For the seventh consecutive year, the Foundation for Individual Rights in Education has given the University a red-light rating for its sexual harassment policy in a report assessing free speech codes on college campuses. The red-light rating is given to schools with at least one policy that "both clearly ...
New legislation in the Rhode Island House of Representatives may allow local wineries and breweries to sell their products at farmer's markets in Rhode Island. Currently, these companies are required to go through a distributor in order to sell wine and beer at the markets.
As part of a nearly 50-year-old partnership with Tougaloo College, Brown students will travel to the school in Tougaloo, Miss. this spring break to explore the civil rights movement. Francoise Hamlin, assistant professor of Africana studies, and Maitrayee Bhattacharyya '91, associate dean for diversity ...
The University has publicly condemned a bill that would require publishers to approve open access to government-funded research.
Five adventurous students received fellowships this year to showcase their multimedia projects addressing international issues on the Global Conversation, a blog launched by the Watson Institute for International Studies two years ago. Over winter break, five students were sponsored as AT&T New Media ...
In light of rapid increases in book digitization over the last few years, some universities are taking steps to implement cost-effective e-textbook programs. Though the option has been explored at Brown, the University is unlikely to follow their lead anytime soon, said Steven Souza, director of the ...
To honor President Ruth Simmons after her 11-year tenure, the Corporation will donate an additional $1 million to the Annual Fund if the fund receives a record 34,317 donations in the 2011-12 fundraising season. While the Annual Fund has hosted matching challenges in previous years, it has never honored ...
The Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority may eliminate commuter rail service weekdays after 10 p.m. and weekends, according to proposals released last month by the Massachusetts Department of Transportation Board Finance Committee. These changes, which would affect students who travel between ...
Students surfing the Internet for adult content will not find it on brownu.xxx or brownuniv.xxx — the University bought the rights to the two triple-x domain names in December.
As the University's tax-exempt status draws increasing scrutiny, a group of students gathered Sunday to discuss ways to facilitate upping Brown's contributions to the city. Though the group is still in its nascent stage — it does not yet have a formal name — the 20 or so students who attended ...
While a Swiss resort might seem like the perfect winter getaway, the World Economic Forum conference, held Jan. 25-29 in Davos, Switzerland, had nothing to do with skiing and fine chocolate. For the four professors who went — Professor of Neuroscience John Donoghue PhD'79 P'09 P'12 MD'16, Professor ...
Turn to the staff member next to you and let them know they are "awesome," Beppie Huidekoper, executive vice president for finance and administration, told a jam-packed Salomon 101 at the start of the eighth annual Brown Employee Appreciation and Recognition Day Thursday afternoon. Wearing dining caps, ...
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The number of tenure cases up for review this year fell sharply as revisions to the tenure review process came into effect this semester. Last year, there were 23 cases up for review, but this year there are only seven or eight, wrote Dean of the Faculty Kevin McLaughlin P'12 in an email to The Herald. ...
In its second year, the University's School of Engineering has set its sights on fulfilling a number of long-term priorities, including expanding space, renovating laboratories, hiring new faculty and implementing curricular changes. Under the direction of Lawrence Larson, dean of engineering, these ...
The Medical College Admission Test has been markedly consistent in its material since 1991, with subject matter drawn from biology, chemistry, organic chemistry and physics. But this is slated to change in 2015.
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