Amara Majeed ’19 was interviewed by “Good Morning America” anchor Amy Robach last week for her #GirlPower series. A self-described feminist and Muslim activist, Majeed is the founder of the Hijab Project, a “social experiment” in which women were encouraged to wear a hijab for a day in public ...
The directors of three University resource centers emphasized the importance of creating safe spaces for a diverse student body in a meeting of the Undergraduate Council of Students Wednesday. Brown Center for Students of Color Interim Director Joshua Segui, Sarah Doyle Women’s Center Director Gail ...
Two weeks ago, the University released the final version of its diversity and inclusion action plan, which could not have been compiled without the exhaustive efforts of students throughout last semester. “There are people breaking down, dropping out of classes and failing classes because of the activism ...
Updated Feb. 18, 2016 at 10:30 a.m. Emmy Award-winning actress Viola Davis will speak at the University Feb. 29, representatives of the Brown Lecture Board told The Herald. “She did very well in the speaker poll,” said Allie Schaefer ’17, vice president of campus relations for Lecture Board, ...
As part of the “How Structural Racism Works” lecture series, faculty members participated in a round-table discussion about the normalization of structural racism and the ways in which it manifests itself Wednesday night. Organized by Director of the Center for the Study of Race and Ethnicity in ...
A Rhode Island Public Transit Authority bus crashed into a building on Post Road in Warwick Jan. 25. Will Adams ’16, who was aboard the bus, suffered serious injuries and has been recovering at an in-patient rehabilitation clinic in Providence. According to RIPTA’s accident summary — provided ...
Last night in a room of about thirty students, the Brown Democrats hosted its “Candidate Political Forum” in Wilson Hall to present the Democratic Party’s presidential candidates — Sen. Bernie Sanders, D-VT, and former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton — and the stances they take on various ...
Providence ‘resurgence’ “We are ready for our resurgence, and that resurgence begins now,” said Mayor Jorge Elorza at his State of the City address last week. Though Providence currently faces a $13.44 million budget deficit, new sources of revenue appear to be emerging to help revamp the city’s ...
Student activists at Princeton have called for the reconsideration of the name of the Woodrow Wilson School of Public and International Affairs in light of Wilson’s anti-civil rights, pro-segregation and racist views. Brown, too, has honored complicated figures through endowed positions — one of ...
Dean of the College Maud Mandel announced a slight change to the writing requirement, effective for the Class of 2018 and beyond, in an email to all first-years and sophomores Feb. 10. Students could previously submit a piece of written work to satisfy the second writing requirement, but that option ...
In the last decade, many medical schools have removed the requirement for a second semester of organic chemistry and added a semester of biochemistry, said Joanne McEvoy, director of admission at the Warren Alpert Medical School. With recent changes to the MCAT adding material on biochemistry and behavioral ...
Over 40 company booths filled Sayles Hall for the Spring Career Fair Wednesday, as corporate giants from Microsoft to CVS set up shop next to smaller companies to attract potential interns and employees. CareerLAB Director Matthew Donato advised students to consider the fair as “an exercise in relationship-building” ...
In March, the high school class of 2016 will receive word from the universities and colleges to which they submitted regular decision applications, and yet another year of what Frank Bruni of the New York Times has dubbed “college admissions mania” will come to a close. Meanwhile, a new report ...
Video released of Princeton professor’s arrest The Princeton, NJ Police Department released a video Feb. 11 showing the arrest of a black Princeton professor, Imani Perry, for speeding and having several unpaid parking tickets on her record, according to the New York Times. Perry described her arrest ...
While the Office of Residential Life has allowed students with registered disabilities to keep emotional support animals in residence halls for several years, Student and Employee Accessibility Services will publish a clear policy on the matter to its website later in the semester, wrote Catherine Axe, ...
Representatives from the New York Times Virtual Reality Team showcased their new immersive video technology at the Granoff Center for the Creative Arts Monday, presenting how the publication uses the media to both market products and serve as an educational tool. Students in HIST0150D: “Refugees: ...
After months of planning and testing, students are launching Souk, a new campus website that aims to connect students buying and selling used products. Last year, the start-up won Spark, a venture competition hosted by Brown Student Agencies that encourages students to identify a problem they see in ...
While online education initiatives have recently generated less talk than other University plans, progress on the issue is inching forward. Perhaps most notably, the University is offering faculty members course relief should they design online courses, and a number of online, full-credit courses will ...
On Thursday, homeowners and tenants from South Providence and Brown students gathered in front of the mayor’s office in City Hall to protest the EveryHome initiative. The initiative, announced in October 2015, aims to renew or demolish every abandoned home in Providence over the next six years. The ...
Following a month-long close for renovations over winter break, Thayer Street’s Skewers has been back in business for the past couple weeks, boasting a revamped menu replete with both Mediterranean and Mexican options. As Skewers’ windows were covered in brown paper in January, some students speculated ...
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