The University is considering the creation of an energy science concentration, according to Peter Weber P'12, dean of the Graduate School. The Academic Priorities Committee recommended increasing support for energy science in the October update to the Plan for Academic Enrichment.
A bill in the General Assembly would prohibit people ages 18 to 21 from attending nightclubs where alcohol is served — just one of a series of measures related to alcohol and drunk driving under consideration by state lawmakers.
Brendan Doherty, superintendent of the Rhode Island State Police, announced his resignation March 3, a week after he spoke out in support of the federal immigration enforcement program known as Secure Communities. The public resignation followed a high-profile exchange in which top law enforcement officials ...
The faculty approved a proposal from the Graduate School to create a master's program in clinical and translational research at its meeting March 1.
The number of security cameras on campus has increased by nearly 40 percent in the past three years to about 250 cameras this year, according to Chief of Police Mark Porter. In 2008, there were 180 security cameras on campus, up from just 60 in 2000.
Since studying abroad together in Alexandria, Egypt, and then evacuating the country together by way of Prague, Michael Dawkins '12 and Amanda Labora '12.5 have taken very different paths. While Dawkins has returned to campus to resume classes, Labora is taking a semester off for Arabic study in Syria ...
A bill proposed by state Rep. John Carnevale, D-Providence and Cranston, would grant cities and towns the authority to assess a fee on tax-exempt hospitals and private institutions of higher education like Brown. Carnavales introduced the bill on the same day that Providence Mayor Angel Taveras announced ...
Aug. 30, 2006 — First-year orientation begins for William McCormick, then a member of the Class of 2010 and a wrestling recruit.
Seven top University administrators pulled back the curtain on hot-button issues including the international student experience and faculty tenure during the second annual State of Brown address yesterday in Salomon 101. In a departure from last year's format, which featured a keynote address from President ...
In response to recent bias-related incidents, University of Rhode Island President David Dooley issued a campus-wide memo Feb. 23 stating that hate-related behavior would not be tolerated.
Lee Pedersen, scholarly resource librarian for physical sciences, holds office hours in the lobbies of MacMillan Hall and the Barus and Holley Building to serve as a resource for chemistry and engineering students. Pedersen said she relocated outside the Sciences Library in April 2005 because she wanted ...
The faculty voted to approve a proposal from the literary arts program to become the Department of Literary Arts during its March 1 meeting. The proposal will now go to the Corporation — the University's highest governing body — for approval at its May meeting.
Four alums will receive federal funding to advise low-income Rhode Island high school students in the college advising process thanks to a recent grant to the National College Advising Corps.
There's just 20 minutes left. It's quarter of, and — finally — 10 'til. But the minutes keep dragging on. Time is up. Make it stop.
The University eliminated "several" staff positions to consolidate campus event planning, though no salaries were reduced, wrote Karen Davis, vice president for human resources, in an e-mail to The Herald.
Last year's shift to a new prescription drug plan has saved the University an estimated $300,000 while keeping employees satisfied, said Drew Murphy, director of benefits for Human Resources.
For the first time since 1993, undergraduates will receive funding from a Hughes Grant to conduct biomedical research. This summer, 24 sophomores and juniors will take part in a research program funded by the $1 million grant, but this number will increase to 32 students in summers to come, according ...
After weeks of hearings, graduate students at New York University are awaiting a decision from the National Labor Relations Board to determine whether they will be allowed to form a graduate student union.
Gov. Lincoln Chafee '75 P'14 proposed imposing new taxes on textbooks and taxi fares, while increasing funding for the state's public universities and slashing spending on government services, in his address last night.
The Alpert Medical School will decide this month whether to provide all first- and second-year medical students with iPads or laptops.
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