With four years under her belt, President Christina Paxson P’19 has faced a great deal in her short time at Brown. From student protests regarding the Diversity Inclusion Action Plan to the cancellation of Janet Mock’s lecture last semester, Paxson must regularly navigate incidents on campus that ...
Nearly one-third of undergraduates indicated that college rankings were a strong factor in their decision to attend Brown in The Herald’s 2016 fall undergraduate poll. Yet the Admission Office does not coordinate any specific initiatives to boost its rankings in the various lists, said Dean of Admission ...
The women’s ski team is once again facing the possibility of losing its varsity status and also finds itself without a head coach as the start of its winter season draws near. Former Head Coach Michael LeBlanc — recognizing that the team would likely lose varsity status after the 2016-2017 season ...
Following a $3.5 million pledge by Elie Hirschfeld ’71 P’06 P’16 P’20 and his wife Sarah Hirschfeld for its renovation and maintenance, the Judaic Studies Building at 163 George Street has been renamed Hirschfeld House. The 108-year-old building is in need of renovation and expansion for office ...
Jean Wyllys, Brazil’s first openly gay congressperson, spoke Monday night at the Watson Institute for International and Public Affairs about the process of democracy, detailing four scenarios of democracy and applying them to the current political climate in Brazil in order to address the country’s ...
Though the SAT may be a distant memory for some college students, it continues to play a significant role in college admission as high school students aim to gain entrance to their dream colleges. According to The Herald’s fall 2016 undergraduate poll, physical science concentrators tend to have higher ...
Beside Kennedy Plaza lies a park with a half-sunken boat jutting out of the struggling grass. Burnside Park, otherwise known as People’s Park, is a local meeting place for Providence’s community of individuals experiencing homelessness, which totals about 4,000, according to the Rhode Island Coalition ...
The Data Science Initiative, a new interdisciplinary program, will offer a one-year master’s degree, hire 10 new faculty members and expand the number of undergraduate classes offered in data science. The program will bring together the departments of mathematics, applied math, biostatistics and computer ...
According to The Herald’s 2016 fall undergraduate poll, nearly 5 percent of respondents indicated that they will be voting for third-party candidates come Election Day. About 58 percent of these students indicated that they would vote for Gary Johnson of the Libertarian Party, while 42 percent indicated ...
For many students, speaking up in class can prove an uncomfortable task, despite the fact that most classes at Brown — and nearly all that have section requirements — factor participation into final grades. According to The Herald’s 2016 fall poll data, just over 14 percent of students responded ...
A fire broke out at an off-campus home with eight residents on Waterman Street around 11 p.m. Tuesday, according to ABC News. None of the house’s residents were harmed, NBC News reported. Police said three of the occupants of the house are Brown students, and one of the eight attends the University ...
‘Not your language’ A student at Suffolk University in Boston was accused of copying parts of an assigned literature review, prompting her to write a blog post on microaggressions that went viral, according to the Chronicle of Higher Education. When the student, Tiffany Martinez, was called to the ...
This fall, two Syrian scholars selected through the University’s program to host displaced scholars and students began graduate programs at Brown. Khaled Almilaji GS is seeking a master’s in public health, and Diana Kasem GS is pursuing a master’s in modern culture and media. The two join Tarek ...
Police departments nationwide have come under fire in recent years for failing to represent the communities they police and engage with those communities in an effective, positive manner. Amid these trends, the Department of Public Safety has attempted to improve its own commitment to diversity with ...
New research conducted by Professor of Sociology John Logan demonstrates that cities across the United States are becoming more integrated. The study, published in the journal Demography as “Global Neighborhoods: Beyond the Multiethnic Metropolis,” tracked populations in 342 metropolitan regions ...
With only a week until election day, many students have made their decisions as to whom they would like to see as president. An overwhelming majority — 85 percent — of undergraduate students surveyed in this semester’s Herald poll indicated that they would vote for Democratic presidential nominee ...
Tiffany Chen ’18 has been named one of 11 Changemaker Fellows in the state of Rhode Island, becoming Brown’s representative in the statewide government-funded initiative. The Changemaker Fellowship, coordinated by Social Enterprise Greenhouse, connects students from Rhode Island’s 11 universities ...
A2Z Drone Delivery, created by Jacob Dyer ’19 and Aaron Zhang ’17, launched this semester. The project began when Zhang interned in China with Da-Jiang Innovations, the world’s largest drone manufacturer, over the summer. After his internship, Zhang wondered how he could continue working with ...
During their meeting this weekend, members of the Corporation, the University’s highest governing body, approved a reformed process for electing new alumni trustees, wrote President Christina Paxson P’19 in a community-wide email Saturday. Starting spring 2017, undergraduate and graduate students ...
Students, staff members and administrators attended a ceremony at the Rockefeller Library that officially dedicated and opened its new Vincent J. Wernig Graduate Student Reading Room Saturday. The room, which overlooks downtown Providence and includes a large seminar room and kitchen, gives graduate ...
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