Rhode Island is cracking down on drunk driving this fall. State officials will look to reduce accidents in the wake of an almost 50 percent increase in alcohol-related fatalities last year.
Some televisions in public spaces were left behind this semester after the campus converted from cable to the Internet-based IPTV system over the summer.
Brown's contract with the library workers' union was extended for two more weeks when negotiators parted ways late Thursday night.
Professor Emeritus of Applied Mathematics David Mumford joined an exclusive list of renowned scholars that includes James Watson, the co-discoverer of DNA structure and Linus Pauling, winner of two Nobel Prizes, on Friday.
Changes to tax reporting requirements have made this year's compensation figures difficult to compare with previous years' numbers, administrators said, though filings now include data for more University employees.
In the past month, media coverage of LGBTQ teen suicides skyrocketed, prompting responses at colleges nationwide, including at a Brown University Community Council meeting last week and a vigil on campus the week before. As part of the response, Margaret Klawunn, vice president of campus life and student ...
The race for governor of Rhode Island came to Salomon 101 Thursday night as the candidates — Democrat Frank Caprio, independent Lincoln Chafee '75 P'14, Republican John Robitaille and Moderate Ken Block — debated their ideas for solving the state's problems.
Ken Block, Moderate Party candidate for governor, spoke with The Herald before Thursday's gubernatorial debate.
About 60 to 70 students, faculty members, library workers and Providence community members gathered Thursday on the steps of the Rockefeller Library to protest changes to library employees' contract at a rally sponsored by the Student Labor Alliance.
Treasurer Frank Caprio, Democratic Party candidate for governor, spoke with The Herald following Thursday's gubernatorial debate.
The History Department's latest series, Faculty and Film, features historical movies followed by professor commentary and discussion. Kisa Takesue '88, director of the Stephen Robert '62 Campus and Student Center, and Professor of History Karl Jacoby came up with the idea together this summer, Jacoby ...
John Robitaille, Republican Party candidate for governor, spoke with The Herald following Thursday's gubernatorial debate.
Lincoln Chafee '75 P'14, independent candidate for governor, spoke with The Herald before Thursday's gubernatorial debate.
For many upperclassmen who wish to live off-campus, signing a lease is the happy end of the long housing road — from getting a group together, to obtaining permission from the Office of Residential Life, to finding the perfect house. But this whole process seems to be happening earlier this year. ...
The Young Arcade that was located in the lower level of Faunce House has been replaced by a revamped game lounge in the Stephen Robert '62 Campus Center.
The Undergraduate Council of Students heard reports of student input to the Corporation on housing improvements at the council's general body meeting Wednesday night.
The following summary includes a selection of major incidents reported to the Department of Public Safety between Aug. 26 and Oct. 6. It does not include general service and alarm calls. The Providence Police Department also responds to incidents occurring off campus. DPS does not divulge information ...
"It's kind of like forensics," third-year graduate student Jeffrey Salacup GS said of his research into the environmental history of Narragansett Bay. An archetypal geologist — with a full beard, hiking boots and requisite fleece jacket — Salacup won a three-year, $111,000 fellowship from ...
Early indications show the number of students choosing to study abroad has increased this semester, after reaching its lowest point in a decade last year.
Corporation fellow Steven Rattner '74 P'10 P'13 has settled a corruption case with the Securities and Exchange Commission, the New York Times reported Wednesday.
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