Providence schools may go paperless
By Phoebe Draper | February 15Kindergarten students may soon be learning arithmetic on iPads, as part of a new "paperless classroom" initiative sponsored by the Rhode Island Department of Education.
Kindergarten students may soon be learning arithmetic on iPads, as part of a new "paperless classroom" initiative sponsored by the Rhode Island Department of Education.
Mayor Angel Taveras met with President Ruth Simmons yesterday afternoon to discuss the possibility of the University increasing its annual contributions to the city. Taveras' administration wants Brown to double its annual $4 million contribution. At a press conference yesterday, he said he feels optimistic ...
The referendum on an amendment that would allow the Undergraduate Council of Students to determine its own funding without the approval from the Undergraduate Finance Board failed to receive the two-thirds majority it required to pass, according to a statement sent to The Herald by UCS Communications ...
Forty-seven organizations — representing industries including technology, education and marketing — will attend the spring Career Fair next Wednesday, a smaller version of the fall counterpart intended to introduce students to companies that recruit at the end of the school year.
Holyoke Mayor Alex Morse '11, the youngest mayor in Holyoke's history, called The Herald from his City Hall office last week to talk about his first five weeks as mayor. As an undergraduate, Morse worked at Providence City Hall for three years under the tutelage of then-Mayor David Cicil- line '83. ...
Now in its third semester, the Brown Bookstore's textbook rental program is an increasingly popular cost-saving tool among students. About 1,400 students used the program last semester, compared to roughly 300 students who used it in spring 2011, according to Mike McDade, the bookstore's textbook department ...
It is an unspoken rule that free pizza must make an appearance at new student group meetings — though the Nice Slice versus Antonio's debate remains an unresolved controversy. Last week's opening meeting for Brown Students for Obama proved the group was no exception to the rule, though few members ...
Professor of Engineering Huajian Gao was elected to the National Academy of Engineering Feb. 9, earning one of the highest honors an engineer can receive. Vice President for Research Clyde Briant was the last person from the University named to the academy two years ago, and before him, no one had been ...
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After one year, 200 subscribers and dozens of emails from an old man who blogs about love and cats, the RIB — Brown's first all-female comedy group — is finally on the map. The group attained Category I student group status in the fall from the Undergraduate Council of Students, making ...
The Warren Alpert Medical School is in the first stages of streamlining its structure to more closely align the school with its clinical faculty and teaching hospitals. Centralizing the current system to improve co- ordination between the three actors will make delivering health care in the state more ...
The stereotypical college dress code, immortalized in films and books, includes ripped jeans, untied sneakers and a sweatshirt bearing the college's name. But looking around Brown yields a different conclusion — students are more inclined toward stylish, sporty chic and dapper get-ups rather than ...
Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist David Rohde '90, adjunct professor of English, spoke about investigative reporting and the future of online journalism last night. After the talk, he sat down with The Herald.
Some Ivy League students may be single this Valentine's Day, but they don't have to be. Two dating websites started by alums in the past two years are helping Brown students and others find love.
"You're going to feel hopeless," Pulitzer Prize-winning reporter David Rohde '90 told a room of almost 50 students and community members last night. "You're going to feel there's no future in journalism. Breaks will come."