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RISD student robbed of belongings at gunpoint

A Rhode Island School of Design student was robbed Friday at approximately 6 p.m., according to a community-wide email from the Department of Public Safety. The incident occurred near the intersection of Benefit and Meeting Street. While walking at night, the student was approached by three males, ...


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Professor of Medical Science Michael McKeown dies

Professor of Medical Science Michael McKeown died Dec. 21 after complications of Alzheimer’s Disease, wrote Dean of Medicine and Biological Sciences Jack Elias in a community-wide email Friday. McKeown received his undergraduate degree from Stanford and was a National Science Foundation fellow at ...


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Noah Arnold '20 dies

Updated Jan. 10, 2016 at 3:41 p.m.  This story is breaking and will be updated with further details as we receive them. Noah Arnold ’20 has died unexpectedly, wrote Dean of the College Maud Mandel and Vice President of Campus Life and Student Services Eric Estes in a community-wide email Tuesday. As ...


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Philanthropist, business leader Herb Kaplan dies at 81

Herbert Kaplan, president of The Warren Alpert Foundation and former CEO of Warren Equities, died in his sleep Jan. 2, wrote Dean of Medicine and Biological Sciences Jack Elias in a community-wide email. Kaplan, a philanthropist and business leader, is remembered by the University community for his ...


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U. accepts 22 percent of early decision applicants

Updated Dec. 15 at 11:35 p.m. The University accepted 22 percent of its early decision applicants to the class of 2021, offering spots to 695 students — the largest number of students ever admitted early decision.   The accepted applicants were chosen from the University’s largest early decision ...


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Zionism divides Hillel members

This is the second of a two-part series that explores how students and faculty members engage with the Israel-Palestine conflict in their work and social lives on campus. Last semester, a petition asking Janet Mock to disaffiliate her talk from Brown/RISD Hillel characterized Hillel as a pro-Israel ...


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Class differences shape journeys home

This story is the third in a three-part series about socioeconomic status at Brown. The series, through interviews with five students, examines the way socioeconomic status shapes students’ relationships to Brown in three stages: the application process, adjusting to life on campus and going back ...


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U. to add HBO, HBOGO to Philo television service

Students will soon be able to access HBO and dozens of other channels in high definition as a result of updates to the University’s TV/DVR system, Philo, that will take effect over winter break, wrote Residential Council Co-Chairs Ryan Lessing '17 and Heather Sabel '17 in an email to students on ...


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Brown reshapes communications strategy

Nov. 1 marked 18 months since Vice President for Communications Cass Cliatt arrived at Brown and helped form the Office of University Communications. With this passage of time has come a marked strategic shift in the University’s communications operations toward prioritizing the active promotion of ...


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Graduate school application process largely self-driven

The process of applying to master’s and PhD programs is largely self-directed, which can be a benefit for some students, but it can also create barriers for others. While around 11 percent of the class of 2015 reported pursuing a master’s or doctoral degree, only 3 percent pursued a fellowship or ...


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Students double concentrate for breadth

As the semester comes to an end and the spring deadline for sophomores to declare a concentration approaches, many students are considering double concentrating. The proportion of undergraduates who have double concentrated has remained steady at around 20 percent over the past 10 years, according to ...


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Students experience trouble receiving absentee ballots

As a campus that enrolls students from all 50 states in addition to Washington, D.C., Brown receives many absentee ballots at Mail Services every election cycle. But this year, many students encountered problems after requesting an absentee ballot from their precinct. Some students noticed a problem ...


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University presents new financial plan

Provost Richard Locke announced that the University will freeze undergraduate admission and begin expanding the Graduate School in the University’s new financial plan released at the Oct. 4 faculty meeting. The financial plan now incorporates an additional 95 PhD and 125 master’s students over the ...


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