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Lecturer discusses role of therapeutic healing shrines

Simmons joins corporate boards post-presidency

Since announcing her resignation, former president Ruth Simmons has joined the corporate boards of Chrysler Group and Mondelez International.

U.’s admission yield rates counter national trend

As high school seniors apply to a greater number of colleges and universities, the national average admission yield rate for colleges has consistently declined in recent years. The yield rate, a measurement of the percent of admitted students choosing to enroll in a given university, has declined from ...

Election roundup: countdown to Election Day

New activities director lays out plans

Timothy Shiner, the newly appointed director of Student Activities and the Stephen Robert '62 Campus Center, spoke to the Undergraduate Council of Students general body last night about the challenges facing his office and his plans for the future.

Beloved chemistry professor dies after battling cancer

Dwight Sweigart P'05, professor of chemistry, died Monday in the Philip Hulitar Inpatient Center in Providence after a two-year battle with throat cancer. He was 67 years old.

Admission Office extends early deadline

The Admission Office has extended its deadline for early decision applications from Nov. 1 to Nov. 7 due to the impact of Hurricane Sandy, according to an announcement posted on the office's website on Monday. Applicants for the class of 2017 will have six additional days to submit their applications. Widespread ...

Student injured after three-story fall

A student remains in "critical but stable condition" after falling from a third-story Andrews Hall window early Sunday morning, according to a University statement released Wednesday.

Fall 2012 Student Poll Results

Whom do you plan on voting for in the upcoming U.S. presidential election? 0.1%  Rocky Anderson 0.3%  Virgil Goode 1.6%  Gary Johnson 65.6%  Barack Obama 7.1%  Mitt Romney 1.5%  Jill Stein 7.4%  Unsure 16.3%  Not voting Do you plan on voting in the upcoming election? 10.6%  Yes, and I am registered ...

Poll: Majority of students plan to vote for Obama

More than 65 percent of students plan to vote for President Obama in next week's presidential election, according to a Herald poll conducted October 17-18. The poll also found the majority of respondents reporting no opinion on how President Christina Paxson is handling her job, not cheating in any ...

Higher Ed Roundup: Oct. 31

Hurricane grazes campus but rattles East Coast

University officials canceled classes and closed administrative offices for a second consecutive day Tuesday as Rhode Island picked up in the aftermath of Sandy, a Category 1 hurricane affecting millions up and down the East Coast. While the Ocean State was spared the brunt of the storm, coastal areas ...

T.F. Green receives federal grant

T.F. Green Airport will receive $110 million in federal funding for efficiency and safety improvements, announced Sen. Jack Reed, D-RI, Gov. Lincoln Chafee '75 P'14, Warwick Mayor Scott Avedisian and Peter Frazier, interim president and CEO of the Rhode Island Airport Corporation, Oct. 16. The Federal ...

Prof. explores racial prejudice in politics

When President Obama pledged "to preserve, protect and defend the Constitution of the United States" in front of the Chief Justice of the Supreme Court on a cold January day in 2009, he became the first black president of a country marked by the painful legacy of the African slave trade. His election ...

Report urges increased veteran recruitment

The Undergraduate Veterans Subcommittee of the Diversity Advisory Board released a report last month highlighting the issues that undergraduate U.S. military student veterans face and discussing how the University can ease some of these difficulties.

Symposium confronts Taiwan Strait conflict

Tunisian abroad program relocated to France

Founders League to foster R.I. startup community

Providence begins election day preparations

The 2008 General Election saw 475,428 Rhode Islanders cast their vote, giving the state a 67 percent voter turnout, its highest since the 1988 presidential election. Providence voters accounted for 55,977 of those ballots. With less than six days until the election, the Providence Board of Canvassers ...

Corp. approves planning groups

In its first meeting under President Christina Paxson, the Corporation reviewed the University's strategic planning process and heard updates about ongoing initiatives, including the formation of a school of public health. Paxson also arranged the formation of new committees to address campus master ...