Chancellor Thomas Tisch '76 and Chung-I Tan P'95 P'03, professor of physics and chair of the Campus Advisory Committee, introduced the University's 19th president, Christina Paxson, at an event open to the entire community in Sayles Hall at noon today.
The Corporation approved a recommendation by the University Resources Committee to eliminate the enrollment fee for doctoral students during its February meeting. In addition to tuition, doctoral candidates are currently required to pay an enrollment fee after their third year of study, which is calculated ...
Prominent Northwestern University professors Andrew Koppelman and Martin Redish discussed whether the government has a right to regulate commercial speech to protect public health and safety during the annual Meiklejohn Debate Thursday night.
The best solution to the current Israeli-Palestinian conflict is a one-state solution, said Ali Abunimah, a Palestinian-American journalist and author, during a sparsely attended lecture in Salomon 001 Thursday night. The lecture was organized by Brown Students for Justice in Palestine as part of its ...
The cafe cart at the Perry and Marty Granoff Center for the Creative Arts closed after seven months due to low usage. The future use of the space is currently unclear.
Marisa Quinn, vice president for public affairs and University relations, and Chancellor Thomas Tisch '76 led a press conference at the Maddock Alumni Center at 11:30 this morning to introduce the University's 19th president, Christina Paxson.
Chancellor Thomas Tisch '76 announced the selection of Christina Paxson, dean of Princeton's Woodrow Wilson School of Public and International Affairs, as the University's 19th president to a packed audience of students and faculty in Sayles Hall at noon today. Paxson's selection was first announced ...
Christina Paxson, dean of Princeton's Woodrow Wilson School of Public and International Affairs and a prize-winning economist, will serve as the next University president. The Corporation elected Paxson the 19th president in a special session this morning.
U.S. Rep. David Cicilline '83, D-R.I., received a 14.8 percent job approval rating in a recent University poll, reflecting an almost 10 percent decline since December, when 24.3 percent of voters supported his work.
Secretary of Transportation Ray LaHood spoke about his 35 years in public service and his time in Obama's cabinet in Salomon 101 yesterday. After the talk, he sat down with The Herald.
Life in public service may not always be a path to prestige, but that should not deter Brown students from pursuing it, Secretary of Transportation Ray LaHood told a full Salomon 101 Wednesday afternoon. As a moderate Republican serving in the Obama administration, LaHood has worked to reach across ...
William Brucker '04 spent the last few years perfecting a technique that relies on stories and analogies to teach young adults science. Brucker, whose speech shows the clear influence of the technique he developed, drew comparisons to an eggplant, a ship and a French film to explain his teaching philosophy. ...
As the University prepares to enter a new phase with the impending retirements of President Ruth Simmons and Director of Athletics Michael Goldberger, the athletics department, though a top priority, remains in flux with major changes planned or already underway. Those changes include cutting roughly ...
Actor James Woods spoke in favor of a proposed bill that would allow doctors to apologize to their patients without legal repercussions at a House Committee on Judiciary hearing last night. The "benevolent gestures" bill was introduced by Rep. Joseph McNamara, D-Warwick and Cranston. Similar legislation ...
Legislation that would allow undocumented students to pay in-state tuition rates was introduced last month in the Rhode Island General Assembly. The Tuition Equity Bill, sponsored by state Rep. Grace Diaz, D-Providence, and state Sen. Juan Pichardo, D-Providence, would uphold a decision made last fall ...
The Undergraduate Council of Students selected Nick Tsapakos '13 and Holly Hunt '13 to serve on a recently announced committee that will address issues raised by the proposed UCS constitutional amendment in its general body meeting Wednesday night. Two members of the Undergraduate Finance Board and ...
Nine undergraduates who took AMCV 1610A: "American Advertising: History and Consequences" last fall were selected to co-curate a portion of the upcoming American Enterprise exhibit at the Smithsonian National Museum of American History. The exhibit's website currently features a mini-exhibit of projects ...
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