Forbes: Providence a tough place to live
By George Miller | April 22If you can make it here, you can make it anywhere — at least according to Forbes.
If you can make it here, you can make it anywhere — at least according to Forbes.
When Courtney Johnson MD'12 arrived on College Hill in the dead of winter last January, she had never seen snow before.
Four former Providence Journal employees have teamed up to have "a little fun in the face of potential economic ruin" — by creating their own newsletter.
The Program in Liberal Medical Education — which allows students to earn their undergraduate and medical degrees in a single eight-year program — admitted a total of 97 students this year, including 20 early decision candidates, Ip wrote in an e-mail to The Herald. Both ...
Instead of venturing off to the jungles of South America or the cobblestone streets of Europe, Michael Riecken, an undergraduate at Catholic University in Washington, D.C., chose to spend his junior year "abroad" on College Hill.
Seventeen departments are using online course evaluations instead of in-class paper forms this semester, according to Dean of the College Katherine Bergeron.
State Representative Donna Walsh, D-Dist. 36, has introduced a bill in the General Assembly that calls for manufacturers to regulate the disposal of waste from certain consumer products.
After commencement, more Brown economics concentrators and graduate students will be heading to graduate school or taking on professorships than pursuing jobs on Wall Street this year, according to Andrew Foster, professor of economics and chair of the department.
Though students might not have known it, from January to March they were engaged in a friendly competition with universities across the United States and Canada. Known as RecycleMania, the competition encourages participating campuses to recycle more and to decrease the amount of waste they produce. ...
The New Curriculum started with a handful of undergraduates who wanted to improve their college experience. Now it is the defining aspect of one of the world's top universities — and Brown students and faculty have come to take it for granted.
Rain clouds met the approximately 650 students who converged on Brown's campus Tuesday to get a taste of University life during A Day On College Hill.
The Department of Public Safety, with the help of Safewalk, is currently testing a new product that can turn a cell phone into a personal safety device.
In a packed tent on the Main Green, waterlogged students with muddy shoes crowded in to hear President Ruth Simmons speak for the first time to potential members of the Class of 2013.
Valerie Wilson, currently associate dean of the Graduate School, will replace Brenda Allen as associate provost and director of institutional diversity starting July 1.
The Brown University Student Veterans Society, a newly formed group on campus, met officially for the first time last week.
The recession has hit Rhode Island hard, and Thayer Street businesses have not been immune to the slumping economy.
The John Hay Library has received a gift of 130 rare books and manuscripts, including the first two editions of Nicolaus Copernicus' "De Revolutionibus Orbium Coelestium," from Daniel Siegel '57, the owner of M&S Rare Books, a bookstore in Wayland Square on the East Side.
Charging a membership fee of $5 for the year, a bike-sharing program operating out of a room in Faunce House was officially launched last week.
At 5:30 p.m. on March 31 — a mere 30 minutes after thousands of students received their admission decisions — 15 students had already registered to confirm a place at A Day on College Hill.
Thirty-two of Brown's top graduating artists, actors, writers, composers and directors will be honored at the 14th annual Weston Awards ceremony tonight at Stuart Theatre.Recipients of the William and Alethe Weston Fine Arts Awards are selected by faculty in the areas of Visual Arts, Theater Arts, Dance, ...