The University plans to pay $620,000 distributed among more than 100 student Dining Services workers and their lawyers to settle a class action lawsuit over disputed pay. The preliminary approval of the settlement was filed Oct. 2 in the U.S. District Court for the District of Rhode Island. The student ...
More than Sunday brunches in the Sharpe Refectory or the aroma of muffins in the Blue Room, Brown students love their dining experiences because of Gail McCarthy. After 17 years at the University, the Brown Dining Services cashier has developed a cult-like following among students, who look forward ...
On Sept. 27, the first Rhode Island location of CBD American Shaman opened its doors for business, offering samples of their various CBD products to passersby. This general wellness franchise provides products to alleviate anxiety, aches and pains, according to Janice Schmidt and her husband Rob Schmidt, ...
“Solidarity forever, solidarity forever, solidarity forever, the Union makes us strong,” graduate students sang in support of unionization at the steps of the Stephen Robert ’62 Campus Center. Grad students and community members participated in a rally midday Thursday, many donning blue “Union ...
Yesterday, a group of students gathered at tables in the Kim Koo Library to hear Nimita Uberoi ’15 share her belief in the importance of critical thinking and personal values. Uberoi, an international affairs senior associate at the Obama Foundation, was the first speaker this year for the Watson ...
Since over 1000 people participated in Providence’s climate strike two weeks ago, local organizers said they have seen more students mobilize for climate justice. But some organizers expressed fear that students on campus might be too complacent and insulated to organize consistently for the future. Turnout ...
Since 2016, the Plavicki lab has explored the ways that environmental contaminants, which are chemical stressors, affect the brain and heart development of zebrafish. Along with a team of three undergraduate students, three graduate students, two postdoctoral fellows and a research assistant, Assistant ...
Student coalition Save Brown University Dining Services presented to the Undergraduate Council of Students at the Council’s general body meeting Wednesday evening. Save BuDS aims to increase the number of student workers in dining halls and promote transparency between Brown Dining Services and BuDS. ...
The Graduate Student Council announced at its meeting Wednesday evening that they invited two speakers to campus to give talks later this month. Marie Solange Lopes, a teaching fellow at Stonehill College and founder of blog “The Corporate Sister,” will speak to grad students about personal finance ...
The University suspended Sigma Chi for five years Sept. 6 after an investigation found the fraternity guilty of hazing and alcohol violations that endangered students. The investigation, which launched in March, also found the fraternity responsible for misrepresenting information and violating University ...
When students returned to the University in September, many moved into dorm rooms alongside unconventional roommates: pests. Facilities Management received 53 calls about pest control in September alone, an unusually high number, according to Vice President of Facilities Management Michael Guglielmo. ...
A new report commissioned by the University and written by the Stockholm Environment Institute shows that Rhode Island’s greenhouse gas emissions are significantly worse than previously thought — suggesting, according to researchers, that Rhode Island must expedite its transition away from natural ...
In the height of the Cold War, a CIA agent named Sidney Gottlieb worked quietly to weaponize mind control against Soviet Russia. The story of Gottlieb and his mission to “find the best ways to destroy a human mind” was chronicled by Stephen Kinzer, senior fellow in international and public affairs, ...
As the 2020 elections loom large on campus, students have begun to form groups around presidential candidates to increase student support. Currently, groups have formed in support of Pete Buttigieg, mayor of South Bend, Indiana, Vermont Senator Bernie Sanders (I — VT), Massachusetts Senator Elizabeth ...
Faculty approved a new five-year Concurrent Baccalaureate/Masters in the Art of Teaching program in a vote at yesterday’s faculty meeting. Professor Tracy Steffes, chair of the University’s Department of Education, presented the program as a motion to amend the Faculty Rules that will be put into ...
Following weeks of heated discussion over the search for a new director of the Brown Center for Students of Color, Assistant Vice President for Campus Life Nicole Truesdell paused the hiring process Tuesday. That same day, Truesdell named Charrise Barron, a presidential diversity postdoctoral fellow, ...
A federal judge ruled in favor of Harvard’s race-conscious admission policy yesterday, temporarily ending a court challenge to the practice. Harvard was accused of discriminating against Asian-American applicants in a lawsuit brought by Students for Fair Admissions, a conservative group that aims ...
Low voting rates among young people have been a hallmark of American elections for decades, with particularly disappointing results in midterm years — but the tides may be turning. Voting participation among Brown students increased threefold between the 2014 and 2018 midterm elections, according ...
E-scooters returned to Providence yesterday as Spin deployed the devices throughout the city. The company will launch 100 scooters in Providence this week and then scale up to 300 over the next month, a Spin spokesperson said in an email to the Herald. During Spin’s first week in Providence, its scooters ...
When a person takes an antibiotic, which is intended to kill bacteria in the human body, the medicine can also wreak havoc on healthy bacteria inside the stomach. A recent study by Peter Belenky, an assistant professor of molecular microbiology and immunology at the University, found a link between ...
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