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Tagged for the Americas, Australia, countries in between, students’ study abroad travel bags must stay home another semester

By Emilija Sagaityte | May 15

As the impact of COVID-19 continues into the summer, the University has canceled its sponsored Fall 2020 study abroad programs for undergraduate students. The difficult decision impacts 142 University students who intended to spend next semester scattered across the globe, according to OIP Director ...

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New Title IX regulations will change how Brown responds to sexual misconduct cases

By Spencer Schultz | May 13

On May 6, the U.S. Department of Education released long-awaited regulations that will change how schools can address complaints of sexual misconduct on college campuses under Title IX. Title IX, a federal law passed in 1972, “prohibits discrimination on the basis of sex in any education program ...

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Brown cancels Fall 2020 study abroad programs

By The Brown Daily Herald | May 12

The University has canceled all of its sponsored undergraduate study abroad programs for Fall 2020 in light of the COVID-19 pandemic’s impact on global health and international travel restrictions. The decision was made “in consultation with Brown’s International Travel Risk and Assessment Committee ...

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Graduating seniors to celebrate commencement in-person next May with class of ’21

By Cate Ryan | May 7

On Sept. 6, 2016, members of the class of 2020 walked through the Van Wickle gates to cheers from faculty, staff, family members and current Brown students as they processed toward the Main Green, where they took in Brown’s 253rd annual convocation. Now, those students will have to wait until May ...

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Phi Beta Kappa elects 110 seniors

By Caroline Nash | May 7

On April 19 and 20, 110 seniors were elected to the University’s Phi Beta Kappa chapter, wrote Chapter Administrator Mary Jo Foley ’75 in an email to The Herald. Phi Beta Kappa is one of the oldest academic honors in the country that recognizes “outstanding academic accomplishment in the course ...

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'Next year may very likely look different': What Brown could look like in three terms

By Livia Gimenes | May 6

While President Christina Paxson P’19 said she is “very cautiously optimistic” that an on-campus experience split into three terms could happen for the coming academic year, the safety of community members and the observance of public health guidelines will remain priorities. At Tuesday’s faculty ...

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Amid COVID-19 crisis, Brown outlines three potential scenarios for coming academic year

By Livia Gimenes | May 6

President Christina Paxson P’19 announced three possible scenarios for the 2020-2021 academic year in light of the COVID-19 coronavirus pandemic at Tuesday’s faculty meeting. The semester could proceed as planned with all students returning to campus in September. But, the University is also ...

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Full-time, regular staff members still working while following public health guidelines

By Caelyn Pender | May 5

As the COVID-19 pandemic continues to affect the livelihoods of millions of Americans, University staff members have had to adapt to changes in their work schedules and responsibilities. So far, the University has not laid off any full-time or regular staff members according to Vice President of Communications ...

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College students offer support for K-12 students in time of crisis

By Jack Walker | May 5

Some University students are taking time out of their own remote education to help younger students as they adjust to learning outside the school building during a pandemic. One tutoring program, “CovEd,” was created by undergraduates at Harvard and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology in ...

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Paxson's NYT op-ed on fall reopening met with mixed reactions from Brown community

By Katie Chen | May 4

President Christina Paxson P’19’s April 26 New York Times op-ed, titled “College Campuses Must Reopen in the Fall. Here’s How We Do It,” has received mixed reactions from University students and faculty. In an interview with The Herald, Paxson explained that the op-ed was intended to “raise ...

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Three-year review releases recommendations to improve Title IX response, awareness

By Henry Dawson | May 4

The Steering Committee on Equity and Diversity’s three-year review, released May 1, recommended new measures to increase awareness and better responses to Title IX and Gender Equity incidents. To help inform the new recommendations, the review evaluated trainings related to the issue, the current ...

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2018-19 Title IX Office report demonstrates increase in reported incidents

By Henry Dawson | May 3

The Office of Title IX and Gender Equity received 12 more reported incidents for the 2018-2019 year compared to the previous year, according to their Annual Outcome report for 2018-2019 released May 1. Between July 1, 2018 and June 30, 2019, the office received 104 allegations of prohibited conduct ...

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R.I. Department of Health data shows people of color are overrepresented in positive test cases for COVID-19

By Corey Gelb-Bicknell | May 1

Data released by the Rhode Island Department of Health revealed that, of the 59 percent of positive test cases where race was reported, Hispanic or Latinx residents comprise 44 percent of positive COVID-19 coronavirus test cases in the state and non-Hispanic Black or African American residents comprise ...

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Brown student files class-action lawsuit against University for tuition, fee refunds

By Olivia George | May 1

Updated 1:20 p.m. May 1, 2020 A Brown student filed a class-action lawsuit against the University demanding a refund for tuition, fees and/or room and board he claims he was unlawfully charged for because the COVID-19 pandemic forced the University to close its campus and cancel in-person classes. The ...

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First-year creates online platform to facilitate undergraduate community work during COVID-19 crisis

By Benjamin Pollard | April 30

Fascinated and concerned by public health crises from a young age, Rhode Island resident and University student Maddie McCarthy ’23 has put her classroom knowledge and interest in medicine into action by creating Community For COVID, a website focused on involving undergraduates with community efforts ...

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OIED releases inaugural Annual Report of Bias

By Kamran King | April 30

The Office of Institutional Equity and Diversity released its inaugural Annual Report of Bias April 27. The report contains figures concerning the 23 reports of bias incidents to OIED from October 2018 to June 2019. It also summarizes the development of Brown’s Bias Reporting System and Bias Review ...

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Brown researchers identify malaria vaccine candidate

By Cate Ryan and Emilija Sagaityte | April 30

A study partially conducted at the University has identified a new vaccine target for malaria with a novel mechanism underlying its ability to confer immunity. Malaria produces a detrimental effect on children in areas most gravely afflicted by the disease — but this vaccine candidate, which has not ...

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CareerLAB aims to offset loss of summer work amid pandemic through BrownConnect Summer Institute

By Henry Dawson | April 28

With the COVID-19 coronavirus pandemic forcing many summer internships and programs across industries to cancel, a new CareerLab program called the Brown Connect Summer Institute will provide free networking, mentorship and industry experience to students. The program, open to any student that completes ...

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In NYT op-ed, Paxson says colleges ‘must reopen in the fall’

By Li Goldstein | April 26

Updated 4:50 p.m. April 26, 2020 In an April 26 op-ed published in the New York Times, President Christina Paxson P’19 detailed the importance of reopening college campuses in the fall, as well as the potential detriment to higher education and the national economy if they remain closed. Paxson ...

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‘While I am sleeping they’re awake, and now, when I wake up, they’re asleep’: For international students at home, remote semester presents unique challenges

By Clara Gutman Argemí | April 24

When Jenny Huang’s ’23 acting class transitioned to remote learning after the University canceled in-person classes and evacuated campus in March, her professor asked students to switch to performing monologues telematically. But for Huang, performing via Zoom from her apartment in Beijing, where ...