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Live blog: Day one of same-sex marriage in Rhode Island
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Trustee's hedge fund faces criminal charges
By Mathias Heller | July 25Federal 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 ...
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New VP for CIS joins U. leadership
By Molly Schulson | July 20Ravi 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 ...
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SEC brings case against Cohen
By Eli Okun | July 20The 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 ...
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Perez ’83 confirmed as Secretary of Labor
By Mathias Heller | July 19Thomas 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 ...
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Armed robberies shake College Hill
By Kiki Barnes | July 16After 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 ...
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New dean of medicine assumes post
By Emily Boney | July 16Jack 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 ...
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U. plans potential Dynamo House renovation
By Katherine Lamb | July 10The 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 ...
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Affirmative action ruling unlikely to affect U. policy
By Mathias Heller | June 30University 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 ...
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Dennis selected as deputy dean of the college
By Sabrina Imbler | June 26Christopher 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 ...
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New details on student assault emerge
By Mathias Heller | June 15Nearly 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 ...
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Former U. president Gordon Gee to step down from Ohio State
By Eli Okun | June 6E. 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 ...
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U. awards 2,419 degrees in Paxson's first commencement
By Hannah Kerman | May 27Temperatures 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 ...
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Coal divestment, strategic planning dominate Corporation meeting
By Sona Mkrttchian | May 27In 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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Suspect arrested for assaulting undergrad
By Mathias Heller | May 13A suspect is now in custody for the assault of a male sophomore on campus early Sunday morning, said Deputy Police Chief Thomas Oates III. The student has since remained in critical condition at Rhode Island Hospital. Connecticut police arrested suspect Tory Lussier at his house in Vernon, Conn. Wednesday, ...
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Dardashti picked to fill rabbi slot
By Sam Heft-Luthy | May 10Michelle Dardashti has been chosen as the next associate University chaplain for the Jewish Community, according to a Hillel press release. Dardashti currently serves as director of community engagement at Temple Beth El, a Conservative congregation in Stamford, Conn. She will start her new position ...
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U. yield rate hits 15-year high
By Maggie Livingstone | May 9Approximately 60 percent of the University’s 2,649 admitted students have accepted their offers to join the class of 2017, wrote Dean of Admission Jim Miller ’73 in an email to The Herald. For the second year in a row, more students have committed to the University than expected, Miller wrote. ...
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Epidemiology professor named vice president for research
By Phoebe Draper | May 8David Savitz, current professor of epidemiology and obstetrics and gynecology, will assume the position of vice president for research starting Sept. 1, Provost Mark Schlissel P’15 announced in a community-wide email Tuesday. Savitz’s appointment marks the culmination of an extensive internal ...
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Rhode Island legalizes same-sex marriage
By Emily Boney | May 3On the steps of the Rhode Island State House, Gov. Lincoln Chafee '75 P '14 signed historic legislation making Rhode Island the 10th state in the country to legalize same-sex marriage Thursday. The signing ceremony immediately followed a vote in the House of Representatives supporting the legislation, ...
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Joseph Dowling named chief investment officer
By Kiki Barnes | May 2The University named Joseph Dowling III, founder of the investment firm Narragansett Asset Management, as vice president and chief investment officer in a press release Thursday. Dowling will succeed interim CIO Kenneth Shimberg, who has served since Cynthia Frost left the position in December. Frost ...
