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Act on Climate bill passes R.I. Senate and House, introducing accountability in achieving updated emissions reduction goals

By Mike Kuharski | March 24

The Act on Climate bill passed the Rhode Island House of Representatives 53-22 Tuesday after gaining approval from the state Senate last week. This is the first major climate legislation the state legislature has passed since 2014, according to Dawn King, senior lecturer in environment and society. ...

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UCS discusses pre-registration with Dean Zia, proposes resolution in solidarity with Asian Americans

By Shilpa Sajja | March 24

The Undergraduate Council of Students gave feedback to Dean of the College Rashid Zia ’01 about the University’s course pre-registration process and discussed a statement of solidarity in light of increasing violence against Asian Americans nationally at its general body meeting Wednesday evening. Chair ...

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'Race & Genetics' panel unpacks racism, misconceptions in field

By Liza Mullett | March 24

“You're always going to have people who look to science to justify racism and skepticism,” said C. Brandon Ogbunu, a Yale assistant professor of ecology and evolutionary biology. “Our job as scientists is to make (skeptics) have to be more and more magical about the way that they get there.” Ogbunu ...

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CareerLAB plans for BrownConnect Summer Immersion

By Seoeun Choi | March 24

As students began to lose summer opportunities and internships last year due to the pandemic, the University created the BrownConnect Summer Institute to offer them professional advice and experience from alumni and parents. With the pandemic landscape relatively unchanged a year later and most jobs ...

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Brown community reacts to Atlanta shooting with shock, anger

By Karlos Bautista | March 23

A deadly shooting at three different massage parlors in Atlanta last Tuesday shocked members of the Brown community, the nation and the world. Eight people — including six Asian women — were killed after a man opened fire at Young's Asian Massage, Gold Spa and Aromatherapy Spa. The victims of the ...

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Brown announces Land Acknowledgement Working Group

By Alex Nadirashvili | March 23

The University has formed a Land Acknowledgement Working Group, President Christina Paxson P’19 wrote in a March 11 letter to the Brown community. The new group will develop recommendations as to how the University should formally acknowledge the shared history of the institution and the local Indigenous ...

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The Bruno Brief: Rhode Island teachers become COVID-19 vaccine VIPs

By Ben Glickman | March 22

In this week’s episode of The Bruno Brief, we look into Rhode Island Gov. Dan McKee’s COVID-19 vaccine rollout plan, which contrasts from the previous plan by prioritizing occupation in expanding eligibility. We speak to Staff Writer Stella Olken-Hunt, who heard from Providence educators about how ...

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BrownTogether raises $20 million for diversity and inclusion initiatives

By Sophie Driscoll | March 22

BrownTogether gifts and grants have raised more than $20 million since the start of the last academic year to support priorities outlined in the Diversity and Inclusion Action Plan, the University announced in a Feb. 26 news release. The University has committed more than $157 million to DIAP priorities ...

Science & Research

The HerbUX Project works on making Herbarium data more accessible

By Anna Kim | March 22

When a student visits the Brown University Herbarium, they’re greeted by countless plants meticulously climate-controlled in storage. Rebecca Kartzinel, director of the Herbarium and assistant professor of ecology and evolutionary biology, defines herbaria as “collections of dried, pressed plants, ...

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Female professors in STEM reflect on experiences in their fields

By Jack Walker | March 22

Only 27 percent of workers in science, technology, engineering and mathematics in the United States are women, despite women comprising 48 percent of our nation’s workforce, according to a 2019 study. Breaking this down even further, subdivisions within STEM including engineering and computer science ...

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Brown students create social networking platform Tagg

By Emily Faulhaber | March 22

As a player on the Brown football team, Victor Loolo ’20 found himself struggling to branch out beyond the student-athlete community. He began dreaming of a social networking platform that could connect students to those with whom they may not otherwise cross paths. In pursuit of this idea, Loolo, ...

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VP Carey: Brown is 'strongly encouraging' vaccinations, but no 'expectations' for on-campus vaccination site

By Claire Liu | March 21

Governor Dan McKee announced Thursday that Rhode Island will move up the COVID-19 vaccine eligibility date for all adults to April 19. The University “welcomes” the announcement, Executive Vice President for Planning and Policy Russell Carey ’91 MA’06 told The Herald in a conversation March ...

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Title IX Office launches new Sexual and Gender-based Misconduct Policy

By Canqi Li | March 21

The University’s Title IX and Gender Equity Office announced a new Sexual and Gender-based Misconduct Policy in a March 2 Today@Brown letter from Title IX Coordinator Rene Davis. The new policy, which addresses sexual violence and harassment that falls outside of the Title IX and Gender Equity ...

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Candidates vie for UCS presidency, vice presidency

By Shilpa Sajja | March 19

Polls open today for the Undergraduate Council of Students and Undergraduate Finance Board elections. Current UCS Vice President Summer Dai ’22 and Chair of Campus Life Zane Ruzicka ’23 vie for the UCS presidency, while Chief of Staff Sam Caplan ’22 and Parliamentarian Zanagee Artis ’22 compete ...

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Candidates compete for UFB chair, vice chair positions

By Jack Borris | March 19

Current Undergraduate Finance Board Chair Akilesh Raman ’22 is running unopposed for reelection to his position, with Kushagra Agarwal ’22, Claire Brown ’22 and Daniel Yadegar ’22 competing in the race for vice chair. The voting period for UFB and Undergraduate Council of Students elections ...

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Providence educators respond to statewide COVID-19 vaccination effort

By Stella Olken-Hunt | March 18

Gov. Dan McKee announced a plan last week to vaccinate all teachers, staff and child care workers who wish to be vaccinated in Rhode Island. As per the governor's plan, all teachers and staff in Providence will be provided with the opportunity to sign up for a vaccination appointment administered through ...

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‘If we don’t start taking care of each other, no one will’: how women started a movement that redefined how Brown handles sexual assault

By Caelyn Pender | March 18

In October 1990, a list of names appeared on the bathroom walls of the John D. Rockefeller Jr. Library. With growing concerns about the University’s inaction on sexual assault — Brown had been consistently unresponsive to criticisms about how it handled sexual assault allegations — women took ...

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Annie Smith Peck: the Brown student who should have been, but never was

By Benjamin Pollard | March 18

When Annie Smith Peck submitted her application to the University in 1874 — the first woman to do so — she received a curt response from President Ezekiel Robinson. “Women are not encouraged to seek higher education,” he wrote, according to Peck’s biographer Hannah Kimberley. Later writing ...

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R.I. Gov. McKee loosens COVID-19 restrictions on businesses, encourages following guidelines

By Victoria Yin | March 18

Just ten days into his term, Gov. Dan McKee announced an “incremental advancement” plan to lift COVID-19 restrictions on businesses at a March 12 press briefing. The governor emphasized the importance of discipline and adherence to public health guidelines in safely opening the economy. “We really ...

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Students reflect on involvement with community outreach, mutual aid organizations during pandemic

By Jack Walker | March 18

From the onset of the pandemic, communities across the country have navigated financial crises alongside unprecedented public health concerns. The Providence community is no exception and has depended on the work of direct outreach and mutual aid funds to stay afloat, with local activists using their ...