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Brown presidents by the numbers
By Brown Daily Herald | March 14Number of presidents: 18
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State leaders react to Chafee's budget, tax proposals
By David Chung | March 14One week after Gov. Lincoln Chafee '75 P'14 unveiled a budget that would impose new taxes and cut services to close the state's $331 million budget deficit, observers are still trying to sort out what the budget means for Rhode Island.
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First-ever admit event for early decision lures students to U.
By Kyle McNamara | March 14Approximately 140 members of the class of 2015 arrived on College Hill yesterday for the first-ever admitted students event geared toward early decision applicants. Admitted students attended panels, toured a first-year residence hall and ate lunch with admissions officers and Bruin Club members at ...
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No plans for Simmons to step down
By Shefali Luthra | March 14Though the $1.61 billion Campaign for Academic Enrichment concluded in December and this May will mark President Ruth Simmons' 10th year in office, Corporation members expect her to stay with the University "for the foreseeable future," said Chancellor Thomas Tisch '76 P'07.
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Mayor announces four elementary school closings
By Morgan Johnson | March 14Mayor Angel Taveras and Providence Public School District Superintendent Tom Brady announced their recommendations to close four elementary schools in a press conference Monday afternoon. The school board must approve the recommended closings before they can be finalized.
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Former TA recounts Bahraini protests
By Lindor Qunaj | March 14Correction appended.
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Transfer class to rise by 50
By Katherine Long | March 13The Corporation approved an increase of about 50 to the number of admitted transfer students for the 2011-12 school year at its Feb. 12 meeting. The increase is designed to stabilize the number of enrolled undergraduates at 6,000 without sapping any first-year-specific resources, according to Provost ...
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Hitchner '10 survived by network of friends
By Jake Comer | March 13Jason Hitchner '10 died in his sleep late Wednesday. An advocate for social causes during his time at Brown, Hitchner was described by those who knew him as a friendly and passionate young man.
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Ivy schools reinstate early action
By Jamie Brew | March 13Harvard and Princeton will allow prospective students to apply through non-binding early action programs beginning this fall, the two schools announced Feb. 24. Both schools cancelled their early action and early decision programs in 2006 in favor of single rounds of admissions in the spring.
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Researchers present new OCD treatment
By Daniel Jeon | March 13A team of researchers presented an innovative method for treating obsessive-compulsive disorder called deep brain stimulation at the annual meeting of the American Association for the Advancement of Science Feb. 18. The team shared the technique and results of their ongoing research, which began more ...
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Students, professor safe in Japan
By Nicole Boucher | March 13A professor and three students studying abroad in Kyoto, Japan, are safe after an 8.9 magnitude earthquake Friday triggered a tsunami that hit Japan's northeastern coast.
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Committee formed to oversee fundraising
By Emily Rosen | March 13In an effort to sustain the fundraising momentum initially sparked by the Campaign for Academic Enrichment, which ended in Dec. 31, the Corporation has formed the Committee on Development, which will oversee all University fundraising.
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First-year seminar offerings fall one short of U.'s goal
By Elaine Kuckertz | March 13The 2008 Plan for Academic Enrichment set a goal of offering 75 first-year seminars by 2010. As of the 2011 spring semester, the registrar's office lists 74 first-year seminars on record. Despite being one course short of the goal, Kathleen McSharry, associate dean for writing and issues of chemical ...
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Conference addresses immigration
By Kristina Klara | March 13Five days after University researchers released a poll showing public division over immigration issues, academic and policy leaders met for a conference entitled "Policy and Demographics in Rhode Island: A Symposium on Immigrants and Immigration in the State" Saturday in MacMillan 117, adding a human ...
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Student activities endowment to get $1M
By Shefali Luthra | March 10Clarification appended.
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Housing to be renovated, expanded
By Greg Jordan-Detamore | March 10In an effort to increase both the amount and quality of undergraduate on-campus housing, the University is renovating the building at 315 Thayer St. and considering several possible spaces for new residence halls which, while still years away, would be part of a "larger plan" for revamping the housing ...
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BCA: Spring Weekend lineup limited by Coachella Festival
By Miriam Furst | March 10Clarification appended.
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Communities may consolidate first-years
By Joseph Rosales | March 10The Office of Residential Life has initiated discussion about possible reorganization and expansion of campus residence and dining halls. The ideas proposed include moving all first-years to either Keeney Quandrangle or Pembroke Campus, expanding the Verney-Woolley Dining Hall, renovating the Sharpe ...
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Impact of Brown's education outreach unclear
By Kat Thornton | March 10Despite the University's perch atop College Hill, students have a long history of engagement with the Providence Public School District. With more than 60 outreach programs in local schools, Brown has a sizable presence within the district. But Rhode Island's education system is in dire straits, and ...
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Grad School refines sixth-year funding plan
By Lindor Qunaj | March 9The Graduate School finalized a new standardized method of awarding funds to sixth-year doctoral candidates yesterday. Funding available for sixth-year students used to depend on the size of the incoming graduate class, but the Grad School will now put aside a set amount of funding for sixth-year students ...
