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2018 RI Primaries LiveBlog
By Jack Brook | September 12The Herald will be live blogging the results of the 2018 Rhode Island primaries here. Follow for updates!
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Hillel holds first daytime Orthodox service for Rosh Hashanah
By Jacob Lockwood | September 11On Monday morning and Tuesday afternoon, Brown/RISD Hillel held its first-ever daytime Rosh Hashanah services for students who belong to the Modern Orthodox denomination of Judaism. According to Anna Horowitz ’19 — who coordinated a student-driven push to offer Orthodox services alongside the annual ...
Science & Research
University study finds further reductions possible in household lead levels
By Colleen Cronin | September 11A new study by University researchers confirmed that it is possible for household lead levels to be reduced more substantially than the Environmental Protection Agency currently mandates. The study follows Providence Water’s 2017 annual report, which revealed that Providence’s water exceeds the ...
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Graduate students move toward unionization election
By Eric Choi | September 11After reaching a pre-election agreement with Stand Up for Graduate Student Employees over the summer, the University has been working with the student group to carry out the terms of the agreement. In early August, the University notified 1,200 graduate students that their personally identifiable information ...
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University archaeology professors present summer findings
By Allie Reed | September 11Six University professors presented findings from their summer archaeological fieldwork to students, faculty and other community members yesterday at the Joukowsky Institute for Archaeology. Audience members scribbled along in notebooks, captivated by the professors’ latest discoveries in Jordan, ...
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UFB launches transparency campaign
By Melanie Pincus | September 11The Undergraduate Finance Board will work this semester to make their operations more transparent through a new website, quarterly budget reports and a call for student feedback, said UFB Chair Lisa Schold ’19 and Vice Chair Julian De Georgia ’20 in an interview with The Herald. UFB is the student-run ...
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University releases Diversity, Inclusion Oversight Board memo
By Katherine Bennett and Trisha Thacker | September 10On Sept. 8, the Diversity and Inclusion Oversight Board published its annual memo reflecting on the University’s “progress to date and opportunities for continued growth” in realizing goals outlined in the Diversity and Inclusion Action Plan, wrote Shontay Delalue, vice president for Institutional ...
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University alum and first responder remembers 9/11
By Emily Davies | September 10Dan Hanfling ’92 MD managed a team of rescuers who entered the Pentagon moments after tragedy struck Sept. 11, 2001. Hanfling, an emergency physician, serves as a medical team manager for Virginia Task Force One, part of the National Urban Search and Rescue Response System. The team was established ...
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Pilot administrative role supports international graduate students
By Alicia Mies | September 10Associate Dean for Master’s Education Shayna Kessel took on the new role of interim associate dean for international graduate students May 1. The position, created by the Graduate School and the Office of Global Engagement, was made to support the 38 percent of graduate students who hail from outside ...
Metro
Elorza to face two challengers in Democratic primary
By Dylan Clark | September 10Incumbent Providence Mayor Jorge Elorza will face off against two primary challengers — Kobi Dennis and Robert DeRobbio — in the Sept. 12 Democratic primary. The two independents in the race, Dianne Witman and Jeffrey Lemire, will contend against the winner of the primary in the November general ...
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Primary for lieutenant governor highlights health care, campaign finances
By Colleen Cronin | September 10Though Rhode Island has a history of skepticism when it comes to the utility of a lieutenant governor, candidates vying for the office in Wednesday’s primary say they can do a lot to help Rhode Island. Incumbent Lieutenant Governor Dan McKee will face current State Representative Aaron Regunberg ’12 ...
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City Council hopefuls talk housing, city finances
By Dylan Majsiak | September 9In the first week back at Brown, students on and off campus may have noticed a range of City Council electoral signs adorning peoples’ gardens. YURDIN and GAINES signs, for instance, can be seen from the corner of India Street all the way up to Fones Alley. Providence residents will select party representatives ...
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Power plant divides gubernatorial candidates
By Sophie Culpepper | September 9This Wednesday will determine which two of the six contending candidates will represent the Republican and Democratic parties in the Rhode Island general gubernatorial election in November. The five independent candidates who are running in the general election will not appear on the primary ballots. The ...
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Republican, Dem. races for Senate hotly contested
By Alex Reice | September 9The Sept. 12 primaries for an open U.S. Senate seat in Rhode Island are fast approaching as both Democratic and Republican candidates attempt to catch their party’s nomination and position themselves to defeat incumbent Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse, D-R.I. Gearing up to challenge Whitehouse in the Democratic ...
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Protestors march on WaterFire against National Grid proposal
By Emily Davies | September 9Armed with a projector and determination, protesters marched to WaterFire Saturday night in opposition to National Grid’s proposal to build a liquefied natural gas processing facility in the Port of Providence. WaterFire is sponsored by National Grid. As the festivities kicked off, protesters stood ...
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Five House contenders vie for seat
By Jack Brook | September 9Voters in Rhode Island’s First Congressional District will head to the polls Sept. 12 to select their candidates in the Democratic and Republican congressional primaries. Incumbent Rep. David Cicilline ’83, D-R.I., will seek his fifth term running on a robust liberal platform that emphasizes lowering ...
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Providence Police identify teenage shooting victim
By Emily Davies | September 6The Providence Police Department identified the victim of Wednesday’s shooting outside Providence Career and Technical Academy as William Parsons, a 15-year-old student at Central High School. Parsons was an “innocent bystander” in a dispute between two other teenagers, police said during a press ...
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GirlsGetMath engages local high school students
By Cate Ryan | September 6During the second week of August, the Institute for Computational and Experimental Research in Mathematics hosted GirlsGetMath@ICERM, a week-long day camp for girls in the Providence area entering 10th or 11th grade. The program started in 2014 under then-director of ICERM Jill Pipher, the University’s ...
Science & Research
New CS prof starts machine learning lab
By Jonathan Douglas | September 6As computer science students flood into the newly-renovated CIT, they will be joined by Stephen Bach, an assistant professor who joined the department this semester. Bach’s hiring comes at a time when the discipline of computer science is exploding at Brown — both in terms of class enrollment and ...
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Medical student creates 3D brain model
By Chris Schutte | September 6Neurosurgeons could one day thank Ollin Venegas’ MD’20 presentation to high school students for allowing them to create detailed brain models of their patients. Venegas has been developing 3D models of the human brain, aiming to provide an educational tool and tactile illustration of the effects ...
