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."
When students call the Health Services number after hours, they are not connected to a staff member at Brown. Instead, students reach a medical advice service called Nurse Response, which has many locations all over the country.
Library union members voted 25 to 14 Tuesday to accept an agreement reached at the end of Monday's bargaining session, according to Karen McAninch '74, the union's business agent.
Brown received high marks — and tied with two other schools for a first-place ranking — from an institute dedicated to advancing sustainability for its efforts to be a green campus.
The Brown University Community Council met Tuesday evening to revisit the issue of holding University events at off-campus venues engaged in labor disputes, look at suggested improvements to undergraduate housing and hear a presentation on initiatives and planning for the Swearer Center for Public Service. ...
The University and the libraries union reached a tentative agreement on a new three-year labor contract Monday night, more than a month after the last contract was set to expire.
Over 70 students filled Peterutti Lounge Monday night for the opening convocation of the 10th annual Southeast Asian Heritage Week. The week, titled "Re(RIGHT)ing What We SEA," is sponsored by the Watson Institute, the Program in Literary Arts and the Third World Center and will feature events including ...
About a dozen students and a few adults formed a circle around U.S. Senator Sheldon Whitehouse, D-R.I., Monday night in the Rhode Island School of Design's Tap Room for a 45-minute discussion about energy policy.
Two Rhode Island-based after-school programs, Community MusicWorks and RiverzEdge Arts Project, were recognized among 15 programs from across the nation as recipients of the 2010 National Arts and Humanities Youth Program Awards at a ceremony in the White House Oct. 20.
The Department of Facilities Management has partnered with a student group to give the campus a chance to compete for the title of greenest in that nation.
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