Policymakers should focus on supporting economic development rather than participating in military action in the Middle East, said David Rohde ’90, a two-time Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist, at a lecture Wednesday. Rohde addressed the United States’ evolving relationship with the Middle East ...
President Christina Paxson and the Undergraduate Council of Students gave each other feedback on their respective past and future projects at the council’s last general body meeting of the semester Wednesday. The Student Labor Alliance’s call for the University to end its contract with Adidas emerged ...
About 33 percent of faculty members are somewhat or very dissatisfied with spouse support and about 30 percent are somewhat or very dissatisfied with childcare resources available to them from the University, according to the Herald faculty poll. Respondents who indicated they were satisfied or dissatisfied ...
About 72 percent of faculty members approve of the creation of the School of Public Health, while only 13 percent disapprove, according to a recent Herald poll of the faculty. The Faculty Executive Council voted unanimously to approve the school’s creation last November. “As an advisor, I see ...
The sportswear apparel company Adidas announced plans to compensate over 2,700 Indonesian workers who had not received their severance pay after a factory where they were employed by the company closed over two years ago, according a press release Wednesday from the Brown Take Adidas Down Coalition. Adidas’ ...
Kennedy Plaza, the main square and transportation hub of Providence, will undergo renovations in the next few years as a part of Mayor Angel Taveras’ efforts to revitalize downtown. The Downtown Providence Parks Conservancy is slated to start construction this year. The plans — designed by Union ...
Six of Rhode Island’s prominent Latino figures condemned the lack of Latino leaders in the state, where 38 percent of Providence residents and 60 percent of Central Falls residents are Latino, at a panel discussion Wednesday afternoon. The speakers — who included politicians, community leaders ...
Lynn Taylor, assistant professor of medicine at Alpert Medical School and attending physician at Miriam Hospital, and Adrienne Gagnon, executive director and co-founder of Downcity Design, were each awarded a three-year Rhode Island Innovation Fellowship to fund their efforts to devise a creative solution ...
The Admission Office will relocate most of its staff and administrative functions to the second floor of the Office of Continuing Education’s current location in the Jewelry District next month in order to create more space on campus for academic departments, administrators said. The Admission Office’s ...
The Sustainability, Strategic Planning and Advisory Committee released its interim report earlier this month, with several recommendations it hopes will be incorporated into the University’s upcoming strategic plan, said Chris Powell, chair of the committee and director of sustainable energy and environmental ...
The Brown-India Initiative awarded nearly $75,000 to fund summer projects for students and faculty members this spring, marking the first time the initiative has distributed funding for summer projects. Eight undergraduates, seven graduate students and two faculty members received funding to pursue ...
The Department of Public Safety brought the Providence Police Department’s canine bomb squad to Spring Weekend events in response to the recent bombings at the Boston Marathon, said Paul Shanley, deputy chief of police for DPS. The police dogs, which are trained to detect the scent of a variety of ...
Since he was beaten and robbed Jan. 27, a male first-year has faced hospital tests, court proceedings and accusatory rumors. That night, three men — playing a game called “Victim” — followed, assaulted and robbed the student behind the Gate around 4:30 a.m. Hit and run The student ...
Introductory courses English courses ENGL 0210, ENGL 0410 and ENGL 0610 — renamed ENGL 0300, ENGL 0500 and ENGL 0700, respectively — will no longer be required for English concentrators starting this fall, said Department Director of Undergraduate Studies and Associate Professor of English Stephen ...
Warning: This article contains graphic material regarding sexual assault. Walking past the place where she was raped, Emily still suffers anxiety attacks. Emily, whose name has been changed to maintain confidentiality, said that in the months after her assault, she battled depression, felt ...
The Rhode Island Senate passed legislation legalizing same-sex marriage yesterday by a vote of 26-12. The vote marks the final major hurdle in the legislative process, virtually guaranteeing same-sex marriage will be signed into law in the coming weeks. Since yesterday’s bill is different from the ...
Students expressed much higher levels of uncertainty and ignorance than did faculty members in their appraisals of President Christina Paxson’s job performance in The Herald’s undergraduate poll and faculty poll, both conducted this semester. A plurality of students, just under 49 percent, reported ...
Artists, scientists and college presidents are among the six individuals selected to receive honorary doctorates at this year’s Commencement ceremony May 26 . The group comprises actor and director Benjamin Affleck, writer Junot Diaz, bacteriologist Stanley Falkow PhD’61, Tougaloo College President ...
The identification of a body found Tuesday evening in the river by India Point Park will likely be delayed, the Providence Journal reported Wednesday. Deputy Police Chief Thomas Oates III told the Journal that members of the state medical examiner’s office will be unable to examine the body until ...
A majority of faculty members find first-year students prepared for college-level academics, with 23 percent responding that first-years were “very prepared” and 50 percent responding that they were “somewhat prepared” in a Herald faculty poll conducted earlier this month. Professor ...
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