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Students rally against anti-gay marriage demonstrators

Garbed in formal black and red attire and hoisting medieval-looking banners, a faction of the American Society for the Defense of Tradition, Family and Property — a national organization that opposes gay marriage — descended on the Main Green at approximately 11 a.m. yesterday. The men were there ...


The Setonian
University News

Japan study abroad canceled

The University will not allow students to study abroad in Japan this spring, Kendall Brostuen, associate dean of the College and director of international programs, wrote last night in an email to The Herald. The six students who would have studied in Japan will be offered spots at Dartmouth for its ...


The Setonian
University News

New fund targets student start-ups

Innovative students now have access to a new source of funding, as the University continues to increase its entrepreneurial support. The Brown Venture Launch Fund — a collaboration between the Dean of the College, the Social Innovation Initiative at the Swearer Center for Public Service and the ...


The Setonian
Metro

City waits to approach U. for increased contribution

Though Providence Mayor Angel Taveras is reviewing recommendations to garner more revenue from non-profits, representatives of the city's hospitals and higher education institutions said officials have not yet approached them about increasing contributions to the city.


The Setonian
University News

Professor sues U. over research protocol

Associate Professor of Education Jin Li filed a complaint in federal court late last month against the University in response to a Brown Institutional Review Board decision that blocked her from publishing three years worth of data from her study on the education and socialization of Chinese immigrant ...


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Spring 2011 Herald poll results

Do you think the ban on ROTC should be lifted? Strongly approve: 16.94% Somewhat approve: 25.93% Not familiar enough to answer: 20.45% Somewhat disapprove: 13.95% Strongly disapprove: 9.71% No opinion: 13.02%   What school was your first choice when applying to college? Brown: 64.25% Harvard: ...


The Setonian
Metro

Providence still reeling from school closing announcement

Without his Providence public school education, Mayor Angel Taveras would not be where he is today, he told audience members at a forum to address pending school closings. But, he said, the city's fiscal challenges require overhauling the school system to cut costs, meaning fewer schools and unwanted ...


The Setonian
University News

Herald poll: students divided on ROTC's return

Correction appended. There is no consensus among students concerning the campus ban on the Reserve Officers' Training Corps, according to a Herald poll conducted last week. The poll addressed a variety of issues including student approval of campus leadership and the effect of overcrowded housing. More ...


The Setonian
University News

Initiatives to increase internship availability

Writing resumes, finding internships and interviewing for jobs can be additional burdens to an already stressful academic workload. But initiatives planned by the Career Development Center to improve the career advising and internship search experience will increase the number of internships available ...


The Setonian
University News

Relief concert hits fundraising goal

Shaky camera footage taken of the March 11 earthquake that hit Japan ignited Salomon 101 last night. In the recording — shot by a civilian during the 9.0 magnitude quake — the ground heaves up and down, wiping out an entire neighborhood. Observers at a higher elevation watch in horror.


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University News

Repository to ease reaccreditation

To increase access to documents important for the University's reaccreditation process, the library will incorporate an assessment archive into the Brown Digital Repository, a database created in 2009 to centralize academic documents.


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University News

Fellowship links science to business

Five Brown students and three University of Rhode Island students are getting a firsthand look into the world of entrepreneurship in the life sciences through a fellowship program run by the Rhode Island-based Slater Technology Fund. The Entrepreneurial Fellows Program, now in its third year, offers ...


The Setonian
University News

Tokyo study abroad status unclear

The unstable condition of nuclear reactors at the Fukushima Dai-ichi power plant — about 160 miles outside Tokyo — could prevent six Brown students from attending programs at Keio, Sophia and Waseda Universities this semester.


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