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Proposed firing policy faces opposition

Big star to represent small state at Oscars

Blue lights available but rarely used

A number of University measures ­­— including increased officer presence, heightened emphasis on SafeRide and blue light emergency phone installation — has contributed to a decline in on-campus crime rates in recent years, according to a Feb. 13 community safety information email ...

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U. scientists present at nat'l conference

University faculty and students traveled to Vancouver, British Columbia last weekend for the American Association for the Advancement of Science's Annual Meeting. Assistant Professor of Environmental Studies and Biology Heather Leslie participated in a symposium on marine conservation and management ...

Conference to celebrate history of women on campus

The Women's Leadership Council — which seeks to promote philanthropy and volunteerism and offer mentoring to the University's female students and alums — has been planning a conference to celebrate 120 years of women's history at Brown. But after President Ruth Simmons — who created ...

Early decision admits flock to campus

"Turn off all your cell phones, or we'll rescind your admission," announced Admission Officer Matt Price to the roughly 250 representatives of the class of 2016 who assembled Monday for the Early Decision Admitted Students Day. Despite the chuckles, nearly every student in Sayles Hall reached for his ...

Schaefer '13 conference offers perspective on Middle East

A small group of Ivy League students convened this weekend at the Hope Club for an intimate conference that brought together people of all perspectives to engage in a meaningful dialogue about the Israeli-Palestinian conflict.

Prof honored as 'rising star' in evolutionary bio

Associate Professor of Evolutionary Biology Sohini Ramachandran received the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation Fellowship for her research in computational and evolutionary molecular biology, according to the foundation's Feb. 15 press release. The award is granted to young scientists who are "rising stars, ...

37 juniors elected to Phi Beta Kappa

Thirty-seven juniors were elected to the Rhode Island Alpha of Phi Beta Kappa Feb. 8. The honor society, founded in Williamsburg, Va., in 1776, is the oldest and most prestigious academic honor organization in the nation. Of the more than 3,500 institutions of higher learning in the United States, only ...

Fundraising to expand brain science faculty

The University will fundraise $50 million over the next five years as part of a new initiative to expand the Brown Institute for Brain Science. A large portion of these funds will be used to pay for seven new positions in the institute, said John Donoghue PhD '79 P'09 P'12, director of the institute ...

Med School prof arrested for coin theft

IvyQ conference to explore queer identity

Students from across the Ivy League arrived on campus yesterday to participate in IvyQ, an annual weekend-long conference that tackles issues of queer identity first held two years ago at Penn. Brown is hosting the conference for the first time and expects 500 students to participate in the weekend's ...

Slavery memorial designer chosen

Graceful metal skeletons, ash wood ladders stretching skyward, woven rattan curved into elegant silhouettes — the work of sculptor Martin Puryear, who has been selected to design a memorial to acknowledge the University's links to the transatlantic slave trade, evokes a sense of minimalism even ...

Despite jump in GRE test taking, grad school apps constant

Graduate school application rates to the University remain constant despite a 10 percent increase in the number of students who took the Graduate Record Examination in the United States over the past year.

Non-profit startup to provide Zanzibar with medical technology

Jayson Marwaha '14 first got the idea to start a non-profit organization in a setting where all good ideas are born — a high school party. Two years later, he decided to take action, founding Medical Equipment Donations International — a nonprofit that aims to donate unused medical equipment ...

Students seek personalized advising system

State pursues expansion of the Knowledge District

MunchCard use expands

The MunchCard, a restaurant discount created by four Brown students as an alternative to University-provided meal plans, has been gaining  popularity since its initiation last September. This spring, about 700 undergraduates are participating in the program, compared to 530 last semester. Steven Tran ...

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