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Brown announces new Swearer Center director

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 ...


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Rhode Island begins operating under new budget

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 ...


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Adrien Deschamps, undergraduate on leave, dies

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 ...


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Klawunn to leave post as head of student life

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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A Brown Bites Guide: The Shark Bar and Grille Bribery

Updated Sept. 15 at 2:30 p.m. A Superior Court judge approved the Aug. 25 sale of Shark Bar and Grill to Carlos Silva, owner of Silver Linings Restaurant, Inc., for $300,000. Gordon Fox, Rhode Island’s former speaker of the House, is serving a three-year prison sentence for federal charges including ...


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Richard Locke named next provost

Updated June 2, 2015, at 11 p.m. Richard Locke, director of the Watson Institute for International Studies, will become the University’s next provost July 1. He will succeed Vicki Colvin, whose sudden resignation was announced May 19 after only one year in the position. Locke’s selection comes ...


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Vicki Colvin to step down as provost

Updated May 19 at 8:30 p.m. Vicki Colvin will step down as provost June 30 after just one year in the position, President Christina Paxson P’19 announced in a campus-wide email Tuesday afternoon. Colvin elected to leave her post as provost in order to pursue research in greater depth. “I have ...


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Phi Beta Kappa inducts 105 seniors

One hundred and five seniors were inducted this week into the Rhode Island Alpha chapter of Phi Beta Kappa, “the oldest and most prestigious academic honors organization in the nation,” Chapter Administrator Mary Jo Foley wrote in an email to The Herald. Brown is one of 283 higher education institutions ...


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More infants born with prior exposure to alcohol, drugs

The rate of babies being born with neonatal abstinence syndrome in Rhode Island has doubled between 2006 and 2013 according to Rhode Island Kids Count’s 2015 Factbook. Babies are born with NAS when exposed to opioids, such as vicodin, oxycontin and heroin, in the womb. “For a state our size, the ...


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Quinn selected to join Rhode Island Ethics Commission

Marisa Quinn, director of communications and outreach at the Watson Institute for International Studies, was appointed by Gov. Gina Raimondo to the Rhode Island Ethics Commission earlier this month. “Building upon my ongoing commitment to uphold the highest standards of integrity and ethical conduct ...


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Earth Week plants seeds of change

As students enjoy the sunny weather, this year’s Earth Week aims to celebrate sustainability efforts at Brown and educate community members about how to contribute. With events such as a solar panel demonstration, trash sorting, composting, bike rides, panel discussions and film screenings, the Earth ...




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