Though a record 18 percent of students accepted into the class of 2018 will be the first in their families to attend college, the University does not plan on increasing its funding for first-generation student support, said Margaret Klawunn, vice president for campus life and student services and interim ...
Supreme Court upholds Michigan’s affirmative action ban The Supreme Court issued a decision Tuesday allowing Michigan’s ban on the use of race in public university admission to continue, multiple news outlets reported. The Supreme Court voted 6 to 2 in Schuette v. Coalition to Defend Affirmative ...
Just over half of faculty members approve of President Christina Paxson’s job performance, while the share of faculty members who disapprove has increased from last spring, according to the results of a Herald poll conducted April 14-18. Almost 20 percent of the faculty disapproves of Paxson’s ...
The summer after her first semester as a transfer student, Lena Sclove ’15.5 was strangled and raped by another Brown student, she said at a press conference Tuesday. Within two weeks, Sclove reported the incident to the Office of Student Life. Eight months later, following three months of hearings, ...
Biology topped the list of most popular concentration declarations — submitted by sophomores April 1 — for the second consecutive year, while computer science displaced economics, which witnessed a significant drop in declarations, for second place in this year’s declaration process. With 97 ...
The Rhode Island All-Payer Claims Database will require all private and public health insurers and administrators in the state to submit eligibility and medical and pharmacy claims data beginning next month. By analyzing this data for patterns and statistical significance, the program seeks to cut health ...
The City Council pledged last week to develop a plan to repair Providence school buildings “to provide students with educational facilities that are warm, safe, dry and conducive to learning,” according to a resolution sponsored by City Council President and mayoral candidate Michael Solomon. The ...
The House Judiciary Committee last week heard testimony on several bills proposing to legalize marijuana in Rhode Island and to improve current regulations on the sale and distribution of medical marijuana. While marijuana legalization has gained momentum in the state recently, there remain concerns ...
With his blunt rhetoric, spirited hand gestures and puffs off an electronic cigarette, Adam Michnik gave over 50 people a taste of his rebellious nature at a lecture Monday in the Joukowsky Forum at the Watson Institute for International Studies. At the talk, entitled “The Traps of Democracy after ...
At some point in their undergraduate careers, Brown students may have snacked on an oatmeal-raisin cookie while waiting in line for their salad at Jo’s. Or maybe they’ve grabbed a few granola bars on their way out of the Blue Room. Or a banana or two as they leave breakfast at the Ratty. But according ...
The Undergraduate Finance Board has met 82 percent of student groups’ funding requests for the upcoming academic year, marking an increase from 70 percent this year. UFB leadership provided The Herald with the numbers, which have not yet been publicly released. The board allocated $1.15 million ...
Ernest Almonte, adjunct lecturer of public policy, former Auditor General for the State of Rhode Island and former chairman of the U.S. Department of Defense Audit Committee, is currently running for the office of Rhode Island General Treasurer. He sat down with The Herald to discuss his campaign, the ...
Students who resent last-minute runs to the Sciences Library to print materials before class may be in luck — new printing stations have been installed in the Sharpe Refectory, Andrews Commons and Arnold Lounge, Computing and Information Services announced last week. The expansion of the PAWPrints ...
In the decade since the LGBTQ Center opened in 2004, lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and queer communities have experienced several dramatic changes, both within and beyond the University. Rhode Island became the 10th state to legalize same-sex marriage last year, while at the University level, ...
“I came to Brown as a Hmong refugee and left as an Asian-American woman,” said former Minnesota State Sen. Mee Moua ’92 at a conference Saturday aimed at exploring Asian-American history and its cultural portrayal. The conference, entitled “E(RACE)D But Not Forgotten,” was organized by the ...
Faculty members in the Department of English approved a proposal to restructure the undergraduate concentration last week. The changes must still be confirmed by the College Curriculum Council in order to become official, and no timeline exists for when the revisions will take effect, said Stephen ...
In honor of Brown’s 250th anniversary celebration, all nine honorary degree recipients at the May 25 Commencement ceremony will be alums, the University announced Thursday. The honorees come from a diverse range of fields and include authors, scientists and educators. Nalini Nadkarni ’76, a forest ...
Amid the rising tide of grade inflation, some faculty members have voiced concerns that student course evaluations may incentivize professors in the tenure and promotion process to award higher grades. But others dispute that the grade a student receives affects his or her evaluation of a faculty member ...
The College Board announced major changes to the SAT that will take effect in the spring of 2016, with the hopes of appealing to a broader base of students amid increased competition from the ACT for standardized test-takers. The changes, which follow the College Board’s announcement last month that ...
The Providence Division of Community Development held a public hearing yesterday to review its grant application process. The process is moving online for the first time this year. The division receives funding from the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development, which it allocates to local nonprofits ...
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