Alums from as far back as the 1970s gathered on College Hill for the Brown Association for Cooperative Housing’s 45th reunion Saturday, reminiscing about the group’s progressive beginnings and how Brown has changed in the past few decades. Attendees listened to a variety of alumni and faculty speakers, ...
Two female sexual assault survivors testified Monday at a meeting of the General Assembly’s Special Commission on Campus Sexual Assault, a 13-member body tasked with gathering information to inform Rhode Island policymakers, said Rep. Mia Ackerman, D-Cumberland and Lincoln, chair of the commission. ...
Two men assaulted and robbed a part-time contractor at the University near the intersection of Prospect and Meeting streets at approximately 9:45 p.m. Sunday, according to a campus-wide email from the Department of Public Safety. Christopher George, the victim, was approached by “two Latino males ...
Racist and anti-Semitic flyers were found in bags on the East Side of Providence near campus Oct. 15, prompting Providence Police to shut down several blocks around Hope and Methyl streets. Law enforcement officials found the flyers inside bags that appeared to contain white rice in the Blackstone neighborhood. ...
The Center for Justice has filed a lawsuit against National Grid and the State of Rhode Island’s Division of Public Utilities and Carriers on behalf of medically vulnerable consumers who experienced shutoffs of their gas supply or electricity, endangering their health, according to a press release ...
In attire ranging from winter coats to completely topless, about 20 Rhode Island School of Design students marched through 40-degree weather at 11 a.m. Saturday carrying picket signs as part of the RISD Sexual Health and Relationship Educator's “Walk of No Shame.” “Consensual sex is fun!” said ...
Scott Shane, a national security reporter for the New York Times, spoke Friday on the killing of Anwar al-Awlaki, the ethics behind drone strikes and the war on terrorism in the United States. The talk was followed by a signing of Shane’s recent book “Objective Troy: A Terrorist, A President, and ...
Updated Oct. 26, 2015 at 12:20 a.m. The University officially launched the “BrownTogether” campaign Friday evening with a goal of $3 billion — its largest fundraising campaign to date. The campaign launch followed a Corporation vote earlier in the day approving the details of the campaign proposed ...
The University’s Service Response staff members, who are responsible for handling immediate service needs in all 250 University buildings, have expressed dissatisfaction with low pay and understaffing relative to peer institutions. They joined the United Service and Allied Workers of Rhode Island ...
The Brown University Shuttle system equipped its vehicles in July with technology from TransLoc, a public transportation technology company. Since then, the buses have featured accurate real-time tracking and have begun collecting data about when riders board and depart the buses. Not enough data has ...
Mayor Jorge Elorza announced the creation of a Summer Learning Task Force earlier this month, charged with developing recommendations to help students retain material learned during the academic year over the summer. This effect, commonly referred to as learning loss, disproportionately affects low-income ...
Undercover Providence Police officers have started waiting outside local liquor stores to apprehend underaged customers, several sources reported. Two local liquor stores — Darwin Liquors and Spiritus Fermenti — have subsequently purchased ID scanners to verify customers’ identification. Charles ...
Physical campus priorities, including the addition of study spaces and renovation of dormitories, dominated discussion at the Undergraduate Council of Students general body meeting Wednesday night featuring two Corporation members. Corporation Trustee Nancy Hyde ’80 and Corporation Young Alumni Trustee ...
Students seeking to relieve stress and participate in a more intimate version of Heavy Petting can now take advantage of a new program. The Animal Assisted Therapy Program, launched by Peter Herrera ’16 and Lena Bohman ’18, allows students to sign up for 10-minute slots to pet and play with trained ...
The City Sports store on Thayer Street will close its doors by the end of October as part of the company’s Delaware Chapter 11 bankruptcy reorganization strategy, wrote Eve Bould, director of marketing for City Sports, in an email to The Herald. As part of its filing for bankruptcy, City Sports, a ...
California passes ban on concealed-carry firearms on campuses California Gov. Jerry Brown signed into effect a law banning concealed-carry firearms at state schools and higher education institutions into effect Oct. 10. Senate Bill 707, the bill’s official title, passed through the legislature at ...
History repeats itself Acelia Terrero, owner of Ada’s Creations on Broad Street, told the Providence Board of Licenses that she paid $29,000 in bribes, Turn to 10 reported Oct. 18. She did not specify to whom she paid the money or for what purpose. Ada’s Creations — which has been a bakery, a ...
Applicants hurrying to polish their early decision applications to Brown by the Nov. 1 deadline are among the last applicants who will be required to submit SAT or ACT essays. The Office of Admission will no longer require applicants to submit the essay portions of the SAT or ACT, starting in fall ...
Updated Oct. 21, 2015 at 2:26 a.m. Edward Steinfeld, director of the Brown China Initiative and professor of political science and China studies, has been named director of the Watson Institute for International and Public Affairs, President Christina Paxson P’19 wrote in a community-wide email Tuesday. Starting ...
Updated Oct. 22, 2015 at 6:03 p.m. Though same-sex marriage became legal nationwide in June, LGBTQ individuals still face a multitude of challenges including discrimination and violence — the subject of a Minority Peer Counselor workshop on heterosexism Tuesday. The interactive workshop was divided ...
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