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Econ department adds new math requirements

38 Studios to auction off assets to public

Assets from the failed 38 Studios, Curt Schilling's dissolved video game development company, will be auctioned off in October in an effort to decrease the $102 million in bond payments that must now be paid for by Rhode Island citizens. The company was forced to declare Chapter 7 bankruptcy in June, ...

ROTC looks to increase campus involvement

In light of fluctuations in the Reserve Officers' Training Corps and student veteran enrollment numbers  in recent years, University administrators said they are looking for new ways to increase the visibility of opportunities to serve for current and prospective students.

Providence establishes education nonprofit

Legislative leaders announced this summer a $100,000 budget appropriation to fund the nation's first partnership between labor and education management officials. The initiative United Providence, or UP!, which was incorporated as a 501(c)(3) organization, has created a unique collaboration between ...

Campus groups encourage voter registration

As the November presidential election approaches, several student groups are working to get out the vote and ensure Brunonians are informed, though the youth vote is not anticipated to play as large a role as it did in 2008.

Canadian activist protests tuition hikes

Grad students oppose work limit

  The Graduate Council is currently deliberating whether or not to enforce a controversial provision that recommends graduate students who are receiving stipends from the University work no more than 20 hours per semester outside of their University-funded appointments. While the enforcement was ...

School of Engineering cuts free printing

Prior to this semester, engineering concentrators were granted exclusive access to printing in Barus and Holley free of charge. But a new rule instituted at the beginning of this semester revoked that right. 

Grant to aid R.I. suicide prevention

Rhode Island is slated to receive $2.7 million in federal grants to improve suicide prevention programs for children, teens and young adults. The grants are being spread among four organizations - the Rhode Island Department for Children, Youth, and Family; the Rhode Island Youth Suicide Prevention ...

Two more undergraduates join URC

Central Falls mayor pleads guilty to corruption

Changed requirement calls for second WRIT course

Despite an email last March from Dean of the College Katherine Bergeron describing changes made to the University's writing requirement, many students remain unaware of the new policies. 

Grant funds inner-city student engagement

EMS transports drop as U. targets underage drinking

There was a decrease in the number of students transported by Brown Emergency Medical Services during orientation and the first weekend of classes compared to the same period last year, said Margaret Klawunn, vice president of campus life and student services. The drop comes in the wake of new initiatives ...

U. to install elevators in more dorms

Residence hall renovations next summer will include the installation of two elevators in Keeney Quadrangle as part of the next stage of a University effort to extend campus-wide elevator access. The elevators will simplify the move-in process, provide relief for students living on upper floors and  ...

Beer, birds, bites mark fall festivities

From the German-inspired Oktoberfest to a historical Colonial Harvest Festival, Little Rhody is about to catapult itself into a celebration of autumn. The abundance of upcoming festivals offer the perfect opportunity to combine a love of fall with the chance to venture off College Hill. Most fall festivals ...

Chafee presses feds to return Pleau case to R.I.

Nearly two years after Jason Pleau shot, killed and robbed gas station manager David Main outside a Woonsocket bank, Gov. Lincoln Chafee '75 P'14 P'16 petitioned the U.S. Supreme Court in August to return Pleau to state custody. In federal custody since his arraignment in late May, Pleau is on track ...

Students go abroad for free as resident advisers

Students who want to study abroad without the price tag can apply to be resident advisers in one of the University's pre-college summer study abroad programs, which expanded its offerings this summer. Since 2010, Brown has offered three-week programs based in Italy, Spain and Greece, and it now has ...

Election roundup: Romney changes focus, Cicilline pulls ahead

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CareerLAB unveils renovated interior

Newly completed renovations to the Center for Careers and Life After Brown were formally unveiled Friday, with an opening celebration hosted in the first-floor program space. Dean of the College Katherine Bergeron and Director of the CareerLAB Andrew Simmons spoke to a crowd of students and faculty, ...