The newly minted Moderate Party of Rhode Island has hired Christine Hunsinger MPA'08 as its new executive director, the party announced in a Sept. 18 press release.
Rhode Island's unemployment rate dropped from second highest to third highest in the nation — a hollow victory for the country's smallest state, which still had the highest number of jobless workers in its history, according to the latest Bureau of Labor Statistics report.
The following summary includes all major incidents reported to the Department of Public Safety between Sept. 2 and Sept. 8. It does not include general service and alarm calls.
Pervez Musharraf, the former president of Pakistan who resigned last year as opposition parties threatened to impeach him, is set to deliver a lecture tonight to what may be a skeptical American audience.
More than 20 East Side businesses have signed up to promote the 3/50 Project, a national grassroots organization that encourages consumers to spend $50 a month at three of their favorite independent retailers, restaurants or other local businesses.
The following summary includes all major incidents reported to the Department of Public Safety between Sept. 2 and Sept. 8. It does not include general service and alarm calls.
An article in Friday's paper ("78 Report ‘Flu-Like Symptoms' this Month," Sept. 18) incorrectly stated that students were tested for the H1N1 virus at a hospital. In fact, tests were administered at the Rhode Island Department of Health on students who were brought to Health Services at Brown. ...
Rhode Island's junior senator took a break from the health care debate on Capitol Hill Friday to learn a little more about where future medical breakthroughs may come from.
Sophia Tintori '09 was once scared of the idea of being a scientist.Perhaps this is why Tintori is contributing to CreatureCast, a blog created this past summer that seeks to make science more accessible to the general public through podcasts and posts.Recently, an animated video produced by Tintori ...
The number of students studying abroad this semester or the last hit the lowest levels in at least a decade, according to data provided by University Registrar Michael Pesta.This fall, just 199 undergraduates are abroad, down from 220 last fall — the fewest for a fall semester since at least 1999, ...
If he wants to successfully pass health care reform, President Obama should move quickly and disregard his economic advisers. So says Professor of Political Science James Morone, author of a recent book on past presidents and their pushes for change.The release of Morone's book — which he co-authored ...
For about one in five students at Brown, one concentration isn't enough. And for a very small minority on campus, even two concentrations don't cut it.About 12 triple concentrators graduated last spring, according to Deputy Dean of the College Stephen Lassonde. He said that number remains relatively ...
Plans are moving forward to establish a self-sufficient school of public health within the University, according to Fox Wetle, associate dean of medicine for public health and public policy.
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An article in Thursday's paper ("A Banner year for registration, despite bumps," Sept. 17) incorrectly stated that 70 percent of Brown courses are capped at 20 or fewer students. In fact, 70 percent of courses have an enrollment of 20 or fewer students, but are not necessarily capped courses. Roughly ...
As the nation's unemployment rate soars, a group of Brown students have come up with a response: start a job search company.
Two lawyers who litigated a landmark 2008 Supreme Court case debated the merits of firearm regulation and the role of the Second Amendment before a packed crowd in Salomon 101 Thursday afternoon.
After being evicted from their camps by city and state officials, a community of Providence homeless people who sought safety in numbers has been left looking for a home before the arrival of winter.
Amid neighborhood skepticism, a final draft of a proposal to allow commercial development in the former Shooters Restaurant property by India Point Park was presented on Tuesday night by the Rhode Island Department of Planning and Development.
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