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Providence’s Eat, Play, Learn youth summer programming back for 2024
By Ciara Meyer | May 1Mayor Brett Smiley announced the return of Eat, Play, Learn for this summer.
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In Photos: Seven-day Main Green encampment for divestment comes to an end
By Dana Richie | May 1On Tuesday afternoon, students began to pack away their tents and supplies, disassembling a seven-day encampment for divestment that drew over 100 protestors.
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Live updates: Corporation to vote on divestment, encampment to end
By Owen Dahlkamp, Anisha Kumar, Ryan Doherty, Tom Li, Avani Ghosh and Dana Richie | April 30Live coverage of this topic has ended. To learn more, read our coverage of the agreement between the University and student protesters here.
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Brown University encampment ends, Corp to vote on divestment from Israel in Oct
By Owen Dahlkamp, Anisha Kumar, Ryan Doherty, Tom Li and Avani Ghosh | April 30The Corporation, Brown’s highest governing body, will vote on divestment from companies affiliated with Israel at its October meeting following an agreement between encampment organizers and University administrators this afternoon. Organizers announced the agreement at a rally.
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Three Brown University academics elected to American Academy of Arts and Sciences
By Ryan Doherty | April 29On Wednesday, the American Academy of Arts and Sciences announced 250 new members for 2024, including three Brown University academics: Provost Francis Doyle, Professor of Sociology Prudence Carter, and Professor of Earth, Environmental and Planetary Sciences Greg Hirth.
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City Council members urge Solicitor to drop charges against 41 arrested students
By Ryan Doherty, Tom Li and Avani Ghosh | April 29A letter by three City Council members — published Monday on Instagram and dated April 18 — urged the Solicitor's office to drop the charges against the 41 students arrested during a Dec. 11 sit-in at University Hall.
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Brown University agrees to hear divestment proposal if encampment is cleared
By Owen Dahlkamp and Ryan Doherty | April 29Brown University has agreed to hear a divestment proposal in May, according to a letter sent by President Christina Paxson P’19 P’MD’20 to encampment demonstrators at around 11:00 a.m. This requires the current encampment to be disbanded and no further unauthorized protest.
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NY Representatives introduce COLUMBIA Act to monitor antisemitism at universities
By Ryan Doherty | April 27On Friday, Reps. Mike Lawler (NY-17) and Ritchie Torres (NY-15) introduced a bill to monitor antisemitism on college campuses, named the College Oversight and Legal Updates Mandating Bias Investigations and Accountability Act, or COLUMBIA act.
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Students affiliated with encampment receive disciplinary letter from University
By Owen Dahlkamp | April 27On Saturday morning, some students affiliated with the encampment received a disciplinary email from the Office of Student Conduct and Community Standards alleging that the students have violated five specific statutes in the Student Code of Conduct.
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US Rep. Deborah Ross ’85 talks personal journey, current political landscape
By Zach Robel | April 26U.S. Representative Deborah Ross ’85 (D-N.C. 2) visited the Watson Institute on Thursday to discuss the 118th Congress.
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Community members, housing advocates react to McKee’s budget amendment
By Mikayla Kennedy | April 26At a Tuesday press conference, advocates and community members discussed homelessness in Rhode Island and Gov. Dan McKee’s budget amendment, which provides an estimated $31 million for housing navigation, housing production, stabilization services, housing subsidies and homelessness prevention.
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Jewish Voice for Peace R.I. pickets Senator Reed’s office
By Stella Chen and Ciara Meyer | April 26About 40 protesters from Jewish Voice for Peace Rhode Island gathered in front of Senator Jack Reed’s (D-R.I.) Providence office at 8 a.m. Thursday to demand that he call for a ceasefire in Gaza, stop supporting military aid for Israel and restore funding for humanitarian aid organizations like the ...
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The Womxn Project Education Fund launches ‘Empowered to Advocate Series’
By Megan Chan | April 26For Jocelyn Foye, executive director of The Womxn Project, “Artivism” is more than an specific installation or project — it is an ever-growing conversation. Foye wields her background as a former lecturer of design and sculpture at Southern New Hampshire University to bond “public art with public ...
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Community members, experts talk vehicle noise during forum at SPH
By Ciara Meyer | April 26On Wednesday night, community members, academics and politicians gathered at the School of Public Health to discuss vehicle noise in Providence.
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Brown Department of Sociology to host W.E.B. Du Bois Conference this May
By Sophia Wotman | April 26Next month, students and scholars will gather on campus to discuss social justice, inequality and activism at a conference celebrating W.E.B Du Bois, a prominent African-American scholar and founder of the NAACP.
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First-year students reflect on experiences with Meiklejohn Peer Advisors
By Leah Koritz | April 26When first-years at Brown move onto campus, some of the first people they meet are their Meiklejohn Peer Advisors.
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Driving R.I. toward electrification: A look inside the state’s electric vehicle projects
By Irene Zhao | April 26This article is part of an Earth Month series exploring environmental issues, climate initiatives and community stakeholders throughout Providence and Rhode Island.
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Jewish students express diverse views on encampment, protests
By Owen Dahlkamp | April 25As pro-Palestinian encampments continue to proliferate on college campuses around the country, Jewish students have found themselves in a unique spotlight. Some have participated in these demonstrations. Others have publicly renounced them. But many have more nuanced views that lie somewhere in the ...
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GLO pickets around encampment, protests Brown’s response to pro-Palestinian activism
By Ethan Schenker | April 25At the encampment on the Main Green Thursday afternoon, graduate student workers rallied at a demonstration organized by the Graduate Labor Organization to protest recent updates to Brown’s communications around activism.
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Encampment day two: Number of participating students rises to 105
By Owen Dahlkamp, Ryan Doherty and Avani Ghosh | April 25The number of students participating in the encampment, which is now on its second day, has risen to over 100. As of 9 a.m., there were about 45 tents on the Main Green.
