As summer fades into fall, the reconstruction of Kennedy Plaza — which began July 12 and necessitated route detours and temporary bus shelters — is continuing according to plan. The redesign, which is set to be completed this fall, is a collaborative effort between the Rhode Island Public Transit ...
Scott Laurans, owner of Eastside Marketplace, sold the local grocery store this July to Ahold USA, the corporation that owns GIANT, Stop and Shop, Martin’s and Peapod. Laurans said he closed the deal with the corporation two weeks ago, which proceeded more quickly than expected due to resolved regulatory ...
Travel becomes part of the classroom experience with the inaugural Global Experiential Learning and Teaching grants. The Office of Global Engagement announced the recipients of nine GELT grants for the 2014-2015 academic year Aug. 29, according to a press release from the office. The grants enable faculty ...
On Aug. 2, Gov. Lincoln Chafee ’75 P’14 P’17 signed the Resilient Rhode Island Act of 2014 into law — a climate change bill that had originally been drafted by Professor of Environmental Studies and Sociology J. Timmons Roberts, 15 Brown students and a group of consultants. The law’s main ...
Last week, Mayor Angel Taveras unveiled a comprehensive proposal outlining plans to promote sustainability in Providence. Developed by the Providence Environmental Sustainability Task Force and dozens of community stakeholders, Sustainable Providence — as the plan is dubbed — delineates goals in ...
The Third World Center emerged Wednesday from a period of strategic planning ongoing since last fall with plans for new initiatives, a new mission statement and a new name — the Brown Center for Students of Color. “The name, while powerful, was not accessible or easy to explain to people who needed ...
Under the new leadership of Director James Morone, professor of political science, public policy and urban studies, the Taubman Center for Public Policy and American Institutions plans to change its polling methodology in time for the November general election, said Shankar Prasad, the center’s new ...
A teach-in on the Israeli-Palestinian conflict grew tense Wednesday evening as opinions clashed in a MacMillan 117 filled to capacity. The event, entitled “Why Gaza Matters: The War and its Consequences,” featured a panel of five speakers followed by a question-and-answer session that continued ...
Since the University began offering the online language learning program Rosetta Stone to the campus community free of charge in the spring, it has quickly seen “the fastest adoption of any software package in the history of Brown University,” said Ravi Pendse P’17, vice president for computing ...
The popular Thayer Street restaurant Spats will soon close its doors, according to multiple reports from wait staff. The restaurant and pub, which has inhabited its location at 182 Angell St. since April 2006, is known for its affordable fare, late-night service and themed nights, including Sunday karaoke ...
Harvard gets record gift for School of Public Health Harvard has received a $350 million donation — the largest in its 378-year history — for its School of Public Health from a foundation managed partly by Harvard alum and billionaire investor Gerald Chan, the university announced Monday. The ...
Sixty-five percent of applicants offered faculty positions at the University accepted their positions during the 2013-14 academic year, a percentage known as the faculty yield rate, said Dean of the Faculty Kevin McLaughlin. This figure represents a decrease from the previous year, which saw an unusually ...
Following a heated summer of campaigning — during which the candidates spent a combined total of more than $10 million — Rhode Island General Treasurer Gina Raimondo beat out Providence Mayor Angel Taveras and Clay Pell for the Democratic nomination for governor. With 42 percent of the vote, Raimondo ...
Former Housing Court Judge Jorge Elorza beat out City Council President Michael Solomon with 49 percent of the vote in a tight Democratic mayoral primary Tuesday night. Chris Young received 5 percent of the vote, while Brett Smiley — who dropped out of the race in August — received 3 percent. Elorza ...
Hundreds of snaps rang throughout Salomon 101 in support of speakers’ messages of directly confronting racial tensions during a teach-in Tuesday about the events surrounding last month’s fatal shooting of unarmed black teenager Michael Brown by a white policeman in Ferguson, Missouri. The teach-in ...
Being first-generation is an “invisible identity,” said Stanley Stewart ’16. 1vyG, a University-based startup aimed at improving the first-generation college experience, is seeking to change that. Stewart, Manuel Contreras ’16 and Jessica Brown ’16 founded the group to create a lasting ...
The College Curriculum Council approved the English department’s revised concentration course requirements, the department announced Sept. 2. The new curriculum will apply to students who declare the English concentration this year and after, with students in the class of 2015 following previous course ...
Walking into Brown’s Ladd Observatory on a clear night is like stepping back to a time when the stars were new. In August, Ladd Observatory was nominated for inclusion in Providence’s new Landmarks District, an official collection of historic sites created to integrate historic properties not located ...
Brown slipped from 14th to 16th place overall and plummeted from 12th to 39th place in selectivity in the 2015 edition of the U.S. News and World Report Best Colleges rankings, released at midnight Sept. 9. University officials are attributing these drops to an administrative “oversight” in which ...
On November 16, 1964, the Rockefeller Library opened its doors, featuring signs of the times like smoking rooms and a pneumatic tube messaging system. In honor of the half-century anniversary of this cornerstone of the University, the Rock 50 Committee has developed a series of events, exhibits and ...
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