Thirty-eight juniors were elected to the Rhode Island Alpha of Phi Beta Kappa Feb. 16. The honor society, founded in Williamsburg, Virginia in 1776, is the oldest and most prestigious academic honor organization in the nation. Of the more than 3,500 institutions of higher learning in the United States, ...
Three months after its opening, Symposium Books on Thayer St. has not brought the heat of increased competition to the Brown Bookstore, according to Steven Souza, director of Bookstore administration. Though the stores are separated by only a block, "Symposium is in a different world," Souza said. ...
The University will increase parking fees for students, faculty and staff by $30 for the next fiscal year, according to the proposed 2012 budget. The increase would bring the on-campus per-year parking rate to $760 for students and $550 for faculty and staff. The fee has increased every year since ...
The University's Public Art Committee selected a design for a mural to decorate the new Medical Education Building, which is scheduled to open in July.
When Ahmed Shawki MA '77 took his 37-year-old nephew to a protest in Cairo at the onset of the Egyptian revolution, his sister chastised him for endangering her son. But following a battle between protestors and government forces for control of Tahrir Square, she began exhorting her son to put himself ...
A staple of living rooms and libraries alike, fluorescent lamps continue to replace traditional incandescent bulbs. But what many consumers do not know is that these energy-efficient lamps contain mercury. If bulbs break, the mercury poses a risk to the brain development of fetuses, newborns and children. ...
Following the lead of peer institutions, the University announced yesterday it will stop distributing the Course Announcement Bulletin to students.
Thirteen states have already decriminalized marijuana possession, but a Rhode Island bill failed to pass the General Assembly when it was first introduced last year. This session, state Sen. Joshua Miller, D-Cranston, is trying again.
Over 400 students typically pay a $15 fee to add a class after the online registration deadline each semester, according to Robert Fitzgerald, the University's registrar. This year's deadline to register for courses without a fee was Feb. 8, with the late period extending until Feb. 23.
The Providence School Board voted 4-3 to terminate the contracts of all 1,926 teachers in the district at its Feb. 18 meeting. The proposal, which originated from Providence Mayor Angel Taveras' office, was created to provide "flexibility" in addressing the city's deficit, Taveras wrote in a statement. ...
A scam e-mail requesting that recipients respond with their names, user identifications, passwords and dates of birth to prevent their e-mail accounts from being shut down hit campus yesterday, according to David Sherry, chief information security officer for Computing and Information Services. Provost ...
Three recent Brown alums shared insights into the use of science in writing at the Science Writers' Panel last night. From one panelist's search for her own identity to another's experience giving a voice to unheard stories, the speakers' stories elaborated on the theme of the panel — "When Science ...
Yes, Diddy did it.
The body of Denis Chartier, an assistant coach of the women's soccer team, was found Saturday morning inside his parked car in a commuter lot near Route 395 in Griswold, Conn., according to the Providence Journal. Chartier was last seen by his family Feb. 6. He was reported missing to the Burrillville ...
As nearly 100 guests trickled into Sayles Hall and sampled exotic Cape Verdean cuisine Friday evening, a live band added to the flavor with traditional music from the island nation. The event opened the Third World Center's Cape Verdean Heritage Weekend, which featured a screening of two documentaries ...
Under the Brown Bookstore's new return policy, students returned fewer textbooks, with higher return rates earlier in the semester.
BOSTON —Joining a crowd of almost 1,000, more than two dozen Brown students traveled to Massachusetts on Sunday to protest the low wages and poor working conditions of Florida tomato pickers in the "March to Stop Sweatshops." The march, organized by the Coalition of Immokalee Workers and the national ...
By Kristina Fazzalaro
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