Fevers, runny noses, body aches, coughing classmates — these are all signs of the flu season descending on the country. In Rhode Island, health officials are taking measures to provide last-minute vaccinations. As of the latest update from the state Nov. 22, there was no reported influenza activity ...
SDSU Greek life social events suspended after sexual harassment reports Greek life leaders announced Tuesday that 14 fraternities and sororities at San Diego State University have voluntarily suspended social events until their members complete a training program to prevent sexual assault, U-T San ...
When Evan Stites-Clayton ’11, Walker Williams ’11 and Anthony Staehelin ’10 founded the custom apparel company Teespring, they never thought they would receive $35 million in venture capital and find themselves at the helm of a successful startup. Teespring recently gained this new funding in ...
As the international community grapples with the Ebola epidemic in West Africa, 50 community members from Brown and the Rhode Island School of Design have partnered to design safety equipment that protects workers treating the disease. Students, professors and alums from both schools came together ...
About 100 Brown community members gathered Friday to commemorate the life of Marjorie Thompson ’74 PhD’79 P’02 P’07 P’09 P’12 P’14 P’16, late associate dean of biological sciences, at a public memorial service in the First Unitarian Church of Providence. The service drew a crowd of ...
Documents unsealed by a R.I. Superior Court judge last week reveal new details about a case between a Providence College student and the two Brown undergraduates that she alleges sexually assaulted her last fall. Judge Alice Gibney allowed the Rhode Island Attorney General’s office to release dozens ...
Two undergraduates and one recent alum were awarded the prestigious Rhodes Scholarships Saturday, marking only the second year since 1970 that more than one Brown applicant was chosen and the second year ever with more than two. David Adler ’14, Abi Kulshreshtha ’15 and Kate Nussenbaum ’15 are ...
“Contemplative studies satisfies an urge that everyone has — to investigate what it means to be experiencing, to be alive,” said Henry Langton ’16, one of the first Brown students who will officially concentrate in the new degree. The College Curriculum Council approved the concentration in ...
David Greer, former dean of medicine at Alpert Medical School who co-founded an anti-nuclear organization that received the 1985 Nobel Peace Prize, died Nov. 18 at his home in Fall River, Massachusetts, at the age of 89. Throughout his tenure as dean of medicine from 1981 to 1992, Greer introduced ...
A sprinkler head that was broken on the fourth floor of Chapin House Saturday night resulted in some flooding and subsequent water damage, said Richard Hilton, associate director of residential life. No students were injured, and Facilities Management, aided by a private contractor, is working on cleaning ...
Tara Torabi ’15 was named one of 12 recipients nationwide of the George J. Mitchell Scholarship, a competitive fellowship that offers one year of graduate study in Ireland, this weekend. Torabi, a neuroscience concentrator originally from Granville, Ohio, who now resides in Sedona, Arizona, said ...
Updated Monday, Nov. 24 at 2:41 a.m. Michael Steinberg, director of the Cogut Center for the Humanities and professor of history, will become the University’s first vice provost for the arts starting Jan. 1, Provost Vicki Colvin announced in a community-wide email late Friday afternoon. The mid-year ...
A Rhode Island Department of Health study that found that 11 percent of high school students had BMIs above the 95th percentile, qualifying them as obese. 16 percent of high school students had BMIs between the 85th and 95th percentiles, putting them in the overweight category. The study’s results ...
When Amanda Ruggieri ’16 graduates from Brown, she estimates that she will owe between $40,000 and $50,000 in debt. Ruggieri receives a full tuition scholarship from the University, as well as federal Perkins loans and Pell grants. She also works 13 hours per week as a cashier and supervisor at the ...
Police and court documents that were part of an investigation of two Brown undergraduates who allegedly sexually assaulted a Providence College student last November were released to the public Tuesday when a Rhode Island Superior Court judge unsealed them, WPRI reported Thursday. Judge Alice Gibney ...
Over the next five years, the amount that the University pays for utilities such as gas and electric is predicted to increase by about 28 percent, or $5 million, said Christopher Powell, assistant vice president for sustainable energy and environmental initiatives at the Department of Facilities Management. ...
After advancing through a competitive selection process, Todd Harris ’14.5 and Maggie Tennis ’14.5 have been chosen as this year’s mid-year completion speakers, said Kathleen McSharry, associate dean of the College for writing and curriculum.
As students prepare for finals period, BWell Health Promotion Week is offering a host of workshops, discussions and activities aimed at promoting students’ mental health. The series of events is the brainchild of Lauren Galvan ’16, who is pursing an independent concentration in mental health and ...
HealthSource RI, the state health insurance exchange, opened its second enrollment period Nov. 15 to allow individuals and families not insured by their employers to renew their coverage. The enrollment period will last until Feb. 15, 2015 and includes options from United HealthCare, Blue Cross and ...
As students grapple with funding their research, the University will expand the Undergraduate Teaching and Research Awards program by unveiling the new Interdisciplinary Team UTRA in December, said Oludurotimi Adetunji, director of Science Center outreach, associate dean of the College and director ...
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