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'Raucous' ceremony honors mid-year grads

Colloquium to address turbulence in Africa

The 2012 Achebe Colloquium on Africa, entitled "Governance, Security and Peace in Africa," will be held this Friday and Saturday at the Perry and Marty Granoff Center for the Creative Arts. Convened by celebrated Nigerian novelist Chinua Achebe, professor of Africana studies, this year's colloquium ...

Providence elementary school files for charter

Frank D. Spaziano Elementary School recently became the only school in the Providence Public School District to vote in favor of becoming a district charter school. On Friday afternoon, the elementary school formally filed its application with the Rhode Island Department of Education, one day before ...

College enrollment dips, but U. apps remain high

National college enrollment numbers dipped in 2011 for the first time in 15 years, but higher education experts do not believe lower total matriculation will have an immediate effect on Brown's admission process.  Enrollment decreased by only one percentage point, but this is its first decline since ...

Rise in crime prompts potential DPS hires

Med School names new psychiatry chair

Anthropologist gives scoop on 'nutri-tainment'

When did eating become so fun?

Group rallies to show support for coal divestment

Students with the Brown Divest Coal Campaign called upon President Christina Paxson to divest the University from its alleged coal and fossil fuel investments at a rally outside University Hall Thursday.

EcoReps event tests recycling knowledge

With renovations, U. seeks better city ties

Five previously neglected houses on Brown, Benevolent and Brook streets have been renovated and sold to faculty through the Brown to Brown Home Ownership Program over the past five years. Houses in the program, which are in states of disrepair or disuse, are sold to eligible faculty and staff for 80 ...

City ranks as finalist in 'Mayors Challenge'

  Providence is developing a plan for monitoring and increasing literacy among young children, earning the city one of 20 finalist spots in the Bloomberg Philanthropies' Mayors Challenge, Mayor Angel Taveras announced in a Nov. 5 press conference. The Mayors Challenge aims to "spread proven and ...

Poll: Most students opposed to use of race in admissions

Just more than 58 percent of students oppose the University's consideration of race in student admissions decisions, while over 34 percent of students said they supported the policy, according to a recent Herald poll. Of the students who are opposed to the consideration of race, more than half support ...

Talk explores uncertain fates of drowning islands

Providence Reads targets childhood literacy rates

City opens season for skating, shopping

Along with freezing temperatures, winter also brings a host of festive holiday activities to Providence. The Bank of America City Center, Providence's downtown outdoor skating rink located next to Kennedy Plaza and Burnside Park, opened Nov. 21. The rink is open 10 a.m. Monday through Friday and 11 ...

Trustee's hedge fund could face new charges

SAC Capital Advisors L.P., the major Wall Street hedge fund founded and run by Corporation trustee Steven Cohen P'08 P'16, is facing a potential civil-fraud suit brought by federal investigators, various news outlets reported Wednesday. The possible suit comes on the heels of another suit filed ...

UCS continues to categorize new student groups

The Undergraduate Council of Students continued the process of categorizing student groups at its general body meeting last night, evaluating appeals and deliberating the values of groups seeking Category I status.

Committee to recommend full need-blind admission

The committee on financial aid will recommend the University alter its current policies and offer need-blind financial aid to international students and transfers, said Susan Harvey, the committee co-chair and a professor of religious studies. Harvey made the announcement at an open forum about financial ...

Experts debate U.S. decline, position in world order

Two foreign policy experts debated America's role in today's world and how it may change in the coming decades in the Janus Forum Lecture Series' second event Wednesday afternoon. 

Video game seeks to curb domestic violence

Last year, approximately 10,000 victims reported incidents of domestic abuse in Rhode Island.