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Renovated Underground opens, to be dedicated Friday
By Shefali Luthra | September 27The Underground is back in business.
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Illegal immigration poses threat, says local activist
By Anne Artley | September 27Correction appended
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Upgrade complicates cluster printing
By Claire Gianotti | September 27There is the slightest hint of change hanging in the musty air of the Friedman Study Center. Physically the computer clusters look the same, but the home screen has exchanged its brooding black monochrome for an ethereal blue-green. This is the first evidence cluster-users have of the new software upgrade. ...
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New environment student group formed
By Mark Raymond | September 27Members of emPOWER have recently formed a new student group to raise awareness about environmental issues.
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Freshmen see border woes at Yale
By Margaret Farris | September 26On Sept. 20, students in the first-year seminar ETHN 0090A: "The Border/La Frontera" got a closer look at the impact of the border issues they study in class. They attended the play "La Casa Rosa" — performed by Soame Citlalime, a group of 30 women from San Francisco Tetlanohcan, Mexico — ...
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MyStuff storage service discontinued
By Tiffany Phu | September 26Brown's network-based online file storage program, MyStuff, was discontinued Saturday.
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Shopping complicates room assignments
By Ju Myoung Kim | September 26Aisles and floors full of students desperately trying to fit into a classroom or a lecture hall are a common sight at the beginning of each semester. According to University Registrar Robert Fitzgerald, it is part of the reality of Brown's approach to shopping period.
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Conference connects international scholars
By Tiffany Zabludowicz | September 26About 200 scholars from 55 countries visited Brown for three weeks in June for a hybrid program of lectures, group work, round tables, field trips and social events.
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Menu lauded, microwaves missed at Blue Room
By Amy Rasmussen | September 26In the newly reopened Blue Room, customers have found themselves surrounded by signs of change: an array of locally prepared food items, longer hours — and no microwaves.
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Prof's WHO committee sets cervical cancer policy
By Morgan Johnson | September 26Joanna Cain, professor and chair of obstetrics and gynecology at Alpert Medical School, is now at the forefront of the global fight against cervical cancer. In her position as leader of a new World Health Organization committee for fighting the disease, she will be dedicated to revising and implementing ...
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Group petitions against 'homophobic' ban on blood donation
By Ted Burke | September 26During the blood drive held Sept. 14–16, the Queer Political Action Committee circulated a petition protesting the policy that forbids any man who has had sex with another man since 1977 from donating blood.
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Faculty Club opens Fridays to public
By Greg Jordan-Detamore | September 26Earlier this month, the Faculty Club opened its doors on Friday nights to the greater Providence community. The club's eatery, which is typically only open to University-affiliated members, functions as a small restaurant on these occasions. This change is a way for Brown to open up to the community, ...
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New dean directs advising program
By Ben Kutner | September 23George Vassilev stepped into the position of assistant dean and director of pre-professional advising Sept. 21. He is currently responsible for advising students and alums applying to medical and law school.
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2014 boasts most black students
By Alexandra Ulmer | September 23Black enrollment swelled to 144 students in the class of 2014 — more than in any past cohort.
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Departments host writers from Africa, Asia
By Gillian Michaelson | September 22This August, three international writers joined the International Writers Project as writing fellows. Run through the Department of Literary Arts and the Watson Institute for International Studies, the program is hosting Kho Tararith of Cambodia, George Seremba of Uganda and Dul Johnson of Nigeria.
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Researchers invent artificial ovary
By Anna Lillkung | September 22A group of researchers from Brown and Women and Infants Hospital of Rhode Island have created an artificial human ovary.
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Business center named 'program of the year'
By Max Ernst | September 22The Rhode Island Center for Innovation and Entrepreneurship, a collaborative venture between the Brown Forum for Enterprise and the Rhode Island Economic Development Corporation, has been designated "Program of the Year" by the Northeastern Economic Development Association. The award recognizes the ...
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Undergrad wins upset in election
By Claire Peracchio | September 22Aspiring politicians take note — resumed undergraduate Teresa Tanzi may unseat a powerful incumbent, win election to the state legislature and help craft crucial state policies, all before receiving her Brown diploma. In fact, she has already completed the first of these three daunting tasks.
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U. to provide more guidance for int'l students
By Nicole Boucher | September 22The expanding international face of the student population at Brown must be met with extended academic and advising options catered to assisting with the cultural transition, Dean of the College Katherine Bergeron said at Wednesday's general body meeting of the Undergraduate Council of Students.
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Perry P'91 sees challenge in state Senate election
By Claire Peracchio | September 22Sen. Rhoda Perry P'91, D-Providence, was unopposed in last Tuesday's primary elections, but the defeats of 10 sitting state legislators that night signaled that a national anti-incumbent mood might have traction in the Ocean State.
