Outside, crowds have begun to gather in anticipation, and inside, ovens and stoves are nearly warm enough to welcome the hundreds of orders they will field that day. A full staff has spent the past hour cracking eggs and readying potatoes, and the aroma of fresh drip coffee now seeps through the locked ...
When Patrick Kennedy was first elected to Congress in 1994, his victory marked a rare bright note in an otherwise dismal year for the Democratic Party.
For more than three millennia, Sanskrit served as the primary written language of major Indian literary works, but since 2002, Peter Scharf, senior lecturer in Classics, has revolutionized the way people can access the language today.
Community service is a part of many Brown students' extracurricular experience, but new programs — such as the Engaged Scholars Initiative — at the Swearer Center for Public Service support service learning in courses and research. The center is particular about using the term "engaged scholars" ...
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Jason Lee '12 will serve as vice chair of the Undergraduate Finance Board after defeating Tyler Rosenbaum '11 in a runoff election, the elections board announced Wednesday afternoon.
The administration will be focusing more energy on new residence halls now that several major construction projects have gotten underway, said Dick Spies, executive vice president for planning and senior adviser to the President.
A rainy Saturday morning did not stop the Rhode Island Latino Complete Count Committee from going out, door to door, on April 17 to encourage Central Falls residents to fill out the census forms.
A senior was assaulted on Brook Street near Fones Alley Monday at 8:30 p.m, according to a Providence Police report.
President Ruth Simmons will deliver the keynote address at the Rhode Island School of Design's commencement ceremony June 5.
The number of undergraduate concentrators in neuroscience has grown enormously in recent years, signaling increased interest in the subject.
The Career Development Center saw a 21 percent increase in applications for the Brown Internship Award Program this year and gave out nine more awards.
The WiSE Mentoring Program for women in science and engineering is being revamped to make it more accessible and to keep more students involved.
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An abandoned jewelry factory seemed an odd venue for a gathering of University officials, politicians, alums and lab-coat-clad medical students on Monday afternoon. The old factory's floor was hidden under sheets of cardboard taped together, and the bright orange spray paint on the walls stood out against ...
In the wake of severe flooding earlier this month in Rhode Island, Brown has been working on coordinating a multifaceted relief effort. President Ruth Simmons asked Marisa Quinn, vice president for public affairs and University relations, and Russell Carey '91 MA'06, senior vice president for corporation ...
An amendment requiring state lawmakers to immediately begin paying 15 percent of costs for their state-provided health care plans was tabled in the early morning hours of April 14 after members of the state House of Representatives expressed concern that voting on the amendment was an ethical violation. ...
David Quinn GS is leading a double life. A Brown graduate student currently earning his Master of Education by day, he serves on the Seekonk, Mass. school committee by night.He was elected on April 5 in an uncontested election. To win the position, he had to run a "sticker campaign" in which voters ...
Dean Karen McLaurin '74 announced Monday that she will step down from her position as director of the Third World Center on June 30.
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