Institute of Technology ...
A series of Title IX changes and proposals since the Biden administration took office in January 2021 has sparked discussion among policy experts and student activist groups on campus. Key changes include implementing protections against discrimination based on sexual orientation or gender identity ...
The Graduate Student Council hosted Andrew Campbell, dean of the graduate school, and Zhichun Lin, assistant director of career counseling, in its general body meeting on Wednesday.
The Undergraduate Council of Students presented its spring 2022 elections timeline at its general body meeting Wednesday evening. The timeline was written by the Student Government Association — which consists of UCS, the Undergraduate Finance Board and the Class Coordinating Board — and discussed ...
President Christina Paxson P’19 spoke on the Russia-Ukraine conflict at the March 1 faculty meeting, detailing how the University is taking a “personalized” approach to supporting its students. “These are truly harrowing experiences for affected members of our community, and it’s ...
The University announced new loosened masking restrictions in certain settings for individuals who are up to date with COVID-19 vaccines in a community-wide email Wednesday from Executive Vice President for Planning and Policy Russell Carey ’91 MA’06. Individuals who have “received all recommended ...
Due to the 51.5% returns on Brown’s endowment in fiscal year 2021, Brown now has joined a handful of universities that pay taxes on their endowments. With its recent growth, Brown joins universities such as Harvard, Princeton, Yale and Stanford in qualifying for paying taxes on its endowment. ...
Members of the University's faculty and administration opted to delay a vote on establishing a proposed Center for Philosophy, Politics and Economics at the March 1 faculty meeting. The vote will instead be held at the May 3 faculty meeting. The vote on establishing the proposed center has ...
Nearly two years after the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic with public health conditions still changing, businesses on Westminster Street in downtown Providence have persevered, in part because of rallying support for local shops, owners say. Even when Rhode Island had the highest COVID-19 ...
Although students were granted a day of canceled and virtual classes last Friday due to a snowstorm, normal operations continued for some University workers. Only eight staff members missed work due to the weather, according to an email to The Herald from Vice President of Dining Programs George ...
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