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A physician's love for writing, theology
By Lindor Qunaj | October 7"Chris Adrian tries things."
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Grants to boost local knowledge-based economy
By Dana Teppert | October 7This fall, the local "knowledge economy" will get another boost. The Innovation Providence Implementation Council announced recently that it will be awarding $100,000 in grant funding to bolster the local knowledge-based economy.
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Brown alum tapped for U.S. Court of Appeals
By Sydney Ember | October 7President Obama nominated Justice O. Rogeriee Thompson '73 to sit on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the First Circuit this week. The nomination is awaiting a vote by the Senate Judiciary Committee before it goes to the full Senate for confirmation.
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Ocean State officials split on health care reform
By Anne Speyer | October 7The nation-wide debate over health care reform is also contentious in Rhode Island, where a 12.6 percent unemployment rate and an already-strained state budget make questions over health insurance a crucial subject for many elected officials.
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Graphic novels brought to life in group project
By Gaurie Tilak | October 7Tired of reading Marx and Freud? Getting hand cramps from drawing benzene rings? This semester, nine students in a Group Independent Study Project on graphic novels are reading "Calvin and Hobbes" for class instead — and drawing their own multimedia masterpieces.
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Summer scholarship attracts less interest in second year
By Emily Kirkland | October 7As it enters its second year, the International Scholars Program is in an unexpected position: it has more scholarships to offer and fewer applicants vying for them.The program, whose deadline was Oct. 5, will send 20 Brown students — six more than last year — abroad this summer for internships, ...
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Simmons presses case against pending tax bills
By Nicole Friedman | October 6President Ruth Simmons, speaking at a faculty meeting Tuesday, reiterated the University's opposition to proposed state legislation levying fees on private universities for their out-of-state students and valuable real estate.She also emphasized the ways Brown already contributes to the local economy ...
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Writing requirement oversight to be shifted to departments
By Lauren Fedor | October 6Responsibility for monitoring students' writing competency will be centralized in concentration advising, Dean of the College Katherine Bergeron said at a monthly faculty meeting Tuesday.
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"'Green'tings" from Rhody for latest enviro-queen
By Marlee Bruning | October 6In Amy Diaz's world, beauty queens aren't afraid of a little dirt. Diaz, who grew up in Providence, is a national advocate for the environment and green living — and the new Miss Earth USA.
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U. hauls in $12 million of stimulus grants
By Sydney Ember | October 6Rhode Island institutions will receive more than $22 million in federal stimulus funds to promote medical research beginning this month — and Brown is leading the charge. The University has procured 52 of 91 federal grants distributed to the state by the National Institutes of Health, adding $12 ...
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Poll finds ambivalence on stimulus
By Sydney Ember | October 5Leaves aren't the only things falling in Providence.
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Fitness center, new pool may be combined
By Brigitta Greene | October 5The Jonathan Nelson '77 Fitness Center and a new aquatics center may be combined under one roof rather than being constructed as separate facilities, top administrators said recently. A combined and somewhat scaled-back facility would cost approximately $40 million, about $25 million less than the ...
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Like it, love it - can't have it
By Lauren Fedor | October 5Cold Stone Creamery on Thayer Street closed its doors last week, leaving College Hill ice cream-lovers disappointed and a handful of local students out of a job.
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Future streetcar system may connect Brown to downtown
By Brigitta Greene | October 5From Seattle to Cincinnati, streetcars are rattling back onto U.S. streets — and Providence may not be far behind.
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Unpaid days loom ahead for state employees
By Zung Nguyen Vu | October 5The month-long standoff between Governor Donald Carcieri '65 and state employee unions over his plan to meet budget cut requirements may soon be over.
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Numbers tell sad story for peer schools' endowments
By Caitlin Trujillo | October 4After a dismal year for university finances nationwide, losses reported by peer schools have been on par with the Brown endowment's 26.6 percent decline.Harvard and Yale, the two wealthiest U.S. universities, both saw the total value of their endowments tumble by nearly 30 percent between July 2008 ...
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Strikes disrupted studies in France but not students' return to campus
By Anne Simons | October 3Coming back to Brown after studying abroad usually means a return to more homework and a rekindled love for the Rock. But for those returning from a spring semester in France, it also means a return to a stable class schedule free from student-led strikes.At several universities in Paris and Lyon, student ...
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New efforts to boost U.'s international profile
By Dana Teppert | October 3The University's internationalization initiative — an effort to enhance Brown's profile abroad — has a new leader at its helm and is launching programs to encourage scholarly dialogue and global health research this year.Matthew Gutmann, the new vice president of international affairs, is ...
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Harris brings baseball's catchy tune to the bookstore
By Alex Bell | October 3"It wasn't like one day we just had baseball," Rick Harris said to a modest audience at the Brown Bookstore on Saturday. "It's kind of like a folk song. Baseball has a long history."Harris is a social worker, but that's just his day job. His true passion is baseball, and when it comes to the history ...
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Alum art to adorn new Faunce
By Jenna Steckel | October 1When Faunce House re-opens next fall after intensive renovations, students will have more than just comfy chairs and focaccia sandwiches to feast their senses on. The new Stephen Robert '62 Campus Center in Faunce will become home to an original piece of art by a Brown alum.
