Two months after school officials agreed to rehire teachers and faculty who lost their jobs at Central Halls High School, the district is preparing to rehabilitate the underperforming school for the upcoming academic year. The mass firings that sparked national headlines originally came in the ...
The transformation of Metcalf Chemistry and Research Laboratory into a home for the newly created Department of Cognitive, Linguistic and Psychological Sciences has begun, according to Vice President for Facilities Management Stephen Maiorisi. The first phase of construction, which began in early June, ...
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Paige Hicks '11 was killed July 20 while leading a cross-country bike trip, raising money for affordable housing.Hicks, of Chesterfield, Mo., was struck by a tractor trailer on U.S. Highway 18 in South Dakota, said Lt. David Berkeley of the South Dakota Highway Patrol. Hicks had pulled over on the side ...
Brown's Department of Political Science will continue to give undergraduates a taste of law next year when Steven Calabresi, a renowned professor at Northwestern University School of Law and a conservative legal scholar, joins the department as a visiting professor.
The Corporation approved the establishment of a new School of Engineering and authorized renovations to the Metcalf Chemistry and Research Laboratory at its meeting on May 28.
A revised publicity policy released by the Student Activities Office this spring outlines new guidelines for student organizations to follow when promoting group events.The updated regulations, released in April, are intended to include all forms of publicity, including social media, flyers, banners ...
The Securities and Exchange Commission is seeking to ban Corporation fellow Steven Rattner '74 P'10 P'13 from working in the securities industry for three years.
Two Brown alums found themselves making headlines after oil began spilling into the Gulf of Mexico in late April. While one graduate garnered attention for attacking the federal government's response, the other would sink below the surface of recognition in the wake of her early resignation following ...
Despite its liberal reputation, Rhode Island has picked a Republican governor in seven of the last nine election cycles. One Republican whose name won't be on the ballot — term-limited Gov. Donald Carcieri '65 — will leave his successor the top job in a state saddled with double-digit unemployment, ...
Paige Hicks '11 was killed July 20 while leading a cross-country bike trip, raising money for affordable housing.
Effective Sept. 7, Louis Rice will be taking on the positions of chair of the Department of Medicine at Alpert Medical School and chief of medicine at Rhode Island Hospital and the Miriam Hospital.
E-mails disclosed by the University as part of William McCormick III's lawsuit against it show that his accuser's father was in contact with senior University officials in the days before and following the female alum's allegation in 2006 that McCormick had raped her.The University disclosed e-mails ...
After years of biology, history and international relations topping the charts, economics has become the most popular concentration at Brown the last two years, according to recent data from the Office of Institutional Research.
Whether it is due to the difficulties students face in landing a paid summer job or their desire to learn more about a potential career path, the number of undergraduates seeking internships has increased. In response to the growing interest, the Career Development Center is looking to hire an internship ...
As applications for Brown's class of 2014 poured in, the Admissions Office overflowed with paper — literally. With a flood of application papers that exceeded the office's capacity, Alumnae Hall had to be temporarily transformed into a holding area for the huge stacks of prospective talent.
This year Brown will award honorary degrees to eight individuals prominent in a variety of fields, including film, public service and historical scholarship. The recipients were selected by the Board of Fellows of the Corporation, based on recommendations from the Advisory Committee on Honorary Degrees. ...
Summer reading may not have been mandatory since high school, but a lack of requirements has never stopped Brown students from broadening their minds. So here it is, The Herald's very own list of must-reads for this summer, featuring books by members of the Brown community.The Genius in All of UsDavid ...
As Brown's budget guru and planner extraordinaire, Beppie Huidekoper runs a tight ship. Her desk is covered with memos and documents, her schedule a solid block of appointments. But despite her chronic optimism, the aftermath of the recent financial crisis has proved a challenge to even this most seasoned ...
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