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Indian fare spices up Blue Room

The new Blue Room not only boasts new pastries, but now serves Indian cuisine.  

Plans for slave trade memorial resume

Work is set to resume on a memorial commemorating Brown's ties to the slave trade after a six-month fundraising hold.

Tutoring program expands services, staff

BearPaw Tutors, a tutoring company that employs Brown students, has grown in size, personnel and facilities recently, according to Co-founder and President Matthew Lent '08.

Chem 33 adds section to meet student schedules

Another CHEM 0330: "Equilibrium, Rate, and Structure" lab section has been added after students had difficulty fitting labs into their schedules.

Dorm improvements top UCS, Corporation goals

The Corporation's young alumni trustee told the Undergraduate Council of Students Wednesday night that housing is at the top of this weekend's agenda.

Hoax letter claims cameras planned for frosh dorms

A letter posted in residence halls Sept. 29 that purported to be from the Office of Residential Life announcing the installation of closed circuit television cameras was a hoax, according to Senior Associate Dean of Residential and Dining Services Richard Bova.

Playboy honors professor of econ.

Professor of Economics Glenn Loury was one of 20 professors named to the Playboy Honor Roll in the October edition of Playboy Magazine.

Off-campus students to see tax increase

Students living in off-campus residences could see their rent increase in 2011 as a result of a recent restructuring of the city's tax code that would raise property taxes on rented homes. Providence City Council members voted 8-7 this summer to eliminate the homestead tax exemption on rental properties, ...

Tougaloo taken off warning

Tougaloo College was removed from the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools' warning list this June after the association's Commission on Colleges found the institution's financial standing to have improved since its July 2009 sanction.

Haffenreffer plans exhibit on Columbus Day switch

The Haffenreffer Museum of Anthropology will feature an exhibit about Columbus Day in response to the Fall Weekend name change. The exhibit will go up in October and will be part of the current "Reimagining the Americas" exhibition.   

'The Vault' on Benevolent St. remains closed, for now

A University sign has been added and the boards have been removed from the windows and doors, but the former house of the prominent African-American painter Edward Banister remains as vacant as it has been for the past several years.

New Blue Room features generate more traffic

Business is booming at the new and improved Blue Room, as students take advantage of extended hours and new menu options.

Joint degree program seeks more funding

The joint doctoral program at the Alpert Medical School may be putting new admissions on hold due to financial constraints, said Philip Gruppuso, associate dean for medicine education and interim director of the joint program.

Ruth '97, Benoit-Bird '98 win MacArthur genius grants

Residents sound off on streetcar line

Providence residents gave feedback last week on the proposed installation of a streetcar system connecting College Hill with four other neighborhoods throughout the city at a series of open houses hosted by the city of Providence and the Rhode Island Public Transit Authority.

New environment student group formed

Members of emPOWER have recently formed a new student group to raise awareness about environmental issues.

Upgrade complicates cluster printing

There is the slightest hint of change hanging in the musty air of the Friedman Study Center. Physically the computer clusters look the same, but the home screen has exchanged its brooding black monochrome for an ethereal blue-green. This is the first evidence cluster-users have of the new software upgrade. ...

Illegal immigration poses threat, says local activist

Correction appended

Renovated Underground opens, to be dedicated Friday

The Underground is back in business.

Med School, Lifespan expanding affiliation

The Alpert Medical School has expanded its partnership with Lifespan, amending an existing affiliation agreement meant to bring the Med School and Lifespan hospitals into closer alignment. The two institutions formally announced the agreement at a press meeting Monday.