Three possible streetcar routes were discussed Monday night at the Rhode Island Public Transit Authority's meeting with the College Hill Neighborhood Association. Each route provides a slightly different link between major city hubs including Brown, Rhode Island Hospital, Kennedy Plaza and the train ...
The 11 entries in the city's pedestrian bridge design competition are on display at City Hall until the end of November. The pedestrian bridge will replace the old Interstate 195 roadbed that spans the Providence River, but will stand on the existing supports.
Students, professors and community members gathered in Solomon 001 Friday evening for the Bernard I. Fain Lecture on health care reform given by Jonathan Gruber, professor of economics at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and director of the health care program at the National Bureau of Economic ...
South Asian Identity Week's opening convocation featured a presentation by two scholars on Afghanistan who discussed what is necessary to understand and empower Afghan women.
President Ruth Simmons and the Undergraduate Council of Students have largely maintained their approval ratings from past semesters, according to The Herald's poll this month. The vast majority of students — 74 percent — still approve of Simmons, while undergraduates' views of UCS remains ...
"Haitian studies is everywhere," said Guerda Nicolas, president of the Haitian Studies Association, in her speech convoking that organization's 22nd annual conference, held on campus Thursday through Saturday.
The School of Engineering is implementing a major hiring initiative to find four faculty members and a founding dean.
Most undergraduates — about 85 percent — describe themselves as heterosexual, according to The Herald's fall poll. About 6 percent each identified as homosexual and bisexual, and about 2 percent each answered "other" and "don't know / no answer."
Brown University and Rhode Island Hospital researchers discovered a process by which cellular receptors involved in signaling breast milk production in women may be linked to cancer. The team of researchers published their findings in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Science journal, according ...
Veterans, political figures and members of the Brown and Rhode Island communities gathered on Lincoln Field yesterday under the bright noon sun to honor those who served and are currently serving in the armed forces.
The Department of Computer Science's technical staff has contacted Dell to address the continuing delays and crashes that have inhibited students and professors from completing their projects and conducting research.
Despite this year's addition of a $64 athletic fee for all students, satellite gyms are underfunded, according to Director of Athletics Michael Goldberger and Assistant Athletic Director of Physical Education, Intramurals and Club Sports Matthew Tsimikas.
The Department of English is in the process of finalizing plans to instigate major changes within its curriculum. The proposed changes are the result of a routine academic program review conducted during the last academic year. While a proposal has been drawn up by the department concerning key issues ...
The University should pressure companies to monitor the origin of their raw materials to avoid purchasing "conflict minerals," said Ali Wolfson '12, a member of the anti-genocide student group STAND, during community time at the general body meeting of the Undergraduate Council of Students Wednesday ...
Despite President Barack Obama's growing unpopularity in the U.S. and Republican victories in the midterm election, Brown students continue to support him. A recent Herald poll showed that three out of four undergraduates approve of Obama's job performance, as many as did last year.
Though Moderate Party founder and candidate for governor Ken Block finished fourth at the polls last Tuesday, he gained enough votes to keep his party on the ballot and may soon find himself in a position of influence on one of his favorite issues — the efficiency of state government.
A week after the Nov. 1 application deadline, Dean of Admission Jim Miller '73 said that he expects the final number of early decision applicants to the class of 2015 to be just over 2,765, a drop of 70 to 80 applications from last year.
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Frustrated with a struggling economy and politics as usual, voters in the midterm elections last Tuesday handed Republicans major gains nationwide. But in a state where registered Democrats outnumber registered Republicans 4 to 1, Rhode Island Democrats remained dominant, preventing Republicans from ...
Wendy Murphy could not believe the judge's order. She was serving as an attorney for the plaintiff in a Nebraska rape case, and the judge had just given her client a number of words she could not use in the courtroom — including the word "rape."
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