City hosts competition for bridge designs
By Corina Chase | September 20The city of Providence is holding a design competition to choose the designer of the future pedestrian bridge across the Providence River.
The city of Providence is holding a design competition to choose the designer of the future pedestrian bridge across the Providence River.
The devastating floods that struck Pakistan in late July and early August have spurred campus-wide efforts to fundraise for the flood victims and simultaneously increase awareness about Pakistan.
Last Sunday, Kennedy Plaza welcomed a host of international dance groups and humanitarian organizations for the seventh annual Celebration of the United Nations International Day of Peace. The festival commemorates the opening session of the United Nations General Assembly, though the U.N. passed a ...
Both the history and current state of trade relations between the U.S. and South Korea point toward a strong friendship, Ambassador Han Duk-Soo told a full Pembroke Hall on Monday.
After much anticipation, Better Burger Co. finally opened its doors for business on Sept. 11.
Winifred Jumbo '10 was crowned Miss Navajo Nation last week, a position she will hold for the next year. The competition was part of the Navajo Nation Fair, which was held Sept. 9–12 in Arizona.
The University has begun implementing changes to support administrative and academic departments as recommended during the summer by the Organizational Review Committee. Chief among those alterations are extending grant management resources, creating an administrative service center and expanding desktop ...
Students interested in doing more than relaxing at home over winter break will be pleased to know that another option is available.
University Health Services has closed its overnight inpatient services and extended its hours of full-service operation in order to provide more efficient service and save money.
Over the summer, Advising Central relocated and expanded from the second floor of J. Walter Wilson to the third. It opened for student use on Sept. 1, the first day of classes.
Rachel Aviv '04 will receive a Rona Jaffe Foundation Writers' Award for nonfiction writing on Thursday. The award was officially announced earlier this month.
New research shows that immigrant children are performing well both in school and in the community — a phenomenon coined the "Immigrant Paradox" by Professor of Education Cynthia Garcia Coll.
Brown's Annenberg Institute for School Reform will use a $3 million grant to help school districts gauge their students' preparedness for college.
Associate Professor of Classics and Comparative Literature Joseph Pucci remembers a grad school professor joking, "If anyone wants to make a name for him or herself" in the field of classics, "Fortunatus is the poet you want to study." Years later, Pucci is now offering what he believes is the only ...
Scientists may soon have a cheaper alternative to current methods of DNA sequencing, thanks to new research by Professor of Physics Xinsheng Sean Ling and his group published in July's issue of Nanotechnology.
Three Rhode Island School of Design juniors are planning to launch an online newspaper called the All-Nighter on Oct. 1. The paper will include school news, an opinions section and other components that will be discussed in the upcoming weeks.
Small changes to the Meiklejohn program this year are intended to instill a sense of community among peer advisers and to make Meiklejohns more aware of the issues first-years may encounter. Freshmen can communicate with their peer advisers before they even arrive on campus through the online Advising ...
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Lost deep in the flatlands of the Orientale Crater, sucking the last drops from their oxygen tanks, lunar backpackers of the future will thank their lucky stars for Jim Head.
After taking over as director of the Career Development Center on July 1, Andrew Simmons is implementing new initiatives this fall.