State and local officials announced a new grant program to provide relief for businesses impacted by the Washington Bridge’s closure, which has caused traffic problems for commuters between Providence and East Providence, earlier this month.
On Monday, the Providence City Council hosted a public hearing for the Comprehensive Plan, a document that helps guide the city’s urban planning and development.
Dacia Read, a Providence native and former deputy chief of staff to then-Governor Gina Raimondo, will join Brown as the chief of staff for President Christina Paxson P’19 P’MD’20.
On Tuesday, the University announced the launch of BrownConnect+, a digital platform for students and alums to find career opportunities.
About a dozen students from Sunrise Brown interrupted a Brown Investment Group keynote speaker event Monday evening to draw attention to the detrimental impacts of fossil fuels and related investments.
One hundred faculty members signed a letter in support of the divestment proposal currently being reviewed by Brown’s advisory committee.
Francesca Albanese, the UN Special Rapporteur on the Occupied Palestinian Territories, discussed the humanitarian crisis in Gaza and voiced support for divestment at a virtual talk on Monday.
Starting this year, prospective shoppers can select a new course code when perusing Courses@Brown: LING. With it comes new courses like LING1512: “Language and Ethnicity,” a product of the revamped linguistics program.
Approximately 100 community members gathered this Saturday to provide input on how the Providence Public School District can improve in hopes of transitioning back from state to local control.
Beyond the thousands of new students who walked through the Van Wickle Gates in September, 67 new faculty members have also joined the Brown community this semester.
Patricia Poitevien ’94 MD’98 will become the Office of Institutional Equity and Diversity interim vice president following Sylvia Carey-Butler’s upcoming departure from the position.
Hall of GraFX’s storefront is easy to miss. The business is only identified by the small logo tacked beside its double doors.
Four Brown juniors were selected for the Obama-Chesky Voyager Scholarship for Public Service. The award is granted to those pursuing a career in public service, and provides over $50,000 worth of scholarships.
Next Monday, Providence’s City Council will host a public hearing on the city’s new Comprehensive Plan, outlining its development goals for the next ten years. The goals include increasing housing production and supporting historic preservation throughout the city.
Long-awaited Brown Bee Coffee opened its doors Thursday and is set to hold its grand opening on Benefit Street this Saturday, the business announced.
Neil Stringer ’27 volunteered to usher at the Lindemann Performing Arts Center’s inaugural performance last October. He soon learned that, through ArtsCrew, he could have been paid for the job.
Brown has decided on a name and design for its upcoming seven-story life sciences laboratory.
Rhode Island recorded its first human case in five years of Eastern Equine Encephalitis, a potentially fatal mosquito-borne virus that has been spreading in southern New England this summer, health officials announced Wednesday.
On Wednesday, community members had one last chance to publicly voice their concerns regarding divestment before an advisory committee on University resources issues their recommendation in under three weeks.
Comments made by the head of an advisory committee reviewing Brown’s divestment proposal garnered criticism — and a mass letter — from environmental experts and advocates.
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