Jason Lee '12 will serve as vice chair of the Undergraduate Finance Board after defeating Tyler Rosenbaum '11 in a runoff election, the elections board announced Wednesday afternoon.
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For more than three millennia, Sanskrit served as the primary written language of major Indian literary works, but since 2002, Peter Scharf, senior lecturer in Classics, has revolutionized the way people can access the language today.
When Patrick Kennedy was first elected to Congress in 1994, his victory marked a rare bright note in an otherwise dismal year for the Democratic Party.
Outside, crowds have begun to gather in anticipation, and inside, ovens and stoves are nearly warm enough to welcome the hundreds of orders they will field that day. A full staff has spent the past hour cracking eggs and readying potatoes, and the aroma of fresh drip coffee now seeps through the locked ...
The College Curriculum Council met last month to discuss changes to the academic calendar that might permanently start the school year the Wednesday before Labor Day in order to make the fall and spring semesters the same length.
After a federal judge expressed apprehension earlier this month over the University's decision to handle a rape allegation internally without notifying law enforcement, representatives from a students' rights organization and a sexual assault victims' advocacy group have both criticized universities' ...
At Brown today, bared navels are a more common sight then naval officers — but that wasn't always the case.Brown was once home to a Naval Reserve Officer Training Corps, but 40 years ago the faculty voted to expel the program from College Hill. Now, some students want to bring it back, though ...
A senior was assaulted on Brook Street near Fones Alley Monday at 8:30 p.m, according to a Providence Police report.
President Ruth Simmons will deliver the keynote address at the Rhode Island School of Design's commencement ceremony June 5.
The number of undergraduate concentrators in neuroscience has grown enormously in recent years, signaling increased interest in the subject.
The Career Development Center saw a 21 percent increase in applications for the Brown Internship Award Program this year and gave out nine more awards.
The WiSE Mentoring Program for women in science and engineering is being revamped to make it more accessible and to keep more students involved.
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An amendment requiring state lawmakers to immediately begin paying 15 percent of costs for their state-provided health care plans was tabled in the early morning hours of April 14 after members of the state House of Representatives expressed concern that voting on the amendment was an ethical violation. ...
An abandoned jewelry factory seemed an odd venue for a gathering of University officials, politicians, alums and lab-coat-clad medical students on Monday afternoon. The old factory's floor was hidden under sheets of cardboard taped together, and the bright orange spray paint on the walls stood out against ...
In the wake of severe flooding earlier this month in Rhode Island, Brown has been working on coordinating a multifaceted relief effort. President Ruth Simmons asked Marisa Quinn, vice president for public affairs and University relations, and Russell Carey '91 MA'06, senior vice president for corporation ...
David Quinn GS is leading a double life. A Brown graduate student currently earning his Master of Education by day, he serves on the Seekonk, Mass. school committee by night.He was elected on April 5 in an uncontested election. To win the position, he had to run a "sticker campaign" in which voters ...
Dean Karen McLaurin '74 announced Monday that she will step down from her position as director of the Third World Center on June 30.
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