Kent Kleinman appointed Brown Arts Institute faculty director

By Emily Faulhaber | May 12

Kent Kleinman, provost of the Rhode Island School of Design, was appointed faculty director of the Brown Arts Institute, according to an April 27 press release. Kleinman will begin his new position July 15 and will also serve as a professor of the practice in the Department of History of Art and ...

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Following student boycott, Graduate Center Bar announces changes to diversity, inclusion policies

By Kaitlyn Torres | May 7

In response to an April 7 incident in which an employee at the Graduate Center Bar told Okezie Okoro ’22 to leave the premises following a disagreement with an employee, the GCB announced updates to its diversity and inclusion policies, including the addition of bar cameras, the implementation ...

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U. to introduce virtual Brown ID, mobile ordering in dining halls by start of fall semester

By Will Kubzansky | May 5

University community members will gain access to a virtual version of their Brown IDs by next fall that allows them to pay with meal credits, points or Bear Bucks at dining halls. They will also have access to recreational facilities and the Brown Shuttle, without needing their physical IDs, according ...

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Faculty vote in favor of establishing new Center for Philosophy, Politics and Economics

By Alex Nadirashvili | May 5

Members of the University's faculty and administration voted in favor of establishing a Center for Philosophy, Politics and Economics effective July 1 at the final formal faculty meeting of the academic year Tuesday. The motion to establish the center passed with a 55% majority. 

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Ricky Zhong ’23 elected UCS president in runoff election

By Kathy Wang | April 27

Ricky Zhong ’23, current UCS chair of student activities, was elected the 2022-23 academic year president of the Undergraduate Council of Students in a runoff election that took place over Tuesday and Wednesday, announced UCS President Summer Dai ’22 and Vice President Sam Caplan ’22 in an ...