The General Assembly opened its 2014 legislative session Jan. 7. The Assembly received the proposed 2015 budget from Gov. Lincoln Chafee ’75 P’14 P’17 at his annual State of the State address Jan. 15. Among the legislation filed by state senators and representatives since the start of 2014 are ...
Following the Dec. 31 federal deadline for health care coverage registration, approximately 32,000 Rhode Islanders have signed up for health insurance using the HealthSource R.I. marketplace. Over 20,000 people — approximately 63 percent of enrollments — have signed up for Medicaid, which puts Rhode ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
Updated Wednesday, Jan. 22 at 3:00 a.m. Approximately 30,320 students applied to the class of 2018, the second-largest applicant pool in University history and about a 4 percent increase from last year, said Dean of Admission Jim Miller ’73. Roughly 27,100 students applied through the regular decision ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
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. ...
Updated Jan. 22 at 2:28 a.m. The University admitted 18.9 percent of early decision applicants to the class of 2018, extending offers of admission to 583 out of a record-high pool of 3,088 applicants, said Dean of Admission Jim Miller ’73. Early decision applicants were notified online of ...
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 ...
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 ...
The new Graduate Student Council executive board, elected Nov. 6 to take office next semester, articulated a platform that emphasizes improving outreach to the graduate student body and advocating for their constituents’ priorities related to the rollout of President Christina Paxson’s strategic ...
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 ...
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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