Lumina, a new winter festival sponsored by Downtown Providence Park Network, held its opening ceremony on Jan. 19. Open until Feb. 20, the festival features unique art installations, family-friendly events and panel discussions on recreational development.
The Office for Civil Rights at the U.S. Department of Education opened a Title VI Shared Ancestry investigation into Brown on Jan. 9, according to the OCR’s website. The investigation follows a complaint filed by Zachary Marschall, editor-in-chief of conservative campus news site Campus Reform, which ...
Mattie Ji ’24 was recognized last November as the runner-up for the Alice T. Schafer Prize for Excellence in Mathematics by the Association of Women in Mathematics, an organization dedicated to fostering an inclusive and diverse community for women and girls to “thrive in their mathematical endeavors,” ...
Twenty of the 41 students arrested at a Dec. 11 University Hall sit-in for divestment and ceasefire were arraigned at 9 a.m. Monday. The students pleaded not guilty to “willful trespassing within school buildings” and received a pretrial conference date of March 5.
During the Brown Corporation’s meetings held last week, members of the University’s highest governing body approved a 4.75% tuition increase and a 4.5% salary pool increase. President Christina Paxson P’19 P’MD’20 wrote in her summary that members felt “moved” by student protests for divestment. ...
Members of the Brown Divest Coalition confronted President Christina Paxson P’19 P’MD’20 on her response to protesters’ calls for divestment at a Monday meeting of the Brown University Community Council attended by roughly 40 community members.
Fans of the popular cafe and teahouse Ceremony are in luck: a second location is set to open within months on South Main Street.
Mike Zamore ’93 — the former chief of staff for U.S. Senator Jeff Merkley (D-Oregon) — returned to Brown Feb. 12 to discuss the book he co-authored with Merkley, “Filibustered! How to Fix the Broken Senate and Save America,” at an event hosted by the Watson Institute for International and ...
The University canceled in-person classes and closed all non-essential administrative and academic offices Feb. 13 due to severe winter conditions, according to an email from Russell Carey, the executive vice president for planning and policy. Classes “may be held remotely at the discretion of the ...
On Feb. 1, Esther Jones was announced as the inaugural associate dean of faculty development — a new role within the Office of the Dean of the Faculty — according to an email from Dean of Faculty Leah VanWey, which was shared with The Herald.
An unidentified person emailed violent threats to Brown-RISD Hillel leaders at 3 a.m. this morning, according to Rabbi Josh Bolton, the executive director of the center, and a community-wide email sent by the Department of Public Safety. Police searches found “no imminent threat” within Hillel’s ...
The court arraignments for the 41 students arrested after a Dec. 11 sit-in will take place on Feb. 12 and Feb. 14 at the Providence 6th Division District Court.
A letter-writing campaign organized by the Graduate Labor Organization’s Palestinian Solidarity Caucus has sent roughly 14,000 letters to the University as of February.
Rhode Island will allocate $12 million in grants to support climate resiliency projects in 19 communities in the Municipal Resilience Program, according to a Jan. 25 press release from Governor Dan McKee and the Rhode Island Infrastructure Bank.
At 5:13 p.m. Friday, 17 demonstrators ate dates to break their weeklong hunger strike.
The 17 students who remained on hunger strike in support of divestment concluded their now eight-day refusal to eat at 5 p.m. Feb. 9 at the Stephen Robert ’62 Campus Center, along with around 200 other students who joined a 32-hour solidarity fast.
At 8 a.m. Friday, a group of around 150 protesting students — including the 17 students currently participating in a hunger strike — surrounded the Faculty Club building on Benevolent Street to urge the Corporation — the University’s highest governing body — to hear the Brown Divestment Coalition’s ...
In a Jan. 18 Today@Brown announcement, President Christina Paxson P’19 P’MD’20 introduced Brown 2026 — a faculty-led initiative celebrating the 250th anniversary of the United States’ independence. The milestone presents an “opportunity for critical inquiry and reflection on the values and ...
At a Wednesday night meeting, the Graduate Student Council voted to increase its funding for GSC recognized groups from $500 per semester to $650. After a club funding request is approved, the money can be used for any of their events and initiatives throughout the semester, explained GSC President ...
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