A commission under the Providence Department of Planning and Development recommended the Providence Zoning Board of Reviews issue a two-year special permit to replace seven residential structures with a temporary commercial parking lot on Brook Street. The University bought the seven buildings in July ...
After five years of exponential growth, the Brown-India Initiative is looking to expand its scope to include all of South Asia and become a formal research center, said Ashutosh Varshney, director of the Brown-India Initiative and professor of political science and international and public affairs. “A ...
A portrait of former President Ruth Simmons was installed in Sayles Hall over winter break, joining 35 other historic faces of benefactors, professors, chancellors and presidents on the walls. The oil portrait by New York-based artist Steven Polson features Simmons in her brown and red academic robe, ...
The University announced the inauguration of its Executive Master in Cybersecurity program Jan. 20. About 35 students — professionals with five to 15 years of experience in business, education, health care and other industries — will begin the 16-month program in online data protection in mid-October ...
As the spring semester kicks off and students return to checking their University email accounts every day, some will encounter phishing emails — messages from hackers meant to steal private information, such as usernames and passwords. Despite defensive tools provided by Google and the University, ...
President Christina Paxson P’19 was elected to the board of directors of the Federal Reserve Bank of Boston, the Boston Fed announced Jan. 12. She will serve through the end of 2017 on the nine-person board representing member banks and the public. Paxson’s responsibilities will include attending ...
The Beta Rho chapter at Brown of the fraternity Alpha Epsilon Pi has separated from the international organization and become an independent fraternity under the name Beta Rho Pi. The change was made official Nov. 3, 2015, but the brotherhood had been contemplating the decision for years, said Ben Owens ...
Brown students watching NFL playoff games over break may have noticed a familiar face during the commercials. Michael Littman, professor of computer science, starred in a television commercial for TurboTax that first aired in January. The advertisement is part of the tax software company’s latest ...
Updated Jan. 21 at 2:40 p.m. This story is breaking and will be updated with further details. Hoverboards, branded by the media as the hottest gift of the holiday season, will be banned from campus, wrote Senior Associate Dean of Campus Life Richard Bova in an email sent Jan. 21 to students living ...
Carolyn “C.D.” Wright, professor of literary arts and award-winning poet, passed away in her home on Jan. 12. Wright was 67 years old, but her life was full of accomplishments and experiences that inspired students and colleagues to share in her passion of writing on the truth and the beauty of ...
After more than 10 years at Brown, Dean of Admission Jim Miller ’73 will retire later this year, Provost Richard Locke wrote in a community-wide email Tuesday. Miller has worked in financial aid and admissions for the last four decades across several universities, including Harvard and Bowdoin College. ...
Updated Jan. 15 at 10:25 a.m. Carolyn “C.D.” Wright, professor of English and literary arts, died suddenly Tuesday, according to a press release from her publisher, Copper Canyon Press. The cause of death has not been determined. The statement maintained that Wright was “fiercely committed to ...
Updated Jan. 16 at 9:25 a.m. Eric Estes will take on the role of vice president for campus life and student services beginning July 1, wrote President Christina Paxson P’19 in a community-wide email Thursday. Estes currently serves as Oberlin College’s vice president and dean of students, Paxson ...
Updated Jan. 15 at 10:30 a.m. Graduate School Dean Peter Weber will step down from his administrative position and return to teach full-time within the Department of Chemistry, wrote Provost Richard Locke in a community-wide email Wednesday. Weber, who has taught at the University since 1989, began ...
Updated Jan. 21 at 10:45 a.m. Abbott “Tom” Gleason, professor emeritus of history and Watson Institute for International and Public Affairs faculty member, is remembered by friends and colleagues as a man of many talents who touched the lives of countless colleagues and students. The definition ...
Updated 12:15 a.m. on Dec. 31. Abbott “Tom” Gleason, professor emeritus of history and faculty member at the Watson Institute for International and Public Affairs, died Friday, President Christina Paxson P’19 wrote in a campus-wide email Saturday. Gleason, who began his “long and productive” ...
Visiting Scholar in Physics Stephon Alexander’s PhD’00 appointment to the faculty is under review following his arrest in a prostitution sting Thursday night. Alexander was charged with procurement of sexual conduct for a fee. Alexander, along with six other men, visited a hotel along the Coventry-West ...
Updated Dec. 10 at 9:15 p.m. The University admitted 22 percent of its early decision applicants to the class of 2020, marking the largest early decision class — 669 students — in recent years, said Dean of Admission Jim Miller ’73. “The pool is getting stronger,” Miller said. “We have ...
Updated Dec. 10 at 9:20 p.m. The Title IX Oversight Board will focus on reforming orientation programming, drug services related to sexual assault and the complaint process for faculty and staff among other projects in the coming semester, according to a community notification released Wednesday afternoon. The ...
Twelve faculty members released a revised version of the University’s diversity action plan, “Pathways to Diversity and Inclusion,” Thursday night. A draft of the University’s diversity and inclusion action plan was released Nov. 19, and the administration created a web form for members of the ...
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