This article is the second in a series exploring tenure at Brown and in higher education.
On March 11, former Congressman Adam Kinzinger addressed recent challenges of self-governance faced by America and expressed hope for the future of the country at the annual Alexander Meiklejohn Lecture. The event was hosted by the Taubman Center for American Politics and Policy in the Stephen Robert ...
Brown Taiwan Society hosted its annual Night Market last Saturday, bringing together cultural student organizations and performance clubs for an evening of food and entertainment.
Evan Mandery, an educational equity activist and critic of legacy admissions at elite universities, discussed community engagement and higher education at a Thursday talk hosted by the Class Coordinating Board and Students for Educational Equity.
TEDxBrownU held its ninth annual conference on March 9, exploring the theme “Mirage” in an event featuring five speakers and an a cappella performance by the Chattertocks.
Roughly three dozen tour guides and 150 student supporters picketed on Waterman Street Friday afternoon in support of Janek Schaller ’24, a tour coordinator demoted from his role after making comments on a staff Slack channel.
As part of an ongoing review of a proposal calling on the University to cut financial and social ties with the fossil fuel industry, the Advisory Committee on University Resource Management met on Thursday to discuss the influence of corporate funding on academic freedom.
On Feb. 15, the Association for Asian Studies announced Brown’s Choices Program curriculum “The Vietnam War: Origins, History and Legacies” as the 2024 winner of its Franklin R. Buchanan Prize for Curricular Materials.
During its monthly meeting on Wednesday, the Graduate Student Council voted to add two new positions — Chair of Education and Chair of Diversity, Equity and Inclusion — to its Executive Board.
Lisa Raiola ’84 opened Hope & Main in 2014 to serve as a business food “incubator” and to support aspiring culinary entrepreneurs. A hub for culinary creativity, the Warren-based nonprofit has served as an important resource for Rhode Islanders seeking to break into the food industry. After ...
If you skip TAPS 1280W: “Native American Indigenous Theatre Performance,” your instructor will definitely notice.
For months, residents of College Hill have been buzzing with excitement over the announcement of Brown Bee Coffee — a new cafe and bakery set to open at 404 Benefit St..
The Mellon Foundation granted Assistant Professor of Classics Sasha-Mae Eccleston ’06 and Princeton Associate Professor Dan-el Padilla Peralta $1 million to establish a fellowship program to diversify and reimagine the Classics through a racial lens.
Earlier this year, the University announced that it would transition to need-blind admissions for international students starting with the class of 2029, becoming the eighth university in the United States to adopt the policy. The University has practiced need-blind admissions for domestic applicants ...
On March 2, roughly 200 people gathered with the Rhode Island Poor People’s Campaign “to launch a 40-week effort to mobilize poor and low-wage voters in Rhode Island,” and to “demand legislators take immediate action to end the crisis of death by poverty in the United States,” according to ...
Historian Dominic Erdozain discussed the politics, culture and laws surrounding guns in the United States at a Wednesday talk for his book “One Nation Under Guns.”
On Feb. 21, Rhode Island Commerce launched “All That,” a new statewide tourism marketing campaign which aims to drive revenue into the Ocean State.
RIPTA currently stands on the edge of a $40 million fiscal cliff set to tip over in July 2025 if the agency does not receive adequate funding. The transit organization, which is also facing a driver shortage, is considering service changes that would affect 33 routes, in many cases cutting and ...
At Tuesday’s faculty meeting, President Paxson P’19 P’MD’20 reaffirmed the University’s plans to pursue charges against the 41 Brown students who were arrested in a Dec. 11 sit-in. The students demanded Paxson to call for a ceasefire in the ongoing Israel-Palestine war and support divestment ...
The Labor Organization of Community Coordinators began their first contract bargaining session with the University on Feb.16.
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