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Update: Avi Schaefer '13 struck, killed by car
By Sydney Ember | February 11Correction appended.
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Dating site could give you Hope
By Talia Kagan | February 11At the beginning of each semester, Kai Huang '11 and Arune Gulati '11 would make a list of five girls they had crushes on. Then, at the end of the semester, they would review their progress.
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U. seeks to streamline grant-seeking process and cut costs
By Sydney Ember | February 10As part of its plans to reduce next year's budget, the University is looking to streamline research support and boost its revenue by securing more grant funding. The academic administration team of the Organizational Review Committee — one of the 12 teams formed last September to identify ways ...
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Pfizer partnership offers workers Brown classes
By Goda Thangada | February 10Since 1993, some 100 Pfizer employees have earned degrees from Brown, and many more have taken a single course, through the University's long-running partnership with the pharmaceutical giant.
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Samsung jolts campus with charging stations
By Fei Cai | February 10Students coming back to campus this semester may have been surprised to find brightly lit Samsung charging stations in the Sharpe Refectory, the Gate and the Olney-Margolies Athletic Center.
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Sophomore peer advising program in high demand
By Zung Nguyen Vu | February 10Last Saturday at the Faculty Club, an intimate brunch attended by participating sophomores, seniors and faculty kicked off the Match Advising Program for Sophomores.
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UCS elects new secretary and UFB representative
By Max Godnick | February 10The Undergraduate Council of Students elected a new representative to the Undergraduate Finance Board and a new secretary at its general body meeting on Wednesday night.
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Same-sex marriage a hot issue in the race for governor
By Rebecca Ballhaus | February 10Three gubernatorial candidates — former U.S. Sen. Lincoln Chafee '75, Attorney General Patrick Lynch '87 and General Treasurer Frank Caprio — planned to declare their support of a same-sex marriage bill at the Marriage Equality Rhode Island rally set for Wednesday at the State House until ...
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Restored streets to connect Jewelry District to downtown
By Brigitta Greene | February 10As final demolition begins on the old Interstate 195, design plans for city streets are nearing completion.
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Minority and first-generation application numbers soar
By Talia Kagan | February 10Minority students and first-generation college students applied to Brown in greater numbers this year than ever before, according to Dean of Admission Jim Miller '73, who attributed the rise to University efforts to recruit a more diverse applicant pool.
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Next year's transfer class to increase
By Kate Monks | February 10The University plans to increase next year's transfer class by 50 students, according to the Admission Office, bringing the expected number of incoming transfer students from 120 to about 170.
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Polls show Chafee '75 in good shape
By Bradley Silverman | February 10Independent Lincoln Chafee '75 loaned his campaign $200,000 in December, as polls continue to show him on top of the race for governor.
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RISD junior touched by Haiti quake
By Sarah Forman | February 9After losing her father in the Jan. 12 earthquake in Haiti, Nathalie Jolivert decided to return to Providence. The third-year student at the Rhode Island School of Design will take on a full load of architecture classes when RISD commences its spring semester Feb. 22.
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Brunonians continue to flock to TFA
By Alicia Chen | February 9As the Feb. 19 deadline to apply for Teach For America looms, this year's graduating class, as those before it, is applying in force to the two-year teaching program.Fourteen percent of the class of 2009 applied to the highly competitive program, according to regional TFA recruiter Anasstassia Baichorova. ...
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Postdocs clarify policies and build community
By Nicole Friedman | February 9In the ongoing effort to improve policies, communication and outreach for the University's postdoctoral community, sometimes the little things can mean a lot."Right now, there's no P for postdoc" on the A through Z menu on the University Web site, said Susan Rottenberg, postdoctoral program and data ...
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Bank CEO Moynihan '81 started on rugby field
By Fred Milgrim | February 9The men's rugby team at Brown is technically a club, but those who are more intimate with the team know that the rugby program is not your average college club team. Rugby is a way of life, and for Brian Moynihan '81, it was the first stepping stone on his way to a prolific career.
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U. details plans to cut millions from budget
By Alex Bell | February 9The Brown University Community Council met Tuesday night to discuss plans for the University to align its operations with economic reality, including consolidation of services, layoffs, tuition increases and funding for athletics.
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Under alum, Teach for America expands to R.I.
By Anne Artley | February 8Teach for America, a program which trains recent college graduates in teaching and places them in underperforming school districts, will start sending teachers to Rhode Island for the 2010-2011 school year. Heather Tow-Yick '98, a former teacher, is heading up the organization's expansion — ...
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Assembly considers decriminalizing pot
By Jamie Brew | February 8State Rep. John G. Edwards, D-Dist. 70, introduced a bill last week in the General Assembly that would decriminalize possession of up to one ounce of marijuana.
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Trustee may face lawsuit from ex-wife
By Goda Thangada | February 8A high-stakes lawsuit against a Corporation member may be brought back to life after being dropped in January.
