Herald: How do you think your Brown education prepared you for your work at the State Department? Jacobson: It was quite useful. ... I did political science, but I also designed — because at the time it didn’t exist — a Latin American studies major, drawing from language and political science ...
The Advisory Committee on Corporate Responsibility in Investment Policies endorsed University divestment from the nation’s 15 largest coal companies yesterday afternoon, Brown Divest Coal and ACCRIP members confirmed. “We are still finalizing the text to send to (President Christina Paxson), which ...
Successful foreign policy must transcend threat response and capitalize on cooperative opportunities, said Assistant Secretary of State for Western Hemisphere Affairs Roberta Jacobson ’82 in a lecture at the Watson Institute for International Affairs Thursday. Jacobson, whom Vice President for International ...
More than two-thirds of undergraduates support the creation of the School of Public Health — approved by the Corporation in February — according to the Herald poll conducted last month. Over 4 percent of students did not support the school’s creation, with 3 percent somewhat disapproving and ...
The numbers of economics and applied mathematics-economics concentrators have risen rapidly in the past few years, with many students motivated by a desire for post-collegiate job security and a growing interest in quantitative analysis. The number of economics concentrators rose from 158 in 2008 to ...
University professors have the opportunity to “study abroad” with the Brown Global Forums, a program in which faculty members “exchange” with faculty members from international peer institutions for a week. Started two years ago, the program is an initiative of the Office of International Affairs ...
The Department of Sociology has seen a decline in concentrators from 44 in the class of 2007 to 17 in the class of 2012, according to data obtained by The Herald from the Office of Institutional Research, but sociology faculty members and students indicated topics in sociology are being explored through ...
The University offers 79 concentrations, but 54 percent of concentrations completed in 2012 represented the 10 most popular concentrations that year, according to data obtained by The Herald from the Office of Institutional Research. Economics has been the most popular concentration since 2009, followed ...
Over 90 percent of students support the legalization of same-sex marriage in Rhode Island, according to a Herald poll conducted March 13-14. More than 60 percent of students support the recent creation of a School of Public Health, approved by the Corporation in February. Student approval for President ...
1. Do you approve or disapprove of the way Christina Paxson is handling her job as president of the University? 11.9% Strongly approve 32.7% Somewhat approve 48.9% No opinion 5.3% Somewhat disapprove 1.3% Strongly disapprove 2. If you are a sophomore, junior or senior, where did you ...
The end of this semester marks the completion of the University’s two-year transition to replace MyCourses, the Blackboard-based learning management system, with Canvas. The transition to Canvas comes amid concerns from some faculty members and students that the functions of the University’s digital ...
A crowd of nearly 200 students, state residents and state legislators gathered Wednesday to support a bill for housing vouchers at a “Wizard of Oz”-themed rally. The bill — introduced in the House in February and currently pending review by the House Finance Committee — seeks $3 million for ...
Jessica Lam ’03 was working at a private investment fund in Hong Kong four years ago when she had the idea for her own company. “I didn’t think I was really adding value to my work,” Lam said. “I wanted to figure out a way to leverage my finance and consulting experience but still do what ...
Cold-blooded murderers, rock-and-roll has-beens and undercover spies are among the diverse individuals featured in this year’s Ivy Film Festival selections. IFF released its annual screening and event lineup, which will run April 8 to 14, on the group’s website Wednesday. The keynote speaker this ...
Five members from the Student Labor Alliance traveled to Florida to take part in a march held March 14-18 to protest corporations’ alleged abuse of farm workers in the state. The students joined the Coalition of Immokalee Workers, a pro-workers’ rights advocacy group, to walk part of the coalition’s ...
The Undergraduate Council of Students appointed two new members to its elections board at its general body meeting Wednesday. Ian Eppler ’13, a former Herald opinions columnist, and Mikala Murad ’16 will help facilitate the process for this month’s elections. They will join Caleb Miller ’16, ...
The Graduate Student Council unanimously passed a resolution Thursday evening calling for the expansion of the ombuds office’s jurisdiction to serve all graduate students and for the ombudsperson position to become a full-time post. The resolution will be given to President Christina Paxson and Provost ...
Background checks Legislation that would require individuals interested in volunteering in the state’s public and private schools to undergo criminal background checks passed in the House of Representatives Thursday. Previously, this requirement only applied to school employees, but the bill — ...
The University may convert the ombudsperson position to full-time and expand access for students and some employees starting in 2014, a move the Faculty Executive Committee recently voted to support. Ruth Rosenberg was hired to the post last year and currently works part-time, offering services for ...
The Rhode Island General Assembly earned a grade of D on a transparency report card released last month by the Sunlight Foundation, a nonprofit devoted to increasing government openness. The report graded data presented on the websites of all 50 states’ legislatures using six criteria — thoroughness, ...
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