The State Investment Commission voted unanimously in favor of Rhode Island divesting from its stakes in gun distributors Wednesday. Wellspring Capital Partners IV invests $3.8 million of state money in United Sporting Companies, an organization that distributes firearms, gun accessories and hunting ...
The world premiere of the film “Ocean Frontiers II: A New England Story for Sustaining the Sea” highlighted Rhode Island as a leading example of collaborative marine spatial planning in a public screening at the Providence Public Library Monday night. Public premieres will continue in other states ...
Improving the University’s efforts to connect students with internships will be a key priority as part of the implementation of President Christina Paxson’s strategic plan, administrators said. The strategic plan, “Building on Distinction,” highlighted the need to incorporate more “real-world” ...
The Corporation unanimously approved President Christina Paxson’s strategic plan and decided not to divest the University’s endowment from coal companies at its triannual meeting this weekend, Paxson announced in community-wide emails Sunday afternoon. The approval of “Building on Distinction: ...
The University will not divest its endowment from coal companies, President Christina Paxson wrote in a community-wide email Sunday. The Corporation found “the existence of social harm is a necessary but not sufficient rationale for Brown to divest,” Paxson wrote. “At the end of the meeting, ...
As the Corporation convenes this weekend for its triannual meeting, most of its 52 fellows and trustees have arrived on Brown’s campus. They range from President Christina Paxson to power players who make the news almost daily, like Brian Moynihan ’81 P’14, president of Bank of America. But one ...
Governor Lincoln Chafee ’75 P’14 P’17 spoke of his gradual transition from the Republican Party to the Democratic Party, his time in office and the importance of young people’s voices in politics to an audience of about 50 students in a lecture co-hosted by the Brown Democrats and Providence ...
Mayor Angel Taveras will formally announce his candidacy for next year’s gubernatorial election at an event Monday, his campaign spokesman Peter Baptista confirmed Thursday night in an email to The Herald. Baptista said the details of the announcement are still being determined and will be announced ...
“What should be the role of money and markets in our society?” The question arose repeatedly in a lecture given by Michael Sandel, a Harvard professor of government and best-selling author, Thursday evening to an almost-full C.V. Starr Auditorium. In his lecture, Sandel said the past three decades’ ...
The body of Michael Dawkins ’13.5 has been found in Peru, said Leslie Goodman ’02, a spokeswoman for the U.S. Embassy in Peru. The circumstances surrounding Dawkins’ death remain unclear. He was seen on campus last week, but University officials and police officers could not confirm further details. Dawkins, ...
One person has been hospitalized following exposure to an unidentified substance found in an envelope opened Thursday afternoon in Graduate Center Tower E, which houses administrative offices and the Bear’s Lair. Eight additional people have reported symptoms of “respiratory irritation,” such ...
Roughly 28 percent of students support making all multi-user bathrooms gender-neutral, 47 percent support making some bathrooms gender-neutral and 15 percent do not support converting any bathrooms, according to a recent poll conducted by The Herald. Students who identified as gay were significantly ...
With the Corporation expected to approve President Christina Paxson’s strategic plan this weekend, strengthening financial aid and renovating the physical campus are undergraduates’ top priorities, according to a student feedback report scheduled to be released today by the Undergraduate Council ...
Seth Magaziner ’06, the 30-year-old son of Clinton administration adviser and Open Curriculum architect Ira Magaziner ’69 P’06 P’07 P’10, announced he will run for Rhode Island General Treasurer next year in a video released Tuesday morning on his website. Gina Raimondo, the current treasurer, ...
As some students express concern over the falling value of the Indian rupee relative to the U.S. dollar, the University will continue its efforts to attract prospective Indian students as planned, said Dean of Admission Jim Miller ’73. Emerging market currencies such as the rupee have been declining ...
With the Corporation arriving on campus this weekend for its October meeting, young alumni trustee Alison Cohen ’09 — the youngest Corporation member — discussed growing the student body, alumni engagement and the undergraduate experience at the Undergraduate Council of Students general body meeting ...
The Corporation will consider President Christina Paxson’s strategic plan draft at its meeting this weekend and discuss holding a vote on divesting the University’s endowment from large coal-affiliated companies, said Russell Carey, executive vice president for planning and policy. Members of the ...
J. Walter Wilson closed Wednesday after a steam leak, as Facilities Management worked to restore water and clean up damage in the building, wrote Marisa Quinn, vice president for public affairs and University relations, in an email to The Herald. Because of the leak, administrative offices and University ...
The University may increase the number of rising juniors awarded off-campus housing permission to accommodate growth in the student body in the coming years, administrators said. President Christina Paxson’s strategic plan, “Building on Distinction,” released last month, outlines a goal of growing ...
GWU admits to inaccurate portrayal of admission policy After years of telling prospective students the university was need-blind in its admission decisions, George Washington University admitted Friday that it has always considered financial need during the process. Laurie Koehler, the university’s ...
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