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Most students support randomized COVID-19 testing, technology-enabled contact tracing for 2020-21 academic year

By Kayla Guo | June 21

Most University undergraduate students expressed strong support for randomized COVID-19 testing and technology-enabled contact tracing in any on-campus scenarios for the upcoming academic year, according to the results of the Undergraduate Student Preferences Survey on 2020-21 Academic Year Scenarios. Sent ...

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Providence youth lead Juneteenth rally, draw over 1,000 participants

By Sophie Culpepper | June 20

The march to the Rhode Island State House was loud. The eight minutes and 46 seconds spent sitting on the State House steps were almost silent. To recognize the 155th anniversary of Juneteenth, more than 1,000 protestors took part in a youth-led and organized rally in Providence Friday afternoon. Protestors ...

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Starting at the microscopic level: COVID-19 researchers at Brown combat viral proteins

By Emilija Sagaityte | June 17

With the assistance of the COVID-19 Research Seed Fund awards, several projects are diving in to investigate COVID-19 on the microscopic, molecular level. How pharmaceuticals impact COVID-19 Members of the Brown Experimentalists Against COVID-19 research group, dubbed the BEACON group and led by principal ...

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RISD will re-open campus in de-densified model for Fall 2020

By Livia Gimenes | June 16

Updated 11:45 a.m., June 17, 2020 The Rhode Island School of Design plans to open its campus for Fall 2020 in a “de-densified” model, according to a community-wide email sent by RISD President Rosanne Somerson Monday afternoon. Core studio and shop-based classes will be held in person while ...

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'Racism is a public health issue': Medical workers unite to support Black Lives Matter

By Olivia George | June 15

In the shadow of Hasbro Children’s Hospital, Chief Pediatrics Resident Alexis Thompson bowed her head in silence. She was motionless, surrounded by dozens of colleagues, clad in their white jackets, blue-green uniforms and face masks. Together, they knelt for eight minutes and 46 seconds — the ...

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Paxson and Hayes detail initial decision-making process behind Excellence in Brown Athletics Initiative

By Ryan Handel | June 14

After the University announced last month that it would transition 11 varsity sports teams to club status and promote club co-ed sailing and women’s sailing to varsity, an outpouring of support flooded in for the demoted teams. President Christina Paxson P’19 addressed some of these concerns in ...

Sports

Demoted student-athletes weigh transfer option

By Will Kubzansky | June 11

Two weeks after losing their varsity status, over 100 former student-athletes now face a once-unfathomable choice: stay at Brown or continue their athletic careers at a different institution. President Christina Paxson P’19 announced June 9 that the men’s track, field and cross country teams would ...

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Predicting hundreds of millions in upcoming pandemic expenses, Brown Corporation approves base budget for FY 2021

By Daniel Goldberg | June 11

The Corporation, the University’s highest governing body, voted to approve a $1.3 billion base budget for the 2021 fiscal year during its May meeting, but this budget may be revised once the format of the fall semester is decided. Expenses and potential losses Because the budget was drafted from ...

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Men’s Track & Field, Cross Country athletes, alums react to reinstatement

By Amelia Spalter | June 10

On Tuesday evening, President Christina Paxson P’19 released a statement reversing a May 28 decision to eliminate the Men’s Track and Field and Cross Country teams as part of the University’s Excellence in Brown Athletics Initiative, which demoted 11 varsity teams to club status. While many ...

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Brown Research Seed Fund fuels ongoing research on COVID-19

By Emilija Sagaityte | June 10

The University distributed $350,000 in research funds through the COVID-19 Seed Awards this April to faculty carrying out experiments on the virus and its societal impact. The 15 diverse projects, selected from about 50 applicants, range from the sciences and medicine, to engineering, public health ...

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Community organizations at Brown take a stand for George Floyd

By Corey Gelb-Bicknell | June 8

As students continue to take to the streets to protest George Floyd’s death two weeks ago at the hands of a white police officer, University community organizations and members have chosen to speak out and urge action in support of the movement against systemic racism and police brutality. “Statements ...

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'The only people who were aggressive were the people who were here to protect us': In Providence, community members reflect on protests

By Henry Dawson | June 7

When the police arrived on Westminster Street between late on the evening of June 1 and early in the morning of June 2, Assistant Professor of Economics Teddy Mekonnen was standing alongside his neighbor. Mekonnen, who is Black, lives above Gabriela-Milene Wilson's shop. Wilson, who is of Cape Verdean ...

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After 13 months of bargaining, graduate students, Brown reach tentative agreement

By Kamran King | June 6

Stand Up for Graduate Student Employees, the University and the American Federation of Teachers — SUGSE’s union affiliate — reached a tentative three-year agreement for a union contract, Provost Richard Locke P’18 and Dean of the Graduate School Andrew Campbell announced in a community-wide ...

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Paxson addresses criticism of decision to demote 11 varsity sports

By Li Goldstein | June 6

President Christina Paxson P’19 addressed circulating concerns regarding the recent demotion of 11 varsity teams to club status in a community-wide email Saturday, offering greater detail about how the decision was made and the motivation behind it. The email follows an outpouring of criticism ...

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Paxson testifies on reopening college campuses safely before U.S. Senate Committee

By Kayla Guo | June 6

In testimony before the United States Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee Thursday morning, President Christina Paxson P’19 outlined essential aspects of any plan to safely reopen college campuses in the fall in light of the ongoing coronavirus pandemic. During the full committee ...

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As Brown students await fall 2020 decision, class pre-registration postponed

By Livia Gimenes | June 4

The University announced on Wednesday that pre-registration for Fall 2020 for both undergraduates and graduate students has been postponed to early August, allowing students to register after President Christina Paxson P'19 has made a decision about how the next academic year will move forward. The ...

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COVID-19 reshapes students’ summer plans

By Aubrey Li | June 4

Earlier this year, Ryan Silverman ’23 had planned to spend his summer conducting research supported by his Undergraduate and Teaching Research Award. But due to restrictions posed by COVID-19, his research project in a bioelectronic lab quickly became infeasible. Instead, following the cancellation ...

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Demoted varsity athletes petition Brown for reinstatement

By Li Goldstein | June 4

In response to the University’s recent announcement that 11 varsity teams would be demoted to the club level as part of a new Excellence in Brown Athletics initiative, student athletes have mobilized to organize their teammates, peers, parents and alumni networks to petition for more answers — and ...

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'This country is leaving me pretty lost for words': Students from Brown participate in, support George Floyd protests

By Clara Gutman Argemí | June 3

As protests against anti-Black police brutality have swelled across the country after George Floyd was killed by a white police officer on May 25, many University students from St. Paul, Minnesota to Atlanta, Georgia are among the tens of thousands taking action. The demonstrations, beyond calling ...

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Seniors bid farewell to an empty College Hill

By Will Kubzansky | May 30

During the Spring Weekend that never was, Jordana Siegel ’20 found herself drawn to the Main Green. With a group of friends, Siegel walked the Green and played the music of Spring Weekend artists past. Siegel is one of many seniors who opted to stay in Providence — either by choice or necessity ...