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U. to fund unpaid summer internships

The University will commit to funding at least one internship or research opportunity for students receiving financial aid as part of an effort to increase the accessibility of summer opportunities, President Christina Paxson announced at a White House summit on higher education last week. Dozens of ...


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Storm cancels morning classes

As a result of heavy snowfall and low temperatures, the University canceled classes scheduled to start before 10 a.m. Wednesday and delayed opening administrative offices until 10 a.m. In an email sent Tuesday night to the Brown community, Provost Mark Schlissel P’15 and Elizabeth Huidekoper, executive ...


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Community remembers Dourdeville ’15

Dana Dourdeville ’15 loved to build things for others. “He was brilliant, and he was always thinking about different things he could construct,” said Brittany Comunale ’16, a former classmate. “It was fascinating to watch him think and explore new ideas.” In interviews, friends and family ...


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Pipe bursts, causing flood in Grad Center

Following days of single-digit temperatures, a burst pipe flooded six Graduate Center C suites during winter break, said Richard Bova, senior associate dean of residential life and dining services. After a window was left open, Bova said, a radiator pipe in suite 620 froze and burst Jan. 6, flooding ...


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Body of Dourdeville '15 found

Updated Jan. 22 at 2:57 a.m.   Police have confirmed the body found on the shore of Falmouth, Mass., Jan. 12 as missing undergraduate Dana Dourdeville ’15, said Sergeant Kevin Kobza, public information officer for the Fairhaven Police Department. A civilian search party located the body around ...


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Yellen ’67 confirmed as Federal Reserve chair

Updated: Jan. 22 at 2:39 a.m. The Senate confirmed Janet Yellen ’67 as chair of the Federal Reserve Jan. 6, making her the first woman to lead the nation’s central bank. Yellen, who was nominated by President Obama in October, will take office Feb. 1 after serving as the Fed’s vice chair since ...


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Search efforts for Dourdeville '15 continue

Six days after Dana Dourdeville ’15 did not return from a duck-hunting trip off the Massachusetts coast, friends and family members have joined police search efforts, and officials are considering an underwater search. About 250 friends and family members scoured the coastline of West Island in ...


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Search for Dourdeville '15 suspended due to weather

Article updated 1/3/14 at 1:25 pm. Law enforcement officials suspended their search Thursday afternoon for an undergraduate who went missing Tuesday, as a winter storm descended on Massachusetts. Dana Dourdeville ’15, an engineering concentrator, was last seen leaving his Marion, Mass., home alone ...


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Employee of Corp. trustee’s hedge fund convicted

Updated Jan. 22 at 2:14 a.m.   Federal prosecutors secured a conviction against former SAC Capital Advisors L.P. portfolio manager Michael Steinberg on insider trading charges last month, national news outlets reported — the latest development in the government’s investigation of Corporation ...


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Pembroke Center names new director

Updated Jan. 22 at 1:33 a.m. Suzanne Stewart-Steinberg, professor of comparative literature and Italian studies, will assume the post of director of the Pembroke Center for Teaching and Research on Women beginning July 1, the center announced last month. Stewart-Steinberg will replace the current ...


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Raimondo officially enters gubernatorial race

Rhode Island General Treasurer Gina Raimondo officially announced her candidacy for the Democratic nomination for governor in a video sent to supporters Wednesday. The decision sets up a competitive race against Mayor Angel Taveras, who announced his candidacy for the party nomination in October. ...


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Gastrointestinal illness outbreak hits campus

Nineteen students have reported symptoms of gastrointestinal illness since Saturday night, said Edward Wheeler, medical director of Health Services. Three students have visited the emergency room, but none were admitted, he said. The outbreak has been concentrated in Goddard House, where 13 of the ...


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Visiting student pleads not guilty to murder

The visiting graduate student charged with murdering his ex-girlfriend in Urbana, Ill., pled not guilty and will be evaluated by a psychiatrist, according to the Champaign County Circuit Clerk’s website. Yongfei Ci allegedly drove from Providence to Urbana Sept. 27 and stabbed Mengchen Huang to death ...


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Economic impacts of ACA on U. uncertain

Implementation of the Affordable Care Act could potentially cost the University millions of dollars in taxes on health insurance expenditures, though the University has experienced few consequences from the legislation so far, said Director of Benefits Drew Murphy. Because the University is self-insured ...


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Service funding board to identify chair

With the newly created Service Group Funding Board nearing one semester of existence, leaders of the Undergraduate Council of Students are grappling with how to elect the next chair of the board. Council leaders are deciding whether to fill the position this spring — through an appointments process ...


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Ad hoc digital technology group will likely dissolve

The ad hoc working group on digital technology formed last October has not met this semester, Provost Mark Schlissel P’15 wrote in an email to The Herald. Vice President for Public Affairs and University Relations Marisa Quinn told The Herald in September that the working group would “review potential ...


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RISD president’s departure elicits mixed response

Rhode Island School of Design President John Maeda’s resignation, announced Wednesday, has drawn mixed reactions from RISD students and faculty members as they reflect on how his leadership influenced the school and what RISD’s future may hold. Maeda’s presidency was marked by a perceived tendency ...


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