Undergraduate enrollment in Hispanic studies courses has declined almost every year for the last decade, dropping from 1,024 students in the 2003-04 academic year to 682 students in the 2012-13 academic year, the most recent year for which official data is available, according to the Office of Institutional ...
Just weeks after a renovated John Hay Library reopened to the public, senior library staff members are commencing a search for a new library director. Previous Director of Special Collections and the John Hay Library Tom Horrocks officially resigned Aug. 1 after giving two weeks’ notice, said University ...
University rankings hit the Internet every September, commanding the attention of administrators, prospective students and their parents. Though rankings often inspire confusion and frustration, they have left an indelible mark on the college search process, setting the framework in which many applicants ...
Following recommendations outlined by the Committee on the Events of October 29, the University will take steps to ensure freedom of expression, restructure the Office of Institutional Diversity and maintain a diverse student body and faculty, wrote President Christina Paxson in a letter released Wednesday ...
The University of Rhode Island has begun to implement a plan to arm its police force, concluding a nearly two-and-a-half year process that was triggered by a false report of a gunman on campus. Officers in the force are currently undergoing background checks, said Stephen Baker, URI director of public ...
President Christina Paxson made a base salary of $350,000 in 2012, the most recent year for which data are available, according to the most recent Form 990 tax document reported by the University. But this number reflects the fact that Paxson did not assume office until July of that year, and therefore ...
Responding to increasing enrollment rates in computer science courses, the Department of Computer Science is planning a fundraising campaign to alleviate strain on departmental resources, said Andy van Dam, professor of computer science. Van Dam, who teaches CSCI 0150: “Introduction to Object-Oriented ...
Following the outsourcing of the University’s mail services to a private contractor this summer, administrators are working to streamline the transition to new workers, said Assistant Vice President of Financial and Administrative Services Elizabeth Gentry at the Undergraduate Council of Students ...
Panelists at a talk exploring incarceration in the United States Wednesday evening veered away from their prepared remarks, moving “beyond the scientific research (and) bringing up political, moral and social issues” related to crime and imprisonment, as moderator Richard Locke, director of the ...
Block throws support behind former rival Fung for governor Just a couple weeks ago, Cranston Mayor Allan Fung won the Republican primary for governor with 55 percent of the vote, defeating his opponent Ken Block. But despite losing a heated primary that featured a negative advertising campaign against ...
Rhode Island, Miriam and Newport Hospitals have begun to distribute naloxone — an opioid-overdose antidote — in kits provided to discharged patients admitted for overdoses, according to a Sept. 12 Rhode Island Hospital press release. This move comes as part of the larger initiative to increase the ...
Wesleyan announces fraternities must go coed Wesleyan University announced Monday that it will require all fraternities on campus to admit women within the next three years, multiple news outlets reported. Fraternities that do not comply within this timeframe will lose recognition from the University. “The ...
The Providence Fire Department evacuated about 10 homes due to a gas leak at the intersection of East George Street and Ives Street Monday evening, said Fire Department Captain Robert Vincent. The issue arose early Monday morning when a contractor working on telephone conduits damaged a water line, ...
“My life has been a bit of an improbable journey,” said Jorge Elorza, Democratic nominee for mayor, as he addressed approximately 50 students at a Brown Democrats event Tuesday night in Wilson 101. As Guatemalan immigrants, Elorza’s parents “came to this country with nothing,” he said, ...
In order to make space for the University’s new engineering building — construction of which is set to begin in December 2015 — four houses included in the city’s historic district have been slated for demolition. The buildings, located at 37 and 29 Manning Street and 341 and 333 Brook Street, ...
The Queer Alliance decided to cancel the annual Sex Power God party it usually holds during the fall semester, the group announced Monday. “A future board may choose to reinstate the party based on their own judgment,” Queer Alliance President Lorin Smith ’15 and the rest of the group’s coordinating ...
Rhode Islanders will vote this November on whether to allow the Newport Grand casino to open table games, a proposition that can only pass if a majority of Newport residents also vote in favor of it. The state’s voters will also vote to amend the Rhode Island Constitution to require that a vote be ...
Rhode Island could make history this year by electing its first female governor, as well as possibly its second female lieutenant governor and third female secretary of state, in November’s general election. There are three female candidates currently vying for various state-level positions — ...
“Let me take you to some planets I’ve visited and tell you some stories,” said Ken Auletta, long-time columnist for the New Yorker and author of 11 books, inviting his audience to travel with him to the Lehman Brothers offices and dinner dates with Rupert Murdoch. Auletta, who spoke Monday evening ...
Referencing the French economist and author of “Capital in the Twenty-First Century” at a forum Monday on the Scottish independence vote, Mark Blyth, professor of international political economy, described the campaign for independence as the world’s first “Pikettyesque referendum.” The themes ...
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