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 ...
“I like smoking and got into drug dealing that way,” Michael said, adding that he sells half a pound of marijuana in an average week. Like Michael, whose name has been changed due to fear of disciplinary repercussions, approximately 4.1 percent of undergraduates have sold illegal drugs for profit, ...
“Kill Wilson” is the fourth, and last, final project for PHP 1680I: “Pathology to Power: Disability, Health and Community.” This article is the final installment in a series covering students’ attempts to increase the visibility of disability on campus. Caroline Orr ’16 called out over the ...
The newly-commissioned Financial Aid Advisory Board will begin meeting next semester with the goal of increasing transparency in the process of receiving aid and enhancing communication between the Financial Aid Office and aid recipients, said leaders of the Undergraduate Council of Students. Staffed ...
Approximately 8 percent of undergraduates have cheated on a significant other, and about 13 percent have been cheated on by a significant other, according to a poll conducted by The Herald last month. Keiner Oliveira ’19, who has been cheated on, said he believes students who cheat on their significant ...
Students of color gathered outside President Christina Paxson’s P’19 office Thursday to serve as “diversity consultants” for the University after the release of a draft of the diversity and inclusion action plan Nov. 19. As part of the “Day of Reclamation,” they developed a list of demands ...
If the buck stops with President Christina Paxson P’19, it’s Provost Richard Locke ’17 who hands it off to her.
While many European and Asian countries take space in the University’s academic spotlight, a gap remains in students’ academic access to the world’s second largest continent: Africa. With the revamping of the Watson Institute for International and Public Affairs, the University is looking to become ...
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