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Renovated Hunter to feature rooftop greenhouse
By Greg Jordan-Detamore | July 16Major changes are in the pipeline for the University greenhouse and Hunter Laboratory.
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IRS revokes tax-exempt status of five Brown-affiliated nonprofits
By Jake Comer | July 13Five nonprofits associated with Brown lost their tax-exempt statuses May 15 after failing to file the proper paperwork three years in a row.
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RIPTA proposes 30 percent service reduction
By Sarah Mancone | July 12The Rhode Island Public Transit Authority has proposed a 30 percent service reduction, including the termination of all service after 10 p.m., in response to its massive budget deficit.
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Commissioners appointed to allot I-195 land
By Caitlin Trujillo | July 2Providence and Rhode Island government officials have chosen seven members to serve on a powerful commission designated to oversee the development of land made available by the relocation of Interstate 195. The commission will determine who will acquire and develop the land.
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Closer to home: Growing Brown's campus
By Mark Raymond | May 28Anyone who has been on campus in the past few years has seen the ubiquitous "Building Brown" fences circling construction projects. This effort to build, or in some cases rebuild Brown has been a part of President Ruth Simmons' Plan for Academic Enrichment, a course of action for the University she ...
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The consequences of expansion
By Emma Wohl | May 28Brown's expansion on and off College Hill has been met with some resistance from the city of Providence, especially as the state capital teeters on the brink of an economic meltdown. Currently faced with what Mayor Angel Taveras has characterized as an unprecedented financial crisis, the Rhode Island ...
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Where Brown didn't go
By Greg Jordan-Detamore | May 28A number of building projects have transformed campus in recent years, including the renovations of J. Walter Wilson, Faunce House, Rhode Island Hall and Pembroke Hall, as well as the recently completed construction of the Perry and Marty Granoff Center for the Creative Arts. But not all plans have ...
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Mingling cultures: Brown's international student body
By Rebecca Ballhaus | May 28Blair Cameron '13 of New Zealand never imagined that fraternities were really like in the movies. But when he arrived in the United States for the first time, he was in for a surprise — "Oh, it's actually like that," he remembered thinking.
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University awards 2,334 degrees at 243rd Commencement
By Herald Staff | May 28African drumming heralded members of the class of 2011 as they filed into the First Baptist Church of America to mark the beginning of Brown's 243rd Commencement Weekend Saturday. Students welcomed the beating drums at the Baccalaureate service as they welcomed their final moments of college — ...
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Putting the 'Blog' in Daily Herald
By Matt Klimerman | May 28The first step to running a successful publication is to stop referring to it as "the bastard stepchild of (other more successful publication)." When we were first handed the reins to BlogDailyHerald from former Herald Senior Editor and blog manager Ellen Cushing '10 last spring, there was no doubt ...
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Commencement 2011: Honorary degrees
By Lindor Qunaj | May 28At this year's Commencement, Brown will award honorary degrees to 10 individuals prominent in a variety of fields, including film, public service and historical scholarship.
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From The Herald to the UN
By Brian Mastroianni | May 28"The room allocated to the Russians for press conferences was full," wrote then-Herald staff writer Richard Holbrooke '62 in an Oct. 9, 1960 supplement to The Herald. "Reporters flowed out into the hall as Mikhail A. Kharlamov, Soviet press secretary, began speaking ... then we walked across the lobby ...
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Research catalyzes growth in science
By Talia Kagan | May 28About half a decade ago, the Office of Admission realized that while Brown was well-respected in some areas, prospective applicants remained unaware of its other academic strengths.
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Alum killed in one-car accident during Reunion Weekend
By Alex Bell | May 27Laura Kavazanjian '06 was killed in a one-car accident at about 1:30 am Saturday on Route 95 in Groton, Conn., when a car driven by David Reidy '06 went off the road and rolled onto its hood, according to an article in the Providence Journal. Kavazanjian, the only passenger, was not wearing a seatbelt ...
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McLaughlin P'12 named dean of faculty
By Shefali Luthra | May 26Professor of English Kevin McLaughlin P'12, English department chair and interim chair of the German Studies department, will replace Rajiv Vohra P'07 as dean of the faculty starting in July, Provost David Kertzer '69 P'95 P'98 wrote in an email to the community May 27. Though McLaughlin's term begins ...
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Dean to head Watson Institute for one year
By Shefali Luthra | May 13Carolyn Dean, senior associate dean of the faculty and professor of history, will become interim director of the Watson Institute for International Studies July 1.
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Taveras seeks more money from U.
By Claire Peracchio | May 2Mayor Angel Taveras will seek $9 million in total contributions from tax-exempt organizations — like the University — and will support legislation in the General Assembly requiring such institutions to pay 25 percent of the property taxes they would owe if they were for-profit, he announced ...
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RISD Provost announces resignation
By Rebecca Ballhaus | May 2Two months after receiving an overwhelming vote of "no confidence," Rhode Island School of Design Provost Jessie Shefrin announced today she will step down when her contract expires June 30 to "take a well-deserved sabbatical," according to a statement from RISD President John Maeda. She has served ...
