Under a federal program recently activated by the state attorney general, anyone arrested by the Department of Public Safety will have their fingerprints and identity submitted to the Federal Bureau of Investigation to be run against federal law enforcement records.
As Former Congressman Patrick Murphy walked to the podium yesterday afternoon for the Brown Democrats' John F. Kennedy Jr. Lecture, he offered his hand to the students filling the hall. He sustained this gracious tone throughout the lecture, as he spoke about defending the repeal of "Don't Ask, Don't ...
Total gifts to the University have fallen since the seven-year $1.6 billion Campaign for Academic Enrichment came to a close Dec. 31, said Steven King '91, senior vice president for University advancement, and the University is looking for ways to increase revenue. The question for leaders now will ...
Graduate students petitioned President Ruth Simmons and Provost David Kertzer '69 P'95 P'98 April 21 to reevaluate the new Graduate School funding policy. The policy, which was finalized March 9, requires graduate students in the humanities and social sciences to apply for additional funds after five ...
At a hearing last night, the City Council Education Subcommittee presented its recommendations for negotiating a new Providence teachers' contract, the single biggest expense in the city budget and the most costly teacher contract in the state. The current contract is set to expire in August.
Besides rigorous academic curricula, extracurricular opportunities, long histories of distinguished alums and growing national and international reputations, the Harvard-Westlake School and Phillips Academy have something else in common. Both institutions have sent more than 45 graduates each to Brown ...
As of Sunday, only 766 students had responded to a survey issued by the Undergraduate Council of Students last week to collect student opinion on the Reserve Officers' Training Corps, said Katherine Bergeron, dean of the College and chair of the Committee on ROTC, at yesterday's Brown Community Council ...
Correction appended. When they return in the fall, students will have the option of a new off-campus meal plan that will allow them to use a credit-and-point system at Thayer Street venues as an alternative or addition to other meal plan options. The MunchCard plan is the brainchild of four Brown ...
Come June, students may be on vacation, but the Department of Facilities Management will have no shortage of assignments. With the seniors' departure after Commencement Weekend, Facilities Management will quickly get to work on a number of campus improvements. Staff will install more bicycle racks, ...
Two undergraduates have teamed up to create Brown's first student-run thrift store, providing an outlet for students to donate, exchange and buy used goods. The Vault, which opened two weeks ago, was started by Hannah Winkler '13 and Tara Noble '12.5 in the hopes of providing various environmentally ...
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About 75 students gathered on the Main Green Monday afternoon to protest the Athletics Review Committee's recommendations to cut four varsity teams, and some protestors continued to express dismay over the proposal to President Ruth Simmons during her open hours later in the day.
The Watson Institute for International Studies is reevaluating its mission as it seeks to hire a new director, narrow its focus areas for research and clarify its role in undergraduate teaching.
Rep. Larry Valencia, D-Charlestown, plans to introduce a bill this week that would roll back Bush-era tax cuts for Rhode Island's wealthy to rein in the state's projected $331 million budget deficit. The bill, which is still being drafted, proposes increasing income tax rates for married couples earning ...
Rhode Island School of Design Provost Jessie Shefrin has decided not to implement a divisional restructuring plan that triggered the faculty's "no confidence" vote in President John Maeda and the provost last month, Shefrin wrote in an email to RISD faculty Friday.
The Providence School Board held a meeting last night to discuss Mayor Angel Taveras' recommendation to close four of the city's public schools and convert a middle school to an elementary school. The board, which was originally scheduled to vote on the decision yesterday, decided to postpone the vote ...
Dean of the Faculty Rajiv Vohra P'07 will step down from his position at the end of June, President Ruth Simmons and Provost David Kertzer '69 P'95 P'98 wrote in an email to the faculty yesterday.
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