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Future streetcar system may connect Brown to downtown
By Brigitta Greene | October 5From Seattle to Cincinnati, streetcars are rattling back onto U.S. streets — and Providence may not be far behind.
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Like it, love it - can't have it
By Lauren Fedor | October 5Cold Stone Creamery on Thayer Street closed its doors last week, leaving College Hill ice cream-lovers disappointed and a handful of local students out of a job.
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Fitness center, new pool may be combined
By Brigitta Greene | October 5The Jonathan Nelson '77 Fitness Center and a new aquatics center may be combined under one roof rather than being constructed as separate facilities, top administrators said recently. A combined and somewhat scaled-back facility would cost approximately $40 million, about $25 million less than the ...
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Poll finds ambivalence on stimulus
By Sydney Ember | October 5Leaves aren't the only things falling in Providence.
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Numbers tell sad story for peer schools' endowments
By Caitlin Trujillo | October 4After a dismal year for university finances nationwide, losses reported by peer schools have been on par with the Brown endowment's 26.6 percent decline.Harvard and Yale, the two wealthiest U.S. universities, both saw the total value of their endowments tumble by nearly 30 percent between July 2008 ...
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Harris brings baseball's catchy tune to the bookstore
By Alex Bell | October 3"It wasn't like one day we just had baseball," Rick Harris said to a modest audience at the Brown Bookstore on Saturday. "It's kind of like a folk song. Baseball has a long history."Harris is a social worker, but that's just his day job. His true passion is baseball, and when it comes to the history ...
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New efforts to boost U.'s international profile
By Dana Teppert | October 3The University's internationalization initiative — an effort to enhance Brown's profile abroad — has a new leader at its helm and is launching programs to encourage scholarly dialogue and global health research this year.Matthew Gutmann, the new vice president of international affairs, is ...
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Strikes disrupted studies in France but not students' return to campus
By Anne Simons | October 3Coming back to Brown after studying abroad usually means a return to more homework and a rekindled love for the Rock. But for those returning from a spring semester in France, it also means a return to a stable class schedule free from student-led strikes.At several universities in Paris and Lyon, student ...
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With $5.2m grant in hand, prof to map Samoan genes
By Sara Luxenberg | October 1Professor of Community Health and Anthropology Stephen McGarvey has researched the intersection of genetics and lifestyle in Samoa and American Samoa for more than 30 years. Now, armed with a $5.2 million National Institutes of Health grant that will enable him to map 1 million sites on the genome, ...
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Designers converge for change
By Julia Kim | October 1Artists, academics and engineers from across disciplines will come together on College Hill this weekend to discuss the role of design in sparking social change.
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Ralliers turn out for BDS worker benefits
By Sydney Ember | October 1With University Hall as their backdrop and repeated chants of "health care now," nearly 200 students, Brown Dining Services workers and local supporters rallied Thursday afternoon against proposed changes to the workers' health care contribution requirements.
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Unexpected tuition surplus fast-tracks Faunce
By Brigitta Greene | October 1A newly renovated Faunce House is on track to re-open by the time students arrive on campus next fall, earlier than originally planned, due to an unexpected surplus in net tuition income, administrators said.
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Alum art to adorn new Faunce
By Jenna Steckel | October 1When Faunce House re-opens next fall after intensive renovations, students will have more than just comfy chairs and focaccia sandwiches to feast their senses on. The new Stephen Robert '62 Campus Center in Faunce will become home to an original piece of art by a Brown alum.
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RWU opens law clinic for immigrants
By Ben Schreckinger | September 30Immigrants in Rhode Island facing deportation and other legal issues now have a new source of free counsel at Roger Williams University Law School, which recently opened the Immigration Law Clinic to attend to the needs of non-citizens.
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Over 1,000 students get flu vaccine
By Suzannah Weiss | September 30Over 1,000 students have been vaccinated against the seasonal flu since Health Services started offering free shots against the virus on Monday, said Director of Health Services Edward Wheeler.
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Test scores still subpar for Providence schools
By George Miller | September 30Rhode Island students underperformed on standardized science tests for a second straight school year in 2009, and the state department of education is working with a Texas-based think tank to bring those scores up.
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Talks continue on BDS benefits
By Alexandra Ulmer | September 30Potential changes to workers' health insurance contributions are emerging as a flashpoint in negotiations on a new agreement between Dining Services workers and the University ahead of an Oct. 12 deadline, when their current work contract expires.
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Fellowship suspended due to lack of funds
By Ana Alvarez | September 30Due to a temporary lack of funding, the David J. Zucconi Fellowship for International Study will not be offered this year.
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Tenure timelines scrutinized
By Nicole Friedman | September 30A committee charged with reviewing tenure and faculty development policies met for the first time Wednesday, but some Division of Biology and Medicine departments are already hoping the committee will recommend that junior faculty in those departments be given longer to prove themselves before coming ...
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Tense debate erupts over Honduran politics
By Alex Bell | September 30Honduras's military coup this past summer was "clearly rooted in the struggle between classes," Shaun Joseph '03 told an overcrowded classroom at the Third World Center last night. Joseph, speaking alongside City Councilman Miguel Luna, described their week-long stay in Honduras after the coup at an ...
