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Bill would require ultrasound before abortion

Program draws startup companies to Providence

Gov. collaborates on marijuana legislation

Members of the Rhode Island General Assembly worked with Gov. Lincoln Chafee '75 P'14 to draft legislation that would allow compassion centers - medical marijuana dispensaries - to operate by holding them to more stringent regulations. 

Admin turnover may mark presidential transition

With President Ruth Simmons' impending resignation and Executive Vice President for Planning and Senior Advisor to the President Richard Spies' subsequent plans to step down, the University will see significant administrative turnover in the upcoming year. Such senior-level turnover is consistent with ...

Commissioner cuts insurance direct pay rates

Students commemorate Japanese earthquake

To mark the one-year anniversary of the earthquake and tsunami that hit Japan March 11, the Japanese Cultural Association invited students to place a crane on the Main Green Sunday to show solidarity with victims of the tragedy. The installation kicked off the Japan Earthquake Commemoration Series, ...

BSA offers funds to inspire social change

Actress Streep donates $10,000

Students petition U. to increase pay to city

Student wages increase 3 percent

The wages of on-campus student employees will increase by 3 percent starting the next fiscal year, based on a recommendation the University Resources Committee approved last month.

Conference tackles sustainable urbanism

Senator talks partisan politics, SNL

Former Saturday Night Live cast member and current junior United States senator Al Franken, D-Minn., proved that his comedic chops are still fully intact Sunday afternoon. Franken, who accepted the Brown Democrats' 2012 John F. Kennedy Jr. Award for inspiring youth in politics, spoke about policy and ...

Debate examines U. contributions to the city

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Corp. accepts $19 million in donations to engineering

The Corporation, the University's highest governing body, accepted two anonymous gifts totaling $19 million to the School of Engineering at its February meeting, along with several other large donations to fund the sciences.

Web update: Students deliver petition asking U. to pay more

Roughly 60 students delivered a petition with more than 600 signatures to the University Friday demanding Brown increase its payments to Providence. The group said they believe the University needs to provide more financial support to the city in order to rebuild Brown's relationship with Providence, ...

Fitness, aquatics center to open next month

The much-anticipated fitness and aquatics center's construction is near completion, with the planned relocation of some athletics staff slated to give the building its first wave of occupancy by the end of March. The building has been in the works for several years and will open to the public April ...

Seven sue to block banner removal

Seven people are seeking an injunction to block a federal judge's ruling that ordered Cranston High School West to remove a prayer banner from its auditorium, the Providence Journal reported. After almost two months of debating whether to appeal the ruling, the banner was officially removed last weekend.  ...

Master's programs would increase revenue

The University's first Professional Executive Master's Program for mid-career professionals will likely begin no later than fall 2013, said Karen Sibley MAT'81 P'07 P'12, dean of continuing education. 

Business owners oppose meals tax increase

Masturbator spotted on John Street

A masturbator was sighted last night on John Street in the same area where a series of public masturbation incidents were reported last semester.