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Tours move to Welcome Center
By Warren Jin | September 8Beginning this semester, campus tours leave from the Welcome Center — one of the Stephen Robert '62 Campus Center's new features.
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Women Writers Project receives federal grant
By Kristina Klara | September 7The Women Writers Project recently received a $200,000 grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities to further study the primary sources already available in the project's database.
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Student debate ends with pie in the face
By Caitlin Trujillo | September 7The pie tin balanced in his hand, Anish Sarma '12 stepped forward and jammed the whipped cream into Brian Judge's '11 face. Onlookers cheered as Judge wiped the mess off, but he had acknowledged his chances from the beginning.
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After years, U. website gets facelift
By Sydney Ember | September 7After months of planning and interface-tweaking, the University unveiled its revamped website Tuesday afternoon, culminating a redesign project that began in 2008. The new site — a collaborative effort between the Office of Public Affairs and University Relations and Computer Information Services ...
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Overcrowding causes unusual housing for some
By Ana Alvarez | September 7Finding suitable and comfortable housing for thousands of students is always a challenge for the Office of Residential Life, and this year was not an exception. An overflow of students in need of on-campus housing necessitated the use of temporary spaces and auxiliary housing this semester, according ...
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International scholars program ends
By Julia Kim | September 7A long-running program that brought scholars from developing nations to the Watson Institute for International Studies has officially ended this year due to a lack of funding.
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A facelift for the Cable Car, but the love-ly seats remain
By Qian Yin | September 6The black leather couches at the renovated Cable Car Cinema offer the coziness of a living room back at home. But the murals on the right-hand wall — in one a red brick Providence building sinks deep into dreamy underwater blue — provide a touch of surrealism for a journey into the cinematic ...
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Merger may change med school
By Sarah Forman | September 6Providence can't compete with Boston's baseball team or baked beans, but Brown-affiliated teaching hospitals are fighting to make Rhode Island competitive with Longwood Medical Center and Partners HealthCare in Boston.
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Mayoral race heats up before Sept. 14 primary
By Claire Peracchio | September 6On the eve of a hurricane last Thursday, the four Democratic candidates for mayor — state Rep. Steven Costantino, D-Providence; City Councilman John Lombardi; former Housing Court judge Angel Taveras; and returning candidate Chris Young — stood onstage at the Rhode Island School of Design ...
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UCS looks to increase visibility
By Nicole Boucher | September 6Increasing campus-wide awareness remains at the top of the Undergraduate Council of Students' agenda this year, said Diane Mokoro '11, the council's president.
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Ratty promotes trayless option
By Alicia Chen | September 6Students accustomed to stacking their trays on the cart at the Sharpe Refectory were greeted with a new trayless system this semester. Diners now have the option to forgo trays altogether and place their used silverware and dishes in marked blue bins around the Ratty. Ann Hoffman, Dining Services' ...
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Med School sees record fundraising
By Sarah Mancone | September 6The Brown Medical School Annual Fund raised the highest amount in its 39-year history during this fiscal year, reaching $808,000 in donations, according to John Perry, senior associate dean for biomedical advancement.
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UCS looks to increase visibility
By Nicole Boucher | September 5Increasing campus-wide awareness remains at the top of the Undergraduate Council of Students' agenda this year, said Diane Mokoro '11, the council's president.
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Groups court frosh at activities fair
By Caitlin Trujillo | September 2The juggling clubs rise and fall in the air, caught and then tossed again by both amateurs and seasoned members of the Out of Hand Juggling Club.
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'Use common sense' with Earl, U. warns
By Alex Bell | September 2The University's Core Crisis Team, composed of administrators who convene to plan responses to emergencies, met Wednesday to review Brown's hurricane plan in preparation for Hurricane Earl.
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Crime log: Dorm key, furniture stolen over summer
By Brown Daily Herald | September 2The following summary includes a selection of major incidents reported to the Department of Public Safety between June 4 and Aug. 25. It does not include general service and alarm calls. The Providence Police Department also responds to incidents occurring off campus. DPS does not divulge information ...
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Anthro museum gets grant
By Abby Kerson | September 2A grant from the Rhode Island Council for the Humanities, awarded in June to the Haffenreffer Museum of Anthropology as part of a K-12 Civics Initiative Major Grant, will be used for outreach programs for local schools. The museum was one of eight groups to win the grant.
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Professor's team unearths Maya king's 'sinister' tomb
By Sarah Julian | September 1In what he termed a "colossally important find," Professor of Anthropology Stephen Houston and his team of experts discovered the tomb of an ancient Maya king this summer. Located in Guatemala, the tomb enclosed the remains of the dead ruler, along with extraordinarily well-preserved examples of Maya ...
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Grant to fund math institute
By Nicole Boucher | September 1Brown received a $15.5 million grant from the National Science Foundation on Aug. 4 to fund a mathematics institute that will focus on the connection between mathematics and computational research.
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Caprio, Chafee '75 vie for 1st in gov. race
By Claire Peracchio | September 1Democrat Frank Caprio has taken a slight lead against his top opponent, Independent Lincoln Chafee '75, in the latest poll in the Rhode Island race for governor.
