Students, University administrators and members of the Brown/RISD Hillel community stood huddled outside in the cool November breeze Friday to honor the memory of Avi Schaefer '13.
This year's Taglit-Birthright Israel trip hosted by Brown/RISD Hillel had one of the biggest applicant pools in the country — and accepted just over half of the hopefuls, its lowest percentage yet.
Under new leadership, the Brown American Civil Liberties Union is back on campus. The chapter was left leaderless at the end of last semester, but now is run by President Ian Eppler '13 and Vice President Holly Hunt '13.
Many students spend a semester abroad integrating themselves into a single country. But participants in the International Honors Program, a popular study abroad option among Brown students, visit many places all related to a theme, investigating "how people in different countries create varied solutions ...
Mousetraps have recently popped up near the welcome desk of the Stephen Robert '62 Campus Center, but not because of an infestation.
At Brown, professors can be found lecturing to hundreds from the stage of Salomon 101, performing cutting edge research in Sidney E. Frank Hall for Life Sciences and — at a high rate — engaging in conversation with their students outside the classroom. According to the results of this month's Herald ...
The number of bike thefts on campus has increased this year, according to Chief of Public Safety Mark Porter.
With the rising popularity of websites such as Amazon and eBay, many college bookstores have seen increased competition in the textbook market. Students have turned to online retailers to find cheaper deals and to take advantage of features such as Amazon's free two-day student shipping.
Thursday should have been a good day for Steven Rattner '74 P'10 P'13.
Both speakers introduced themselves as the "underdog," but neither stepped back from his stance regarding nation building in Afghanistan during Thursday's lecture at Salomon Hall.
In an effort to simultaneously increase safety in University buildings and streamline security operations, a number of changes are being instituted to restrict access to the Rockefeller and Sciences libraries.
Instances of lead poisoning are concentrated among children under six living in Rhode Island's lower-income neighborhoods and neighborhoods with older houses, according to a study conducted by members of the Department of Community Health. Patrick Vivier, associate professor of community health and ...
North of Pembroke campus sits a house that looks — from the outside — much like neighboring houses. But inside is a different story. The house has a laboratory in the basement and a prayer hall on the second floor.
The Student Activities Committee began to audit its group categorization process this week and invited group representatives to give feedback about the system at the general body meeting of the Undergraduate Council of Students Wednesday night.
The Political Science Departmental Undergraduate Group and Sarah Doyle Women's Center held a screening and discussion of the documentary "Pray the Devil Back to Hell" Wednesday night.
The Rhode Island chapter of the American Civil Liberties Union has filed suit against the city and members of its police department on behalf of a Providence woman whose free speech rights were allegedly violated when Providence police officers threatened to arrest her for leafletting on a public sidewalk. ...
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.
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