President Obama toured the American Cord and Webbing factory in Woonsocket, R.I. Monday, praising workers on their ability to "buckle down" and persevere through rough economic times.
Professor of English C.D. Wright is among the finalists for this year's National Book Award. Her book, "One With Others: [a little book of her days]," was announced as a finalist in the poetry category Oct. 13.
Major changes to the Center for Information Technology's computing facilities have caused computers in the building to freeze, aggravating students trying to complete projects on deadline and professors conducting research.
Students can now eat almost anything out of a cone. Toledo, a new restaurant on Thayer Street, just opened its doors serving all of its food in cones, from pizza to salad to chicken parmesan.
Starting this fall, travelers in Providence will be able to get to T. F. Green Airport with only a $2.50 train ticket, providing an alternative to pricey taxi services and crowded shuttles.
The Commerce, Organizations and Entrepreneurship program has moved to a Sayles Hall suite that
Rhode Island's medical marijuana situation is in a bit of a haze. After denying every license in a first round of applications last month, the state's health department is once again soliciting compassion center applications.
Students, parents and alums gathered under a tent on the Main Green Saturday for the annual Hour with the President event to hear President Ruth Simmons give an update on the University.
Brown invited parents and siblings to experience life on College Hill this Family Weekend.
A recent University report suggests extensive underreporting of sex crimes on campus, students and administrators said.
There were zero arrests on campus for drug or alcohol crimes in 2009, according to the most recent Department of Public Safety annual report.
Jon Scott, independent candidate for mayor, spoke with The Herald following Thursday's mayoral debate.
During Fall Weekend, 10 wireless routers were removed from Barbour Hall leaving residents without wireless internet access, Doug Wilkinson, a network technology manager at Computing and Information Services, wrote in an e-mail to The Herald.
The University formalized a two-part partnership with the Indian Institute of Technology-Bombay Oct. 5, according to a University press release.
Former "car czar" Steven Rattner '74 P'10 P'13 — who oversaw President Obama's 2009 government bailout of the automobile industry — says he's been a "free market guy" since his days in ECON 0110: "Principles of Economics."
Brown ranked fifth out of 141 schools surveyed on Trojan Condoms' annual Sexual Health Report Card this year, with a 3.50 sexual health "GPA." Columbia took the number one spot, with a 3.70 GPA.
It's that time of year again — to stop worrying about staying cool and to start worrying about staying warm.
Alpert Medical School and the New York Academy of Sciences will sponsor a conference on the emerging field of behavioral epigenetics Oct. 29 and 30, according to a recent announcement on the New York Academy of Sciences website.
During summer 2010 — the second hottest on record in Rhode Island — Brown consumed an additional 1.6 million kilowatt hours of electricity compared to the summer before, according to Christopher Powell, director of sustainable energy and environmental initiatives for the Department of Facilities ...
Democrat Angel Taveras and independent Jonathan Scott kept the discourse civil Tuesday night during the first head-to-head mayoral debate of the general election campaign. Economic issues took center stage in MacMillan 117 as the candidates shared their plans for spurring employment, attracting businesses ...
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