Students are more likely to perceive their family's wealth as lower than that of the average Brown student's, according to a November poll conducted by The Herald. While about one-quarter of students reported that their family's wealth is about the same as the average, 43 percent said it is below the ...
The Watson Institute for International Studies began its search for a new permanent director last week. In an October email to the faculty, Provost Mark Schlissel P'15 announced the eight members of the search committee, which assembled for the first time Nov. 9 to discuss advertising for the vacant ...
Most accepted students have the option of taking a gap year before arriving on College Hill, but some are required. For the latter group, admission to Brown is offered on the condition that they take time off and enroll the subsequent year. ...
Alex Lipinsky '13 would not have come to Brown if not for the track and field team. On a recruiting visit in high school, Lipinsky fell in love with the school and decided to apply early decision. But three years later, he quit the team that brought him to College Hill. His story is far from unique. ...
As the Occupy movement blankets the nation, its vague but wide-ranging message has appealed to thousands, drawing in participants of all ages, ethnicities and backgrounds. With its sprawling encampments, where members have been handing out both food and tents to anyone interested in spending the night, ...
Protesters who descended on Harvard Yard Nov. 9 to bring the Occupation to the world's most prestigious university were met with stringent security. As a group of would-be Occupiers linked arms and tried to enter the Yard, police closed the gates, "crushing the students caught between the bars," said ...
For Brown students, a school ID is a ticket to anywhere in the state. But Providence public high school students get no free pass from the Rhode Island Public Transit Authority.
The School of Engineering won two federal grants totaling over $12 million this month. The first, financed by the Department of Energy, is worth $6.17 million over three years and will be shared with the University of Rhode Island. The second, a $6.25 million grant awarded jointly with California State ...
The campus vending system will be completely replaced by the next academic year, announced Michael Lin '14, chair of the Admissions and Student Services Committee, at yesterday's Undergraduate Council of Students general body meeting.
A crowd of star-crazed fans that included President Ruth Simmons filled Salomon 101 last night to see John Krasinski '01 crack jokes and tell personal stories in an informal hour-long question-and-answer session.
Ex-convicts will be offered federally subsidized permanent housing in Rhode Island for the first time starting this month. When Open Doors, a local non-profit organization dedicated to helping former prisoners reenter society, opens its new housing facility this month, 19 homeless ex-convicts will move ...
As the Rhode Island Public Transit Authority tweaks its proposed streetcar route, the project's long-term impact on the University community remains unclear.
The Department of Public Safety will launch a new website this spring and is creating a new student job to coordinate social media, said Michelle Nuey, manager of public relations and outreach for DPS.
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A team of researchers found that marijuana use among youth in Rhode Island has not increased since the passing of the state's medical marijuana bill in 2006.
The sounds of Chinese, Taiwanese and English mingled inside Vartan Gregorian Quad Sunday afternoon during the Peace Project Workshop of Brown's seventh-annual Strait Talk Symposium. Empty coffee cups were strewn over the tables, and students — clad in jeans and T-shirts — chattered away. ...
The University is considering revising its conflict of interest policy for research in light of increased collaboration between University researchers and private companies.
The University has not made a decision about the future of the Joe Paterno '50 Award in the week since Paterno was fired from Pennsylvania State University in light of a sex scandal involving his former assistant coach Jerry Sandusky.
About 10 Brown students joined members of Occupy Providence in a march on City Hall and the Providence Public Safety Complex Tuesday in response to the eviction of Occupy Wall Street protesters from Zuccotti Park in New York City early that morning.
In the wake of her September announcement that she plans to step down at the end of this academic year, President Ruth Simmons remains a popular figure in the eyes of students. Her job approval rating among students increased from last semester's rating of 62.4 percent to 68.2 percent, according to ...
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