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Simmons' resignation at Goldman still a puzzle
By Alex Bell | May 29For almost 10 years, President Ruth Simmons' service on the board of Goldman Sachs Group was very much under the radar.
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Web update: Tran GS remembered as advocate for immigrants
By Suzannah Weiss | May 17Tam Tran GS was a brilliant scholar, involved daughter and sister, innovative filmmaker, selfless friend and tireless lobbyist, according to her friends, family, coworkers and collaborators. Since Tran's death at age 27 Saturday in a car crash in Maine, colleagues and companions between and beyond Brown ...
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Web update: Tam Tran GS killed in car accident
By Alex Bell | May 15A two-car crash early Saturday morning in Maine took the life of one Brown graduate student, Tam Ngoc Tran GS, and injured another, President Ruth Simmons announced in a campus-wide e-mail Sunday morning.
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Web update: Subpoenas hit campus in McCormick case
By Ben Schreckinger | May 11Fifteen students have been subpoenaed to testify in William McCormick III's lawsuit against the University, a female student and her father, according to J. Scott Kilpatrick, McCormick's attorney.
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Web update: Judge rules former student's case against U. can proceed
By Ben Schreckinger | May 1A federal judge has denied Brown's motion to dismiss a lawsuit brought by William McCormick III against the University and top administrators, ruling that, if true, his complaint demonstrates actions that "could be considered outrageous, atrocious or utterly intolerable conduct on the part of Brown." ...
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'Reserve'-ing judgment for ROTC
By Talia Kagan | April 28At Brown today, bared navels are a more common sight then naval officers — but that wasn't always the case.Brown was once home to a Naval Reserve Officer Training Corps, but 40 years ago the faculty voted to expel the program from College Hill. Now, some students want to bring it back, though ...
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Brown faces dilemma with assault accusations
By Ben Schreckinger | April 28After a federal judge expressed apprehension earlier this month over the University's decision to handle a rape allegation internally without notifying law enforcement, representatives from a students' rights organization and a sexual assault victims' advocacy group have both criticized universities' ...
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Fall term might stay longer
By Rebecca Ballhaus | April 28The College Curriculum Council met last month to discuss changes to the academic calendar that might permanently start the school year the Wednesday before Labor Day in order to make the fall and spring semesters the same length.
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Brunch on Broadway, with fresh flavors and flair
By Roberto Ferdman | April 28Outside, 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 ...
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A portrait of Rhode Island politics
By Bradley Silverman | April 28When 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.
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Senior lecturer expands digital Sanskrit library
By Margaret Yi | April 28For 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.
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Service and schoolwork combine in new program
By Goda Thangada | April 28Community 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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'Building Brown' through the summer and beyond
By Jessica Liss | April 28Correction appended.
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Lee '12 wins runoff for UFB vice chair
By Nicole Boucher | April 28Jason 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.
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U. in planning stages of new dorm projects
By Nicole Boucher | April 28The 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.
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On a rainy day, final push for census in Central Falls
By Crystal Vance Guerra | April 28A 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.
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Senior assaulted on Brook St. did not see attacker
By Alex Bell | April 27A senior was assaulted on Brook Street near Fones Alley Monday at 8:30 p.m, according to a Providence Police report.
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Simmons to address RISD grads
By Heeyoung Min | April 27President Ruth Simmons will deliver the keynote address at the Rhode Island School of Design's commencement ceremony June 5.
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More undergrads drawn to neuro
By Casey Bleho | April 27The number of undergraduate concentrators in neuroscience has grown enormously in recent years, signaling increased interest in the subject.
