Princeton to review grade deflation policy Princeton president Christopher Eisgruber announced Monday that he will form a faculty committee to review the university’s grade deflation policy over the coming year, the Daily Princetonian reported Monday. The current policy requires that academic departments ...
A post-tenure sabbatical policy, changes to the academic calendar and streamlined research reporting procedures are among possible new endeavors intended to increase support for faculty research, said Dean of the Faculty Kevin McLaughlin P’12. The projects would come out of President Christina Paxson’s ...
Brown University Shuttle temporarily expanded its OnCall service to all students and faculty and staff members living within a designated coverage area beginning Wednesday, wrote Russell Carey ’91 MA’06, executive vice president for planning, and Margaret Klawunn, vice president for campus life ...
Following a steep increase in the number of seniors splitting their final semesters, the Committee on Academic Standing has increased the difficulty for applicants to gain approval. A “split eighth” — an option to take two courses in both an eighth and ninth semester and paying by the course ...
When Jorge Elorza announced he was stepping down as a judge on the Providence Housing Court, analysts across the city speculated he was planning a run for mayor. The seat will most likely be empty as the incumbent, current Mayor Angel Taveras, is widely expected to run for governor next year rather ...
President Obama will nominate Janet Yellen ’67, current vice chair of the Federal Reserve’s Board of Governors, for the Federal Reserve Chair position today, the White House announced Tuesday. If confirmed, Yellen would be the first woman to lead the bank in its 100-year history. Ben Bernanke, ...
The number of students entering employment immediately after graduation increased from 56 percent in 2009 to 65 percent in 2012, according to a survey conducted by CareerLAB. Of the 1,321 members of the class of 2012 who responded to the survey, 24 percent alternatively pursued full-time graduate or ...
Brown Concert Agency held its first of many open forums to inform the student body of the Spring Weekend planning process and solicit student opinions yesterday at 6 p.m. in Salomon 101. “We want to reach out to the student body, and we want them to understand the process of the concert planning ...
Skunks have been frequently sighted by students around residence halls and campus eateries this year, but University administrators said they have not dealt with any skunk incidents. Students said they have seen the animals on various campus quads and outside multiple buildings in recent weeks, and ...
Brown Dining Services officials said the program’s policy for to-go meals remains unchanged this year, despite some students’ perception that the office has recently implemented a stricter approach to take-out meals. Students taking to-go meals from University eateries must inform Dining Services ...
Director of the Rhode Island Division of Elderly Affairs Catherine Taylor called on students and local residents to boost local awareness about Alzheimer’s disease and other issues facing the elderly in a lecture Monday night. Stephen Gresham ’83, adjunct lecturer in public policy, urged those ...
Last week’s naming of an interim dean and the members of the search committee marks the start of the process to identify Dean of the College Katherine Bergeron’s long-term successor. Vice President for Campus Life and Student Services Margaret Klawunn will serve as interim dean from January until ...
Talk of the government shutdown and American foreign policy dominated a Monday evening event that featured President Obama’s former adviser Thomas Donilon — with Donilon saying a prolonged government shutdown could severely damage the country’s economy and credibility. In a conversational format, ...
The Rhodes Scholarship program may expand to allow applicants from Brazil, China and Russia after receiving an almost $120 million donation last month, multiple news outlets reported. Rhodes Scholarships are currently restricted to citizens of the United States, some British Commonwealth nations and ...
Three Rhode Island libraries will receive $800,000 from the Institute of Museum and Library Services National Leadership Grants program, with the grants going to Providence Community Library, Providence Public Library and University of Rhode Island Library System. The initiatives funded by the grant ...
The following is an account of crime events that took place this weekend, reported to The Herald by Deputy Chief of Police for the Department of Public Safety Paul Shanley: Between Friday evening and Saturday afternoon A MacBook Pro laptop was reported stolen from an Andrews Hall lounge Saturday afternoon. ...
The University has seen an escalation in cyber-attacks in recent months and is spotting thousands of attacks from foreign sources every day, said Chief Information Security Officer David Sherry. Though he declined to give a more precise estimate, Sherry said the number of attempts to breach the University’s ...
Student leaders from all eight Ivy League institutions gathered on campus this weekend to share ideas for improving their universities’ student governments at the 14th annual Ivy Leadership Summit. The two-day conference, which focused on a theme of “The Digital Future,” featured addresses by ...
The Meiklejohn Leadership Committee launched a Facebook page called “Brown Advisors” Aug. 30 in order to create a digital forum for students to ask their peers questions related to Brown academics, extracurriculars and social life. Brown Advisors allows students to ask questions anonymously and ...
The number of reported forcible sex offenses and robberies at Brown increased significantly from 2011 to 2012, while the number of reported burglaries fell by almost 50 percent, according to the 2013 Annual Security Report released by the Department of Public Safety last week. The number of total reported ...
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