Brown ranked third among research universities in the number of Fulbright grants awarded this year, according to a report published Oct. 28 by the Chronicle of Higher Education. Twenty-seven recent alums from the classes of 2012 and 2011 and two graduate students received the scholarship out of Brown's ...
The Supreme Court heard arguments for the case Kirtsaeng v. John Wiley and Sons, which centers on the issue of whether international copyrighted works can be bought and sold in the United States without the owner's consent, last Monday. Depending on the decision the court reaches, students may no longer ...
Only a week after Hurricane Sandy cut a wide swath of destruction through the Northeast, the Nor'easter Athena blew into the Ocean State, bringing high winds and a shock of blustery snow.
The faculty unanimously approved a motion to create a school of public health Tuesday night. The Corporation will vote on the proposal at its February meeting.
The Leung Gallery in the Stephen Robert '62 Campus Center normally inspires a strict code of silence - even heavy footsteps can draw angry glares during a midterms week. But on election night, the space pulsed with excited anticipation as it played host to the Special Event Committee's ReSPECt the Exec ...
Rhode Island voter identification laws implemented this year faced their first major test Tuesday as voters turned out across the state to cast their ballots in the general election. The ID laws require voters to present some sort of identification, such as a license or utility bill, at their local ...
Republicans retained control of the U.S. House of Representatives while Democrats held onto the U.S. Senate in Tuesday's national election. In Massachusetts, Democrat Elizabeth Warren unseated Sen. Scott Brown, R-Mass., while Virginia Gov. Tim Kaine defeated Republican George Allen to hold onto a Democratic ...
Despite having the highest tuition in Rhode Island, Brown had the lowest average debt of all reporting colleges in the state for class of 2011 graduates, according to the Project on Student Debt, a report published by the Institute for College Access and Success, a nonprofit.
Following the hiring of ombudsperson Ruth Rosenberg last semester, the Faculty Executive Committee has begun discussing whether to expand the part-time position to a full-time one, according to recent meeting minutes.
President Obama strung together key swing state victories in Tuesday's election to win a second term as president of the United States, bringing to a close over a year of turbulent campaigning. Going into the election, polls showed a dead heat between Republican challenger Mitt Romney and Obama, though ...
Professor of Literary Arts Brian Evenson has authored novels, short story collections and even a few video game-based books, all falling within the genre of horror and science fiction. He recently published a novel entitled "Dead Space: Catalyst," the second book he has written based on the third-person ...
The Faculty Executive Committee will be expanded to include either a full-time lecturer or senior lecturer, following a faculty vote approving the proposal Tuesday night. The FEC, which manages faculty governance, will now include 10 members instead of the previous nine.
Nearly 84 percent of students said they feel at least as happy as their peers on average, according to a poll conducted by The Herald earlier this month. About half the students polled reported feeling equally as happy as their peers. More than 35 percent reported feeling happier, while only around ...
Democrat Maggie Hassan '80 P'15 won the governorship of New Hampshire last night with 54 percent of the vote, defeating her Republican opponent Ovide Lamontagne, who garnered 43 percent. With her victory, Hassan will join Republican Louisiana Gov. Bobby Jindal '91.5, Independent Rhode Island Gov. Lincoln ...
Members of the Undergraduate Council of Students spoke to representatives from the Student Athletic Advising Committee, Ryan McDuff '13 and Lindsay Nickel '13, as well as Director of Athletics Jack Hayes, at their weekly meeting. The guests presented an agenda to promote the greater integration of ...
Rhode Island voters approved Question One by a margin of 71 percent to 29 percent at press time, backing a ballot measure that will pave the way for state-operated casino gaming at the Twin River casino in Lincoln. Question Two, a referendum on state-operated casino gaming at the Newport Grand casino ...
Americans talk a lot about First Amendment rights. But how much do we really stop to think about its punctuation and the specially chosen words that give it meaning? Not enough, says Michael McConnell, director of the Constitutional Law Center at Stanford Law School and a senior fellow at the Hoover ...
Democrat Rep. David Cicilline '83, D-R.I., won his re-election bid in Rhode Island's first congressional district, overcoming an aggressive challenge from former Colonel of the Rhode Island State Police Brendan Doherty. The race received national attention for its close polling numbers leading up to ...
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