As state legislators debate the idea of building a destination casino in Quonset Point, North Kingston, business leaders and residents of the city remain unconcerned about the prospect. The casino would be the first of its kind in Rhode Island.
Students, faculty and staff now have an easier way to connect to wireless Internet for free when visiting a select group of other colleges and universities.
At last night's housing options fair hosted by the Office of Residential Life, 755 students entered the first pick raffle for the housing lottery.
Taking PHP 1680J: "The Race To Inner Space: Conflating Science, Politics and Economics To Promote Brain Health" might be one of the most important things 24 Brown students ever do. At least, that's what Patrick Kennedy, former R.I. congressman and visiting fellow in brain science, suggested after the ...
With the national debate on health care and rising obesity in the U.S. raging on, Rajiv Kumar '05 MD'11 has decided to "disrupt the health care system" on his own terms.
Total applications to the University decreased slightly from last year, with international applicants making up a record 16 percent of the applicant pool. The 28,671 total applications for the class of 2016 — 25,744 regular decision and 2,927 early decision — represented a 7 percent decline ...
Sunday afternoon was bittersweet for members of Occupy Providence as they packed up their tents and bid goodbye to Burnside Park, vowing to continue their activism.
As the School of Engineering expands, racial and gender diversity will be a priority in hiring new faculty, said Lawrence Larson, dean of the school of engineering. Part of this effort will involve collaboration with the Diversity Advisory Board, he said.
More than 3,000 students this semester will use Canvas, Brown's new online course management system, before its slated replacement of MyCourses in spring 2013. Canvas, officially selected last spring after receiving positive feedback from student and faculty surveys and focus groups, had its first testing ...
Life after Brown may seem daunting, but alums who have braved this frontier returned to campus earlier this month to lend a hand to students starting their careers.
Scores of techies and self-declared geeks gathered to share ideas and practice hacking at the Providence Hackathon in the Jewelry District this past weekend. The event, called Digital Meets Physical: A Hardware Hackathon, highlighted the growing presence of the technology industry in Providence.
The lineup for the Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival, which will overlap with Spring Weekend for the second year running, eliminated two of students' favorite Spring Weekend contenders. The favorites were determined by a poll jointly conducted by the Undergraduate Council of Students and Brown ...
The Main Green bustled with activity the first days of classes, as scenes of students hurrying to class, throwing frisbees in the uncharacteristically warm weather and catching up with friends signalled a return to the familiar rhythms of University life. But for mid-year transfers beginning their Brown ...
The University received 28,671 applications for the class of 2016, marking a 7 percent decline from the previous year. This drop in applications follows a record-setting year in which the University received the largest number of applications in its history. This year's total ranks only behind the applications ...
The Chinese New Year, which began Jan. 23, marked the beginning of another phase in the University's celebration of the Year of China.
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