The effort to rescue the trapped Chilean miners ended happily Oct. 13, and Brown graduate Benjamin Levine '78 helped save the day. Levine used his cardiovascular knowledge to help prevent the miners from fatally fainting as they were winched to the surface.
Rhode Island Republican Party Chairman Giovanni Cicione said he will challenge Senator Sheldon Whitehouse in 2012, but only if no other high-profile GOP contenders decide to run. He named Warwick Mayor Scott Avedisian, term-limited Governor Donald Carcieri '65 and 2010 gubernatorial candidate John Robitaille ...
A state senator pre-filed legislation yesterday to ban the caffeinated alcoholic beverage Four Loko in Rhode Island.
The Office of Admission has begun a new digital reading process for the University's applications. For the first time, the Office of Admission will not print out this year's round of applications, but instead will view them through an online system.
The David J. Zucconi '55 Fellowship will once again offer the largest internal University award of $25,000 and an opportunity for one student to conduct independent research projects abroad in 2011. In past years, the award has funded research in countries such as Peru, Haiti, England and Germany.
The level of confidence students have in their families' ability to finance their Brown education remained stable over the last two semesters, according to the Herald's fall poll.
In the age of electronic banking, e-mails and e-books, the University has turned to greener ways of dispersing information.
Brown enrolls over 6,000 undergraduates from across the globe, bringing together a host of people with diverse interests, experiences and ideas. From athletes to mathletes, each year the Office of Residential Life matches up a fresh batch of first years as best it can — with overwhelmingly positive ...
The Meeting Street building that formerly housed Via Via IV is undergoing renovations and will eventually open under the name Cosa Nostra.
Animal Rights activists and meat eaters alike packed List 120 Monday night as Gene Baur urged the audience to consider the consequences of what we eat.
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.
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