Effective Sept. 1, Tejal Desai ’94, an engineering researcher, will assume the position of dean of Brown’s School of Engineering, according to the current dean of engineering Lawrence Larson. Desai is currently a professor of bioengineering and therapeutic sciences at the University ...
The Rhode Island School of Design announced the appointment of Crystal Williams as its 18th president Dec. 16, making Williams the first Black president of the school. Williams, described in RISD’s press release as “a teacher, leader, advocate, and poet,” is currently the vice president and ...
Last September, activists, including current student Zoey Fisher ’25 and alum Jamie Metzl ’90, released a draft UN General Assembly resolution addressing global health issues including water access, sanitation, hygeine and pandemic protection through Model UN Impact, a diplomacy simulation organization. ...
Amid the emergence of the Omicron variant, restaurants and businesses on Thayer Street face varying difficulties with supply chain issues and staffing. Despite uncertainty regarding the pandemic and increased costs due to supply shortages, shop owners said business has improved since 2020. They are ...
Fifteen students and 29 employees reported positive COVID-19 test results on campus from Jan. 15 to 19, and approximately seven students are currently in isolation in on-campus or designated off-campus housing, according to a Jan. 21 Today@Brown announcement.
World-renowned fashion journalist and University alum André Leon Talley MA ’72 died Tuesday at the age of 73. Having held positions as a stylist, creative director and the Editor-at-Large of Vogue Magazine throughout his expansive career, Talley leaves behind a legacy of creativity and innovation ...
The University will move forward with its plans to begin spring semester classes in person, with some procedural adjustments to accommodate difficulties posed by cases of the COVID-19 Omicron variant rising nationally. Course materials ...
The University will require undergraduate students to take self-administered rapid antigen tests for COVID-19 during the spring semester, the results of which they will self-report to the University, Executive Vice President for Planning and Policy Russell Carey ’91 MA’06 and Vice President for ...
A lawsuit filed Sunday claims that Brown and 15 other schools, including Yale, Duke University and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, violated federal antitrust laws by collaborating on their financial aid policies when some members did not maintain the need-blind ...
The Rhode Island School of Design announced Tuesday that its Wintersession courses will begin remotely from Jan. 6 to 13, RISD Spokesperson Jaime Marland wrote in an email to The Herald. Currently, RISD plans on resuming in-person Wintersession classes Jan. 14.
Members of the University’s administration and faculty discussed a proposal for the Center of Philosophy, Politics and Economics at the final faculty meeting of the semester Dec. 7. President Christina Paxson P’19 introduced plans to establish a Center for Philosophy, Politics and Economics as ...
Faculty passed a motion to extend the pilot period on the University’s revised first-year orientation schedule for a third year. Announced in 2020, the updated program shifted first-year move-in day and Academic Advising Day to the Thursday and Friday before Labor Day weekend respectively, increasing ...
The University accepted 896 students to the class of 2026 from a pool of 6,146 early decision applicants, according to Dean of Admission Logan Powell. The early acceptance rate, number of applicants and number of accepted students were all records in the history of the University’s early decision ...
All students, faculty and staff will be required to receive a COVID-19 vaccine booster shot, Executive Vice President for Planning and Policy Russell Carey ’91 MA’06 announced in a Dec. 14 campus-wide email.
On the morning of Nov. 14, Kimberly Millette, program director for the Office of Military-Affiliated Students, entered the University OMAS lounge to find urine on the inside and outside of the microwave, on the fridge and on the floor. The Department of Public Safety is currently working to identify ...
The new Campus Safety Working Group will direct a planning process to improve Brown’s approach to community safety, according to the charge of the group released Dec. 1 in a Today@Brown letter ...
Hospitals around the United States have been ravaged by the pandemic, and the Rhode Island hospitals near Brown University's campus are no exception. We spoke to Senior Staff Writer Neil Mehta ’25 about the additional strain that Brown student intoxication hospitalizations have put on these hospitals ...
Welcome to The Herald’s fall 2021 poll, conducted in person for the first time since the start of the COVID-19 pandemic. Here, you’ll find dozens of graphs that will allow you to explore the student body and the myriad identities, experiences and opinions present on campus.
The Black Student Union hosted its annual Black Excellence Showcase Saturday. According to a BSU Instagram post, the event, formally known as the BSU Pageant, was held to celebrate Black excellence at Brown.
From kindergarten to eighth grade, Grace Skavdahl ’23 spent each school day in the same building: a bright pink, one-room schoolhouse 11 miles east of the nearest town. In the days she spent traveling back and forth between the schoolhouse and her family’s cattle ranch, Skavdahl passed by friends ...
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