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Mala Noodles aims to fill cultural gap in Thayer restaurant scene
By Avani Ghosh | September 18Mala Noodles offers self-serve noodles, soups and stir fries that feature Mala seasoning.
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‘The key word is solidarity’: Students support Moroccan earthquake relief efforts
By Annika Singh | September 18The event was jointly organized by members of the Moroccan student community at Brown, who coordinated with the Brown Muslim Students’ Association and the University’s Arab Society
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Brown rises to No. 9 in U.S. News and World Report Rankings: What changed?
By Owen Dahlkamp and Ryan Doherty | September 18Latest rankings tie Brown with Northwestern University and Johns Hopkins University at No. 9.
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Global Brown Center expands International Mentoring Program, orientation
By Kelvin Jiang | September 18The Center recently onboarded two new professional staff members: Assistant Director Ruby Cheng and Program Coordinator Syrina Robinson.
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‘Brighter,’ ‘aggressive,’ ‘interesting’: Students discuss Jo’s renovations
By Julianna Chang | September 18In a series of summer renovations, Jo’s saw major changes to walls, seating and lighting.
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Prospective student workers flock to employment fair, search for jobs, community
By Ryan Doherty | September 17Students seeking campus jobs flocked to Sayles Hall on Friday afternoon to meet with various University employers at the Student Employment Fair, which saw hundreds of students meet with a variety of University employers.
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New year, new look: Campus spaces see renovations over summer break
By Indigo Mudbhary | September 17The University completed renovations on several campus spaces — including the Sharpe Refectory, Graduate Center Tower C and the John Carter Brown Library — over the summer.
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‘Changemaker in global health’: Seth Berkley ’78 MD ’81 joins SPH Pandemic Center
By Ryan Doherty | September 17Seth Berkley ’78 MD ’81, has spent a career promoting vaccination. This fall, he returned to Brown, his alma mater, as senior advisor to the Pandemic Center at the School of Public Health to continue his work.
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City takes Comprehensive Plan outreach to Providence’s wards
By Jacob Smollen | September 17A survey conducted in 2022 by the Department of Planning and Development found that addressing building quality and affordable housing over the next two decades is a top priority for Providence residents.
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How U. community members celebrated Rosh Hashanah on College Hill this year
By Neil Mehta | September 17Far from home, students at Brown and the Rhode Island School of Design come together on College Hill annually to celebrate Rosh Hashanah, the Jewish New Year. The Herald spoke with students and religious leaders on College Hill about how they adapt Rosh Hashanah traditions to a campus setting — ...
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Higher Ed Roundup: Buyer of stolen Harvard Medical School human remains pleads guilty
By Herald staff | September 14Buyer of stolen Harvard Medical School human remains pleads guilty
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How Gabe Amo won the special primary and what it might mean for 2024
By Jacob Smollen | September 14On Sept. 5, Gabe Amo, a former White House aide under the Obama and Biden administrations, won the special primary election for Rhode Island’s 1st U.S. Congressional District.
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Housing challenges remain despite progress, according to Housing Secretary
By Emma Gardner | September 14Rhode Island’s housing challenges remain stark and will take significant time to improve, Secretary of Housing Stefan Pryor told the Special Legislative Commission to Study Housing Affordability Tuesday afternoon.
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63% of students admitted to class of 2027 accept spot at Brown
By Owen Dahlkamp | September 14This story was initially published in The Herald’s Guide to Brown earlier in September.
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‘Every poem has its own ancestry’: Poet Kwame Dawes talks teaching, mortality
By Anisha Kumar | September 13Poet Kwame Dawes read a collection of his recent poetry for an audience of University students and faculty Wednesday evening.
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Hurricane Lee heads northward, heavy winds, rainfall expected
By Sofia Barnett | September 13Hurricane Lee is expected to bring heavy rain through New England as the Category 2 storm expands in size, potentially sparking flash flood warnings and shelter-in-place recommendations. The third major hurricane of the 2023 Atlantic hurricane season, Lee formed on Sept. 5 from a tropical depression ...
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Lawsuit by Brown undergraduate alleges University mishandled Title IX complaint
By Samantha Chambers , Julia Vaz and Neil Mehta | September 13Content Warning: This article includes references to sexual assault. A University undergraduate has filed a lawsuit against Brown for allegedly mishandling a Title IX complaint following alleged sexual assault by a now-former lacrosse player.
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Clubs face lowered budgets after UFB spends full surplus
By Kathy Wang | September 13The University’s Undergraduate Finance Board faced a $1.5 million gap between the funding requested by student groups and the money it could disperse to them this year, UFB President Arjun Krishna Chopra ’25 told The Herald. UFB, the student government branch that allocates student ...
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Health Services now offers free, over-the-counter emergency contraception
By Aniyah Nelson | September 13Health Services is now offering free, over-the-counter emergency contraception at the on-campus pharmacy, according to a Sept. 7 Today@Brown announcement to the University community.
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School of Engineering launches design engineering concentration
By Ryan Doherty | September 13The School of Engineering added a new design engineering concentration to their degree offerings, according to a press release from late August. The new concentration connects to a variety of subject areas — from data science to graphic design — and will allow students to apply engineering principles ...
