Niyanta Nepal ’25, who will become the next president of the Undergraduate Council of Students after receiving 63% of 1,408 votes in the Student Government Association elections last month, made “divestment from apartheid” and increasing student input in University policies centerpieces of ...
On Jan. 17, lawyers representing two New Jersey and Rhode Island fisheries — Loper Bright Enterprises and Relentless Inc. — petitioned the Supreme Court to overturn observer fee policies set forward by the National Marine Fishery Service to reduce overfishing.
The Global Brown Center hosted its annual International Festival in collaboration with Brown Cooking Club on Saturday afternoon. Held on the Main Green, the event featured 15 booths run by student groups, as well as live music and performances.
On April 7, the Rhode Island Senate Judiciary Committee voted to hold bill S2779, which would amend the state constitution by removing a policy that requires residents to register to vote a minimum of 30 days before a state election.
In March, HousingWorks RI at Roger Williams University released an issue brief promoting Rhode Island mobile home parks as healthy and affordable. The brief also recommended cooperative resident ownership — a model in which residents retain collective, long-term and perpetually renewable leases ...
Retired admiral Phillip Davidson portrayed China as a rising threat to regional stability at a Watson Institute discussion titled “Opportunities and Challenges in the Indo-Pacific” on Thursday afternoon. Davidson, who served as a naval officer for 39 years before his retirement in May 2021, headed ...
Approximately 60 students gathered outside of the Brown-RISD Hillel on Wednesday evening to protest an event hosted by Brown Students for Israel featuring a conversation with Yuval Klein, a search and rescue and intelligence officer for the Israeli Defense Forces.
Since March, the city has considered temporarily closing the South Water Street bike lane to alleviate traffic congestion from the Washington Bridge closure. On April 3, the City formally unveiled the bike lane removal proposal alongside other traffic mitigation plans.
President Christina Paxson P’19 P’MD’20 awarded five faculty members with the President’s Award for Excellence in Faculty Governance at the monthly faculty meeting on April 2.
Misinformation experts discussed social media, algorithms and artificial intelligence at a Tuesday panel hosted by The Information Futures Lab.
Students flooded onto the Main Green as 2:15 p.m. approached and Rhode Island’s partial solar eclipse began.
Three Brown students were named Barry Goldwater Scholars, an award intended to support college sophomores and juniors with promising futures as researchers in the sciences, mathematics and engineering. Awardees receive a scholarship of $7,500 per year.
In the Fox Point neighborhood lies a special spot for vegans and ice cream enthusiasts alike. But while gearing up for the 2024 season, the vegan ice cream shop Like No Udder found itself facing property challenges.
At 10:23 a.m. Friday, a magnitude 4.8 earthquake struck near Whitehouse Station, New Jersey, about 40 miles west of New York City. The quake sent tremors throughout the northeastern United States, with numerous reports of shaking in Rhode Island, including on Brown’s campus.
This article is part of an Earth Month series exploring environmental issues, climate initiatives and community stakeholders throughout Providence and Rhode Island.
Last week, the Undergraduate Council of Students collaborated with the Swearer Center to host the inaugural Community Engagement Festival, which was aimed at making “service more available and accessible to students at Brown while also promoting ethical community engagement,” according to UCS Community ...
Students, on-campus labor organizers and regional labor union representatives convened on Saturday for the Student Labor Alliance’s second annual State of the Unions meeting.
At its monthly general body meeting this Wednesday, the Graduate Student Council selected Nadia Tsado GS and Deanna Stueber ScM ’18 GS to deliver speeches on behalf of master’s and PhD students, respectively, at their commencement ceremonies on May 25 and 26.
Following last week’s regular decision admissions release, The Herald spoke with students of Brown’s incoming class of 2028 to hear their reactions to joining the next cohort of Brunonians.
As of Thursday, undergraduates have 847 course options to choose from for the upcoming fall 2024 semester, according to Courses@Brown. With so many options, how do you know you haven’t overlooked the perfect course?
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