More than 3,000 students this semester will use Canvas, Brown's new online course management system, before its slated replacement of MyCourses in spring 2013. Canvas, officially selected last spring after receiving positive feedback from student and faculty surveys and focus groups, had its first testing ...
Life after Brown may seem daunting, but alums who have braved this frontier returned to campus earlier this month to lend a hand to students starting their careers.
Scores of techies and self-declared geeks gathered to share ideas and practice hacking at the Providence Hackathon in the Jewelry District this past weekend. The event, called Digital Meets Physical: A Hardware Hackathon, highlighted the growing presence of the technology industry in Providence.
The lineup for the Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival, which will overlap with Spring Weekend for the second year running, eliminated two of students' favorite Spring Weekend contenders. The favorites were determined by a poll jointly conducted by the Undergraduate Council of Students and Brown ...
The Main Green bustled with activity the first days of classes, as scenes of students hurrying to class, throwing frisbees in the uncharacteristically warm weather and catching up with friends signalled a return to the familiar rhythms of University life. But for mid-year transfers beginning their Brown ...
The University received 28,671 applications for the class of 2016, marking a 7 percent decline from the previous year. This drop in applications follows a record-setting year in which the University received the largest number of applications in its history. This year's total ranks only behind the applications ...
The Chinese New Year, which began Jan. 23, marked the beginning of another phase in the University's celebration of the Year of China.
Google+ became available to Brown Gmail users Jan. 23, adding it to the lineup of Google Apps first made available last July by Computing and Information Services. Google+, a social networking site, test-launched in June but did not become widely available for domain-based users until October. More ...
Jerry is no ordinary teddy bear. Though toddlers can still play with his woolly, brown fur and carry him around the house, Jerry the Bear requires his owners to monitor his blood glucose level, administer insulin to his body with a special pump or pen and provide him with a balanced diet of fake food ...
Three faculty members will be named Fellows of the American Association for the Advancement of Science next month, an honor that recognizes scientists' contributions to their fields over the course of their careers. Barry Connors, professor and chair of the department of neuroscience; Diane Lipscombe, ...
While most Brown students went home for the holidays, Occupy Providence protesters spent the last month in Burnside Park braving temperatures often below freezing. The group made a deal with the city Monday to leave the park at night, but it has also added a new initiative to its agenda — ...
Neumont University, a for-profit college that specializes in computer science, is looking to build a campus in Providence. Since Rhode Island currently does not allow for-profit institutions to grant bachelors or masters degrees, the college would require exemption from state law.
Banner was inaccessible yesterday morning when the site experienced a server overload at 8 a.m., the start of registration period for returning students. The problems lasted from 8:01 to 8:45 a.m., according to an announcement on the Computing and Information Services website, which described the problems ...
In its first meeting of 2012, the Undergraduate Council of Students reviewed the progress of ongoing projects and discussed upcoming initiatives for the semester.
Brown has moved up four spots this year in the Peace Corps' ranking of top volunteer-producing colleges and universities, with 24 undergraduate alums currently participating in programs abroad. The University is ranked 21st among medium-size institutions, according to a statement released today by the ...
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