Professor of Anthropology and Gender Studies Sarah William discussed reproductive healthcare and midwifery on the Yucatán peninsula of Mexico in a Sept. 24 lecture titled “Always Already Vanishing: Midwifery, Indigeneity, and the Mexican State.”
Dr. Zeynep Tufekci, a sociologist who emerged as one of academia’s most prominent voices during the COVID-19 pandemic, joined Dr. Ashish Jha, dean of the University’s School of Public Health, in a virtual conversation Wednesday afternoon.
Following the Sept. 13 halt of all in-person dining due to an uptick in COVID-19 cases at Brown, community members have noted excessive amounts of food waste and trash piling up outside major dining halls across campus.
In a Thursday evening conversation at the Watson Institute for International and Public Affairs, Jeff Shesol ’91 discussed his new book, “Mercury Rising: John Glenn, John Kennedy, and the New Battleground of the Cold War,” which discusses the space race and its ties to the Cold War in relation ...
National Hispanic Heritage Month falls between Sept. 15 and Oct. 15 and celebrates the achievements, contributions and various cultures of Hispanic Americans in the United States.
After years of leading, teaching, listening and advising, Dean Gail Cohee is set to retire from her position of as director of the Sarah Doyle Center for Women and Gender come December.
As several million Americans protested for Black Lives Matter in June 2020, organizations, companies and schools alike published messages to show their support of the movement and set forth initiatives to combat racial injustices.
In recognition of the International Day for the Remembrance of the Slave Trade and its Abolition, local non-profit The Womxn Project held a three-part light projection public art series titled “Illuminating the Legacy of Slavery in Rhode Island.”
The University will reopen indoor dining Friday following a drop in COVID-19 cases among students, after temporarily moving to take-out only dining in response to a spike, according to a Wednesday evening email from Russell Carey ’91 MA’06, executive vice president for planning and policy. ...
The Undergraduate Council of Students held internal elections for the positions of Undergraduate Finance Board first-year representative, UFB-UCS liaison, UFB at-large representative and UCS transfer and resumed undergraduate education affairs representative at its first general body meeting of the ...
Between 2017 and 2019, the Jabberwocks a cappella group wrote comments on the back of audition cards that mocked auditionee’s accents and races, sexualized appearances and made fun of singing abilities. These cards were revealed alongside a 2006 quote book and a personal notebook belonging to one ...
As the sun descended on College Hill Tuesday, Sep. 21, students of Asian heritage celebrated the Mid-Autumn Festival, or Moon Festival, by gathering on the Main Green for mooncakes and community.
In addition to worrying about his senior seminars and thesis, Leonardo Moraveg ’22 faced an additional stressor at the start of this year — mealtimes. Moraveg, who spoke with The Herald Sept. 14, deliberately pushed his meals hours later than normal to avoid what he called the “record-breaking ...
Ray Rickman never thought he would run for office again after a decades-long career in Rhode Island politics. But in August, the former state representative and civil rights veteran tossed his hat in the ring once more and announced his candidacy in Rhode Island’s District 3 State Senate primary. ...
When John Tomasi, professor of natural theology and political science and founder of Brown’s Political Theory Project, first visited the University where his now-wife was getting her master’s degree in fall 1989, he was struck by the pockets of students sprawled on the campus’s greens.
The Watson Institute hosted Juliette Kayyem for a discussion on climate change and disaster management Monday evening.
The University reported 61 positive COVID-19 tests from Sept. 12 to Sept. 18 through the asymptomatic testing program as of Sunday night, according to the Healthy Brown COVID-19 Dashboard. The positive cases are primarily among undergraduate students, according to Executive Vice President for Planning ...
The sound of drumbeats and sirens rang through the air as hundreds of people descended upon Smith Street for the Providence St. Patrick’s Day Parade on Sept. 18.The parade, which usually takes place on St. Patrick’s Day on March 17, was canceled earlier this year due to COVID-19 concerns. Instead, ...
The University offered its first in-person campus tours since March 2020 last week, bringing back a staple of the college process and marking another step toward the Office of Admission’s return to normalcy.Tours look different than they did in March 2020, mostly due to health and safety requirements ...
Nearly two weeks into the semester, Jo Kavishe ’25 has no clue how to get to her classes, and for good reason — she’s never attended them in person. Kavishe tested positive for COVID-19 Sept. 7, the day before classes began. As of press time, she had never stepped foot in a college lecture hall. Since ...
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