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McCormick witness alleges intimidation

Innovative students pitch inventions, win in 90 secs.

Two undergraduates made efficient use of their time — impressing judges and winning cash prizes in 90 seconds — Dec. 8 at an elevator pitch contest held at the Rhode Island Center for Innovation and Entrepreneurship in Providence.

Simmons hobnobs with global elite

This week, for the fourth year in a row, President Ruth Simmons is joining global leaders from business, politics and other fields at the annual meeting of the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland. The event, which began Jan. 26 and ends Jan. 30, allows Simmons to develop relationships with university ...

Tumor research could lead to treatment breakthrough

Researchers at the Alpert Medical School made an important discovery that may lead to changes in the way brain tumors­ are diagnosed and treated. Their findings, published in the Journal of the National Cancer Institute last month, have generated a slew of questions not only on brain tumors but ...

Bookstore shortens return times

Students rushing to buy course materials for their first days of classes will have a shorter time to return textbooks to the Brown Bookstore.

NSF funds RISD workshop on science

In its latest effort to integrate the sciences and the arts, the Rhode Island School of Design hosted a collaborative workshop Jan. 20 and 21. A "groundbreaking" achievement for an art school, the workshop was funded by a grant from the National Science Foundation, said Christopher Rose, a visiting ...

Advisory committee: Don't reinvest in HEI

Brown's Advisory Committee on Corporate Responsibility in Investment Policies recommended at its Dec. 6 meeting that the University not reinvest in HEI Hotels and Resorts.

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Senior announces mayoral run

While his peers were wrapping up their winter breaks and returning to campus, Alex Morse '11 was kicking off his political career. The urban studies concentrator announced his candidacy for mayor of his hometown, Holyoke, Mass., on Tuesday.

New momentum for gay marriage at the State House

Bolstered by support from newly elected Governor Lincoln Chafee '75 P'14, legislation to legalize gay marriage in Rhode Island has a better chance of passage than in years past.

FBI takes down local mobsters in major bust

Luigi "Baby Shacks" Manocchio, 83, former longtime boss of the New England-based Patriarca crime family, was arrested Jan. 20 along with 126 other members of the mob and known La Cosa Nostra associates during what officials call the biggest mob take-down in Federal Bureau of Investigation history. The ...

Snow blankets R.I., won't let up

Rhode Island was overwhelmed with nearly 20 inchess of now over winter break, and it shows no signs of slowing down.

U. axes first pick video contest

No longer will students be going to great lengths — donning Speedo bathing suits, fleeing bears on the main green, performing naked birthday a capella — in pursuit of the first pick in the housing lottery. The first pick video competition will be replaced by a drawing this year, to take ...

Dorm room startup gives $100,000 in loans

When Brunonians exit through the Van Wickle Gates during commencement, they take with them ideas cultivated in classrooms and steeped in academic rhetoric. With some fresh air, those ideas can grow to be bigger than their originators.

Med school's OB-GYN chair resigns abruptly

The Chief of Obstetrics and Gynecology at Women and Infants Hospital and Brown University, Joanna Cain, resigned late last month, sparking confusion over the circumstances surrounding her departure.

No transfers to Med school accepted

The Alpert Medical School did not accept transfer students for the current academic year due to alterations in its clerkship curriculum, according to Philip Gruppuso, associate dean for medical education.

Stabbing on Thayer Street brings violence close to home

A Warwick man was stabbed on Thayer Street outside Cafe Paragon following a verbal argument on the night of Jan. 16.

TWC searches for new director

The Third World Center has begun its search for a new director, following a semester under the interim leadership of Associate Protestant University Chaplain Reverend William Mathis.

Glass walls bring arts under one roof

The Perry and Marty Granoff Center for the Creative Arts — the newest building on campus — opens to the public today. The building, located on the Walk between Angell and Olive streets just west of the Brown Bookstore, will provide a common space for interaction between different programs in the ...

Holbrooke '62, public servant, dead at 69

Richard Holbrooke '62, distinguished public servant, died Dec. 13 after undergoing emergency surgery to repair a torn aorta.  He was a professor-at-large at the Watson Institute for International Studies at the time of his death.