Legal pollution emissions increased in Rhode Island by nearly 0.5 percent in 2011, according to data from the Environmental Protection Agency, while there was a 0.09 percent overall decrease in New England. The region emitted 18.96 million pounds of legal pollutants last year, according to the EPA. “The ...
Gov. Lincoln Chafee ’75 P’14 proposed no tax increases of any kind in his State of the State address Jan. 17, despite having spent much of his first two years in office plagued by an ailing economy and confronting budget deficits. Toward the end of the speech, Chafee reiterated his desire to see ...
More than 50 students and faculty members gathered this weekend to discuss the value of a Brown education at a “Re-Orientation Boot Camp,” organized by the Brown Conversation. Through a series of two-hour discussion blocks with upperclassmen, faculty members and other community members affected ...
Despite the brisk winter weather, President Christina Paxson, Providence Mayor Angel Taveras and more than 30 others gathered Wednesday morning for the topping-off ceremony of the Building for Environmental Research and Teaching. The ceremony took place outside of the renovated building, the former ...
The University Resources Committee is considering allocating more funds to the recently formed Center for the Study of Slavery and Justice, Provost Mark Schlissel P’15 said at Wednesday night’s Undergraduate Council of Students meeting. The center was a major initiative under former President Ruth ...
A new version of the website courses.brown.edu was launched this month, enabling students to access syllabus information from courses for which they are not registered. The remodeling of the website, which was launched by Computing and Information Services in conjunction with the Office of the Dean ...
Donald Hornig, the University’s 14th president, died Monday at the age of 92, according to a University press release. Hornig served as president from 1970 to 1976. Like his predecessor, Ray Heffner, Hornig presided over the University during tumultuous times. During his tenure, he faced campus-wide ...
The housing options fair and first-pick raffle originally scheduled to take place tonight at 7:30 p.m. has been cancelled. The change is a consequence of impending reforms to how students select housing, Residential Council chair Travis Spangler ’13 wrote in an email to The Herald. Starting next ...
Instances of crime on campus dropped 60 percent over the four weeks of winter break compared to the last four weeks of the fall semester, said Paul Shanley, deputy chief of police for the Department of Public Safety. The reduction resulted from two factors — cold weather and the absence of most students ...
The School of Engineering will expand the size of its faculty and student body following the completion of the new Building for Environmental Research and Teaching, which will take place in late 2013. President Christina Paxson has called the growth of the school — which was established in 2010 — ...
Deputy Dean of the College Stephen Lassonde will step down from his position at the end of March after serving six years at the University, Dean of the College Katherine Bergeron wrote in an email to the community Jan. 14. Lassonde will take the post of dean of student life at Harvard later this spring, ...
A $4 million to $7 million donation to the University from the Irene Diamond Fund of New York will help fund a new initiative to study aging health, the University announced Jan. 8. The donation, which will be the largest public health gift the University has received, will launch curricular programs ...
The University received about 28,900 total applications this year, the third-highest number of applications in its history. The Admission Office had counted 28,733 total applications received as of Jan. 15 — 25,723 students applying in the regular decision process and 3,010 applying early decision ...
The University received about 28,900 total applications this year, the third-highest number of applications in its history. As of Tuesday, the Admission Office had counted 28,733 total applications received — 25,723 students applying in the regular decision process and 3,010 applying early decision ...
Family and colleagues remembered Laura Kibuuka MD’16, who was killed by an Amtrak Acela Express train Jan. 2, as a talented woman passionate about health and community service. Kibuuka was struck on the train track near South Attleboro, Mass. The MBTA Transit Police and the Bristol County District ...
An original version of this article included the name of the student who was involved in the altercation with the officers. His name has been redacted because the charges were dropped. A male sophomore was arrested Dec. 16 at Josiah's after a physical altercation with Department of Public Safety ...
The early decision admission rate dropped to 18.5 percent for the class of 2017, with 558 out of 3,010 applicants receiving offers to enroll, according to University admission officers. Early applicants were notified of their admission decisions 5 p.m. Dec. 12. The slight dip from last year’s 19 ...
The University is currently looking to fill the position of chief investment officer, after Cynthia Frost, who previously held the position, retired at the end of 2012. Frost was the first and only person to have held the position of University CIO, serving since the position was created in July 2000. ...
The Department of Public Safety arrested a Brown student on charges of disorderly conduct and resisting arrest at the men's ice hockey game in Meehan Auditorium Friday night, Deputy Chief of Police for DPS Paul Shanley wrote in an email to The Herald.
A new food-ordering website called Crunchbutton launched at Brown last week, allowing students to order take-out or receive deliveries from their favorite local restaurants and Josiah's. Crunchbutton offers the most popular items from each of the restaurants it features, said Judd Rosenblatt, its co-founder ...
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