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R.I. firms commit to installing car-charging stations
By Hannah Abelow | February 9Correction appended.
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Undergrads take action in state political campaigns
By Casey Bleho | February 9Students pride themselves on getting involved off College Hill, and during the midterm campaign season last year, they did just that, lending support to state candidates and getting a real-world introduction to the political process.
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Groups rally for, against gay marriage
By Chip Lebovitz | February 9Same-sex marriage supporters packed the State House yesterday at a Marriage Equality Rhode Island rally.
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Faculty remains mostly male, white
By Shefali Luthra | February 9About two-thirds of the faculty are male and about four-fifths identify as white, according to statistics published on the Dean of the Faculty's website. The faculty continues to lack racial and gender diversity despite concerted institutional efforts in recent years to increase it.
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'Jockapella' receives UCS approval
By David Chung | February 9The Undergraduate Council of Students elected an Ivy Council liaison and approved the formation of four new student groups, including "Jockapella," last night.
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Corporation to approve 2012 budget this weekend
By Alex Bell | February 9With few major capital projects left on its plate, the Corporation will meet this weekend to discuss various University policies and vote on next year's budget.
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Mentors seek to boost passion for the sciences
By Ju Myoung Kim | February 9Each week, students devote hundreds of hours to teaching and mentoring Providence's disadvantaged youth. But these volunteer tutors are facing a problem that even the most dedicated may be ill-equipped to handle.
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Citizens flood State House for gay marriage hearing
By Kat Thornton | February 9Gay marriage supporters and opponents alike gathered at the State House yesterday for the House Judiciary Committee hearing on two bills regarding same-sex marriage in Rhode Island.
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Psych Services reports no increase in visits from freshmen
By Miriam Furst | February 9Though in a newly-released national survey college freshmen rated their emotional health at a record low, Psychological Services has not seen a significant change in visits from first-year students, Director of Psych Services Belinda Johnson said.
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Alums run student trips to North Korea
By Sofia Castello y Tickell | February 8Few Westerners have visited North Korea in recent memory. Yet for the past two years, the Pyongyang Project has brought groups to the region both despite and because of its political significance.
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Study: Elite firms target 'elite' Ivys
By Aparna Bansal | February 8What does a Brown degree mean in the job market today? According to Lauren Rivera, not much.
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Q&A with Ronald Ferguson
By Brown Daily Herald | February 8Renowned scholar Ronald Ferguson gave the 14th Martin Luther King Jr. Lecture Tuesday afternoon. Before the lecture, he sat down with The Herald to talk about a social movement for equity in education.
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MLK lecture tackles achievement gap
By Shanoor Seervai | February 8Ronald Ferguson, a scholar of the racial achievement gap in education, argued for a social movement to ensure educational equality yesterday. He delivered his remarks in Sayles Hall for the 14th annual Martin Luther King Jr. Lecture.
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Boathouse destroyed in blizzard blaze
By Kimberly Clifton | February 8A fire destroyed the Edgewood Yacht Clubhouse — home to the University's nationally ranked co-ed sailing team — but members of the team say they do not expect the fire to adversely affect their season.
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Snow removal costs within budget
By Inni Youh | February 8Since the start of the academic year, the Department of Facilities Management has spent $167,000 on snow removal. The department typically allocates $160,000 to $200,000 for snow cleanup within its $53 million annual budget that it receives to operate and maintain the entire campus. Facilities Management ...
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Med school, URI to offer five-year medical physics degree
By Max Ernst | February 8Alpert Medical School professors working at Rhode Island Hospital will play a major role in the development of a new University of Rhode Island five-year degree program combining a bachelor's in physics with a master's in medical physics, the first of its kind in New England. The instructors will ...
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Computing center seeks permanent new director
By Morgan Johnson | February 7The Center for Computation and Visualization is seeking a new executive director to manage the center's services on a daily basis. The center, which houses the University's supercomputer, also provides researchers access to "computational science, scientific visualization and virtual reality display ...
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Chafee's nominees may shift educational policy
By Amy Rasmussen | February 7In his most high-profile act yet to shape Rhode Island's education policy, Governor Lincoln Chafee '75 P'14 announced four nominations to the Rhode Island Board of Regents for Elementary and Secondary Education early last week. The nominations come as the state contemplates controversial education reforms ...
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Winter fellows use new media abroad
By Abby Kerson | February 7Over winter break, eight students traveled abroad and created new media projects about their destinations. The students were funded by the Watson Institute for International Studies' AT&T New Media Fellowship, part of a larger program called the Global Conversation — an online platform allowing ...
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ROTC committee members announced
By Mark Raymond | February 7In an e-mail to students and faculty yesterday, President Ruth Simmons announced the members of the new committee tasked with examining the University's policy on the Reserve Officers' Training Corps.
