In the final hours of the 2013 legislative session, the Rhode Island Senate and House of Representatives passed a joint resolution calling on the state Board of Education to stop a controversial high school graduation requirement developed by Education Commissioner Deborah Gist, set to take effect at ...
Dean of the College Katherine Bergeron will leave the University to become president of Connecticut College beginning Jan. 1. She will continue her duties as dean this fall. Bergeron has been a prominent voice in President Christina Paxson’s strategic planning efforts and recently emerged as a major ...
Rhode Island became the 10th state in the country to begin offering marriage certificates to same-sex couples Aug. 1. Same-sex couples across the state celebrated the day with weddings and by trading in their “civil union” licenses for marriage certificates. The bill legalizing same-sex marriage ...
Gov. Lincoln Chafee ’75 P’14 P’17 announced May 29 that he will join the Democratic Party, setting the stage for what analysts anticipate will be a heated three-way Democratic primary during the 2014 gubernatorial election. Chafee was the nation’s only independent governor during his first ...
Four members of the Westboro Baptist Church staged pickets across the state Aug. 1 to protest Rhode Island’s first day recognizing same-sex marriage. They protested at Cranston City Hall, Providence City Hall, the Rhode Island State House, Pawtucket City Hall and Brown, meeting crowds of counter-protesters ...
Professor of Emergency Medicine and Behavioral and Social Sciences Bruce Becker pleaded not guilty to the misdemeanor charge of procuring alcohol for a minor at his arraignment in Providence District Court Wednesday. Becker, a researcher at the University’s Center for Alcohol and Addiction Studies, ...
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Federal officials announced an indictment Thursday of Corporation trustee Steven A. Cohen’s P’08 P’16 hedge fund SAC Capital Advisors L.P. for multiple counts of fraud. The indictment did not include any charges against Cohen himself. Prosecutors allege that multiple divisions and employees ...
Ravi Pendse, former vice president for information technology and chief information officer at Wichita State University, was named vice president for computing and information services and chief information officer in a University press release July 11. Pendse, who had been at Wichita State since he ...
The Securities and Exchange Commission filed a civil case Friday against Corporation trustee Steven A. Cohen P’08 P’16 for “failing to supervise” managers accused of insider trading at SAC Capital Advisors L.P., the powerful hedge fund he founded and owns, federal regulators announced. The ...
Thomas Perez ’83 received Senate confirmation to be the new U.S. Secretary of Labor July 18, becoming the first Brown alum to hold a Cabinet-level position in 12 years. Richard Holbrooke ’62, a former Herald editor-in-chief, was the last alum to reach that level of the executive branch, serving ...
After a series of recent armed robberies, the Department of Public Safety and the Providence Police Department have stepped up their security presence around campus, said Paul Shanley, deputy chief of police for DPS. The most recent incidents occurred July 1, when two students were robbed at gunpoint ...
Jack Elias, a physician and chair of internal medicine at Yale Medical School, assumed his role as the new dean of medicine and biological sciences Sept. 1. He replaced Provost Mark Schlissel P’15, who served as interim dean after former dean Edward Wing stepped down at the end of June. Wing had held ...
The University may undertake an extensive renovation of the Dynamo House, a former power plant in the Jewelry District, in partnership with the nursing programs at the University of Rhode Island and Rhode Island College and a private developer, President Christina Paxson announced in a school-wide email ...
University administrators reacted positively to Monday’s U.S. Supreme Court ruling in a landmark affirmative action case, saying the decision is unlikely to influence Brown’s admission policies. The Court remanded Fisher v. University of Texas at Austin back to the Fifth U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals ...
Christopher Dennis, associate vice provost at Temple University, will be the new deputy dean of the College, Dean of the College Katherine Bergeron announced in a community-wide email June 14. Dennis’ selection marks the end of a semester-long search that began in February after Stephen Lassonde ...
Nearly a month after an assault on campus left a male then-sophomore in critical condition, the student is now medically stable but faces lingering problems, Providence Police Detective Commander Michael Correia told The Herald. The student was assaulted in the early morning of May 12 at the corner ...
E. Gordon Gee, who served as Brown’s 17th president from 1998 to 2000, announced Tuesday that he will retire from his current position as president of Ohio State University July 1, multiple news outlets reported. The news, first reported by the Columbus Dispatch, comes partially in response to ...
Temperatures were low but spirits stayed high during the 245th Commencement weekend, held May 25 and 26. The University gave a total of 2,419 degrees, with 1,554 of those being bachelor's degrees. The ceremony marked the first Commencement presided over by President Christina Paxson. Ceremonies began ...
In its final meeting of the academic year Friday, the Corporation heard arguments but did not reach a decision on whether the University will divest from coal companies targeted by activist group Brown Divest Coal. The Corporation also reviewed a draft of the University’s strategic plan and offered ...
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