As students returned to campus last week, familiar move-in routines like trips to pick up packages at Alumnae Hall, standing in line in the lobby of J. Walter Wilson and memorizing mailbox combinations were noticeably absent. The University mailroom, housed in J. Walter Wilson, was renovated this summer, ...
Students at the Alpert Medical School are breathing easy after the school’s administration approved a ban on tobacco products on the school’s premises this summer. The ban — which covers all tobacco products, including e-cigarettes — was a “no-brainer,” said Kris Cambra, director of biomedical ...
Mobile-app developers, fashion designers, engineers and Ph.D. candidates alike came together to participate in the University’s inaugural Summer B-Lab — known in full as the Breakthrough Lab — held at the Perry and Marty Granoff Center for the Creative Arts June 8–July 31. The program gave 17 ...
More than half of courses this semester have no textbook information listed on Banner, violating a federal law that requires colleges receiving federal support for financial aid to make such information available to students during registration. The Higher Education Opportunity Act states that “an ...
A set of actions has been finalized to reduce the University’s $10 million structural deficit in three years, wrote Provost Richard Locke and Executive Vice President for Finance and Administration Barbara Chernow ’79 in a campus-wide email Thursday. The action plan outlined in the email came after ...
The University extended offers of admission to 196 students on the class of 2019 waitlist, a drastic increase from previous admission cycles, said Dean of Admission Jim Miller ’73. A slightly lower overall yield rate and a record-high number of students deferring admission may have contributed to ...
As students select their courses this fall, they must also foot a hefty bill for books. The average price a Brown student will pay for new books at the Brown Bookstore this semester is $133 per class, which amounts to $532 for students taking the typical four-course load, according to a Herald analysis ...
The February sale of the Pawtucket Red Sox came with announcements of several significant changes for the team. It was being tentatively rebranded as the Rhode Island Red Sox and ultimately relocated to downtown Providence, the purchasers said. In April, the new owners announced their intent to construct ...
The 10-person search committee working to identify Margaret Klawunn’s successor as vice president for campus life and student services hopes to submit a finalized set of candidate recommendations to President Christina Paxson P’19 in November, said Nancy Barnett, chair of the committee and professor ...
The two sessions of Summer@Brown held this summer generated $6 million in revenue, the highest amount in University history, said Karen Sibley MAT’81 P’07 P’12 P’17, dean of the School of Professional Studies and vice president for strategic initiatives. The summer program is one of several ...
Three years since Christina Paxson P’19 assumed the presidency at Brown, her senior staff continues to undergo significant turnover with two top administrators leaving their posts in recent months. Vicki Colvin stepped down as provost June 30 after only one year in the role, remaining a professor ...
The newly released recommendations from the Deficit Reduction Working Group, headed by Provost Richard Locke, plan to resolve the $5 million dollar structural deficit without eroding benefits or laying off employees, Locke said at a Tuesday faculty meeting. The deficit reduction plan, released in May, ...
The Undergraduate Council of Students will prioritize improving the individual student experience this semester, focusing on areas like mental health resources, faculty diversity and sexual assault policy change, UCS leaders said. While many UCS priorities — including mental health and sexual assault ...
Updated Friday, Sept. 4 at 7:30 p.m. The Alcohol and Social Event Review committee made a number of proposals meant to discourage underage drinking on campus and increase supervised events both with and without alcohol. The University has accepted all the recommendations and has begun implementing ...
The Mental Health Community Council proposed a bevy of measures to expand the scope and accessibility of Counseling and Psychological Services in a report released Wednesday. Most notably, the council’s recommendations include eliminating the seven-session limit for students seeking CAPS therapy — ...
Updated Wednesday Sept. 9 at 12:30 a.m. Mathew Johnson will assume the roles of director of the Swearer Center for Public Service and associate dean for engaged scholarship effective Jan. 1, 2016, Dean of the College Maud Mandel announced in a Sept. 1 campus-wide email. Johnson currently serves as director ...
The Ocean State began operating under a new state budget July 1, after it was passed unanimously by the Rhode Island House of Representatives and confirmed by all but three state senators. The $8.7 billion budget embraces many of Gov. Gina Raimondo’s suggested steps for improving the state’s economic ...
Kathy Takayama, executive director of the Sheridan Center for Teaching and Learning, will leave the University to become associate provost, executive director of the Center for Teaching and Learning and adjunct professor of biological sciences at Columbia, she told The Herald. At Columbia, Takayama ...
Check back for updates. Adrien Deschamps, an undergraduate student on leave from the University, has died. Dean of the College Maud Mandel notified the community of his death in a campus-wide email Friday morning. Deschamps came to Brown from New Paltz, NY, where he graduated from New Paltz High School ...
Updated on Monday, June 22 at 3:50p.m. After nearly two decades at the University, Margaret Klawunn, vice president for campus life and student services, will leave to become vice chancellor for student affairs at the University of California at Santa Barbara, President Christina Paxson P’19 wrote ...
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