Department of Ed. investigates U. Michigan sexual assault response The Office for Civil Rights, a branch of the U.S. Department of Education, is currently investigating an alleged mishandling of a sexual misconduct case at the University of Michigan, multiple news outlets reported. Former professor ...
Ross Cheit, professor of public policy and political science, will discuss the 15-year process of compiling his new book, “The Witch-Hunt Narrative: Politics, Psychology and the Sexual Abuse of Children” in a talk Thursday at the Taubman Center for Public Policy and American Institutions. Cheit ...
A new strategic planning initiative to expand performing arts at Brown could yield increased performance space, greater collaboration with the Trinity Repertory Company and the hiring of new faculty members and artists, said President Christina Paxson. The initiative was originally developed by the ...
The trajectory of the Rhode Island gubernatorial race remains uncertain amid the entrance of new candidates in recent months, said the three members of a panel hosted Tuesday night by the Brown Democrats. The discussion came nearly two weeks after WPRI released a poll Feb. 12 that showed Mayor Angel ...
“Liberalism, at its core, is empty,” said Peter Katzenstein, professor of international studies at Cornell. “There’s nothing there. It’s like the wizard of Oz,” he said, adding that Americans have continually attempted to reinvent liberalism’s core values. Around 40 faculty members ...
When it comes to snow removal, it is the events — not the inches — that matter. For the University’s custodians and grounds crew, an “event” is any occasion when staff members must go out to remove ice or snow from campus walkways, stairs and athletic fields. This season, Brown’s crew has ...
United States Investigation Services, a federally contracted background check company transitively owned by Corporation Fellow Jonathan Nelson ’77 P’07 P’09, is amidst a U.S. Department of Justice lawsuit for “taking shortcuts” on at least 40 percent of its cases. The company handled background ...
“I’m not actually a bully, but I hope I did a convincing job,” said one of the young actors from the short film “Robot and Boy” during a question-and-answer session Sunday at the Providence Children’s Film Festival. For the first time, the annual festival included an official program featuring ...
Gov. Lincoln Chafee ’75 P’14 P’17 signed an executive order Friday creating the Rhode Island Executive Climate Change Council. The newly formed council is charged with coordinating state environmental initiatives and advising Rhode Islanders and policymakers on how to combat the effects of climate ...
The Providence City Council approved a resolution in support of federal restrictions on the use of antibiotics in factory farms Feb. 6. The council may be the first in the country to pass such regulations. “It’s largely a symbolic act,” said Gus Fuguitt, spokesman for Food and Water Watch — ...
This year’s Panhellenic Council recruitment process, which kicked off Feb. 8, featured several changes, including a significant increase in participating students, a new online system and the first year of recruiting for the newest sorority, Kappa Delta. A total of 140 female undergraduates participated ...
As social entrepreneurship gains prominence around the world, 650 faculty members, students and social entrepreneurs from nearly 25 countries descended on Brown’s campus this weekend for the fifth annual Ashoka U Exchange to share ideas about creative solutions to complex issues. “This is the only ...
Six postdoctoral fellows will be appointed in the next two years as part of the President’s Diversity Postdoctoral Fellowship Program, said Kevin McLaughlin P’12, dean of the faculty. The hiring of these fellows is the first phase of a three-part program aimed at expanding the faculty’s diversity. Originally, ...
For Susan Alcock, professor of archaeology and classics, archaeology does not need to be practiced amidst dusty ruins in an exotic country. Her students explore the field from behind their computer screens in Alcock’s massive open online course, “Archaeology’s Dirty Little Secrets,” on Coursera. Alcock’s ...
Obama apologizes for negative comment on art history President Obama sent a letter of apology to Ann Collins Johns, a senior lecturer in art and art history at the University of Texas at Austin, after mocking art history degrees in a recent speech, the Chronicle of Higher Education reported Tuesday. During ...
Every Wednesday afternoon, the 11 BEST graduate students from a panoply of fields gather in Horace Mann House for discussions with some of the University’s leading administrators. They’re not there for their grades or scholarship, but they are distinct. The Brown Executive Scholars Training Program, ...
Following a decade of ranking among the top 25 medium-sized colleges and universities sending graduates to the Peace Corps, the University failed to make the list for a second consecutive year. There are 11 Brown alums currently serving in the Peace Corps, wrote Elizabeth Chamberlain, public affairs ...
Shoggy Waryn, senior lecturer in French studies, died at his home Tuesday. He was 53 and had been battling colon cancer. Waryn was on medical leave this semester but taught at the University in the fall. The Department of French Studies announced his death in a press release and email Wednesday. A ...
Just two graduate students attended a forum Thursday to gather graduate student input on the University’s ongoing search for a successor to Provost Mark Schlissel P’15, who was named president of the University of Michigan last month. President Christina Paxson, Sharon Krause, professor and chair ...
The Watson Institute for International Studies is hosting two lecture series this semester, with one devoted to security and the other exploring issues of governance and development, said Peter Andreas, associate director of the Watson Institute and professor of political science and international studies. The ...
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