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Spotlight on the Statehouse: March 5, 2015

Alum tapped as DOH director Nicole Alexander-Scott MPH’11, assistant professor of pediatrics and medicine at the Alpert Medical School, was nominated Tuesday by Gov. Gina Raimondo to serve as the next director of the Rhode Island Department of Health, multiple news outlets reported. Her nomination ...


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Gourmet Heaven owner faces wage lawsuit

Chung Cho, owner of the Gourmet Heaven grocery chain with locations in Providence and New Haven, must respond by March 12 to a summons, or he will lose a federal wage theft suit. Three former Gourmet Heaven employees from the Providence locations at Meeting Street and Weybosset Street filed the suit ...


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Gillard talks Australia’s relationship with Asia

“Asia’s rise is the opportunity of this century,” said Julia Gillard, Australian prime minister from 2010 to 2013, during the 90th Stephen A. Ogden Jr. ’60 Memorial Lecture on International Affairs Wednesday. Attendees of the talk nearly filled the DeCiccio Family Auditorium in the Salomon Center, ...


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South Street construction to start in April

The South Street Landing Project — a Jewelry District development plan that involves renovating the district’s historic South Street Power Station as well as building two apartment complexes and a parking garage — is “barreling rapidly towards construction,” said Russell Carey ’91 MA’06, ...


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U. seeks new dean of students

The University has assembled a search committee charged with hiring a dean of students for the next academic year, said Ricky Gresh, director of campus life projects and committee chair. The committee convened for the first time in late January and will meet again Tuesday, Gresh said. The position of ...


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Faculty approves cybersecurity program

Faculty members unanimously supported the institution of a new Executive Master’s Program in Cybersecurity at a faculty meeting Tuesday. The proposal, presented by Roberto Tamassia, professor of computer science and chair of the department, will next be brought to the Corporation for approval at ...


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This Week in Higher Ed: March 4, 2015

Erskine College clarifies anti-gay statement Erskine College, a private Christian college in Due West, South Carolina released a follow-up statement Friday clarifying its controversial Feb. 20 statement decried same-sex and extramarital sexual relationships on campus, the Washington Post reported Friday. The ...


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Greek system alters sexual misconduct policy

Within the next two weeks, all members of Greek organizations will sign a new zero-tolerance sexual misconduct policy mandating yearly bystander training for members and expulsion from Greek organizations for any student found responsible for sexual misconduct, Greek Council members said. Signing the ...


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State ACLU points to prejudiced policing

This series explores the racial dynamics of Rhode Island’s school-to-prison pipeline. This story, the last of three, looks at racial profiling and policing in Rhode Island. A new report released by the American Civil Liberties Union of Rhode Island Feb. 19 outlines the disproportionate rates at which ...


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Composting pilot begins at Andrews Commons

The University will kickstart an 11-week composting pilot program at Andrews Commons  Tuesday, prefacing a collaborative effort by the Office of Energy and Environment, Brown University Dining Services and the Department of Facilities Management to bring mandatory composting to every dining hall by ...


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Minority populations face high juvenile detention rates

This series explores the racial dynamics of Rhode Island’s school-to-prison pipeline. This story, the second of three, examines disproportionate juvenile detention rates that black and Hispanic students encounter. Black males in Rhode Island were 9.3 times as likely to end up in juvenile detention ...


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Harvard prof looks at equality of opportunity

“You could reasonably have different views on the subject of inequality,” said Harvard Professor of Economics Raj Chetty in a lecture and panel discussion featuring his work Monday. The event — titled “Equality of Opportunity in America: Where Shall We Look?” — was part of an economics symposium ...


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Meningitis study examines bacterial transmission

A meningitis study will take place on campus March 2-5, Medical Director of Health Services Unab Khan announced in a campus-wide email Feb. 27. Representatives from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and the Rhode Island Department of Public Health will swab students’ throats to test for ...


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Brandishing weapon, man assaults student

An unknown male opened the drivers’ door of a student’s car and displayed a firearm at about 9:40 p.m. March 1, according to a crime alert sent by the Department of Public Safety. The victim drove away unharmed, the email reported. The student was parked on Angell Street between Thayer Street and ...




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