Despite increases in faculty salaries across the University in recent years, there is still a salary gap between faculty in divisions such as humanities and those in other disciplines like engineering and economics, according to data from the Dean of the Faculty website. A full professor in a humanities ...
The Brown University Community Council discussed the University's commitment to environmentally sustainable development and the accessibility of financial aid at its monthly meeting Tuesday afternoon. In response to a presentation from five members of the student environmental advocacy group emPOWER, ...
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Lawmakers in the Rhode Island General Assembly have proposed legislation to legalize same-sex marriage in the state every year since 1997.
Emily Martin, vice president and general counsel at the National Women's Law Center, painted a grim picture of current gender pay inequalities Monday night to a small, female-dominated audience in Petteruti Lounge.
Astronomers from the Department of Physics taught a crowd of more than 100 children and parents about outer space at "Stargazers," a collaborative event held at the Providence Children's Museum last Friday. Attendees romped between models of the Earth and moon, peered through a telescope and listened ...
As part of an effort to become more global, the University is planning to open an office that will serve as a one-stop shop for international student services. By consolidating services, the University aims to create a more welcoming and stress-free environment for international students, said Margaret Klawunn, ...
Aristides Nakos '12 stepped out of a party and into a crime scene early Saturday morning.
Gilbane Development Corporation has proposed the construction of a four-story luxury apartment complex on Thayer Street between Meeting Street and Euclid Avenue. The building would be modeled after others built around the country near college campuses, said Robert Gilbane '71 P'02 P'05, chief executive ...
"If you want to understand animals, you need to get away from verbal language," Temple Grandin, professor of animal sciences at Colorado State University and renowned autism advocate, told a crowd of about 500 in Andrews Dining Hall last night.
When President Ruth Simmons chose to major in French, her former colleagues expressed anger and disbelief that she was not concentrating in something dealing with pressing issues of race. "I don't know why I had the stubbornness to pursue what I did," Simmons told an audience of more than 600 at her ...
From the U.S. to Japan, the fourth annual Sex Week examined sexual issues throughout the world. Sex Week, which started with a sex trivia event last Saturday night and included lectures, free HIV testing, a BodyTalk Wellness Fair, discussions and movie screenings, is sponsored by the Sexual Health Education ...
Department of Public Safety officers arrested Dennis Wong, a Providence resident, after he was caught stealing medical textbooks and trade books from the Brown Bookstore Feb. 28.
Occupy Providence may have left Burnside Park more than a month ago, but members of the group gathered in Olneyville Thursday night for an art exhibit in the Yellow Peril Gallery featuring political artwork of Occupy artists. Most of the artists had been active members of the Burnside Park Occupation ...
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