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Students voice grievances at Paxson Q&A

Students shifted the tone of the question-and-answer portion of a talk on racial health disparities by President Christina Paxson P’19 Monday night, posing questions and concerns about institutional racism. Paxson’s talk was followed by a speech by Nicole Alexander-Scott MPH’11, assistant professor ...


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Paxson, Locke jump-start Watson revival

In just three years, the Watson Institute for International and Public Affairs has gained 13 new faculty members, established postdoctoral and faculty fellows programs, integrated with the Taubman Center for American Institutions Politics and Policy and increased its endowment by more than $30 million. With ...


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Students abroad in Paris safe, but shaken

PARIS — After a Friday night babysitting shift, Maria Jose Herrera ’17 was walking through Saint Lazare, one of the busiest metro stations in Paris, when she received the call from a friend also studying abroad here: Explosions had shaken the outside of the city’s football stadium, and shootings ...


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Junot Díaz talks racism, activism in academia

“This has never been a safe space for us,” said Junot Díaz, referring to the social climate on college campuses across the nation and in society at large. “White supremacy has guaranteed us zero safety.” Díaz, currently a professor at Massachusetts Institute of Technology, won a Pulitzer Prize ...


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‘Blackout’ marks solidarity with Mizzou students of color

Several hundred students, faculty members and administrators dressed in black gathered on the Quiet Green between University Hall and the Van Wickle Gates Thursday afternoon to show solidarity with the black victims of hate speech and threats of racialized violence at the University of Missouri. Following ...


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Fourth TRI-Lab sets sights on improving prisoner health

The next iteration of the TRI-Lab, titled “Designing Education for Better Prisoner and Community Health,” will explore health issues affecting incarcerated individuals and seek to develop concrete interventions to address these issues, said Bradley Brockmann, executive director of the Center for ...


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Panel surveys Providence homelessness crisis

Outreach workers examined issues that homeless people in Providence struggle with on a daily basis, such as employment prospects and police discrimination, at a panel Wednesday night. Approximately 40 students attended the event, which was held in Wilson Hall 102 and hosted by Health Leads Providence ...


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ED PLME applications fall by 40 percent

Early decision applications to Brown’s Program in Liberal Medical Education dropped from 410 last year to 250 for the class of 2020, said Dean of Admission Jim Miller ’73. The drop was expected, given a change in the early decision policy for PLME applicants, he said. The PLME applicants join a ...


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Talk examines race in Texas policing history

“Texas is a state built by both conquest and slavery” in which anti-Mexican racial violence was legally justified by pre-existing anti-black racial violence, said Monica Martinez, professor of American studies and ethnic studies. In a Tuesday lecture entitled “Mapping Violence: Elucidating Constitutive ...


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This Week in Higher Ed: Nov. 11, 2015

Missouri protests spark president’s resignation Following months of student and faculty protests that reached a peak in the last week, the University of Missouri saw the resignation of President Timothy Wolfe and a promise from Chancellor R. Bowen Loftin to step down to a research position at the ...


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Fall 2015 Poll Results and Methodology

Click here to view correlations between questions. 1. Do you approve or disapprove of the way Christina Paxson is handling her job as president of the University? 9.2% Strongly approve 33.7% Somewhat approve 38.3% No opinion 15.7% Somewhat disapprove 3.1% Strongly disapprove 2. How many times have you ...


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Student startup offers delivery service via texting

The Number — a campus delivery service designed by three undergraduates — went live Monday after weeks of extensive research and promotion. The new company’s premise is simple: Students can text a number and have anything within a specified radius delivered. The Number’s creators — Isabella ...


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Panel focuses on crisis communication

Six administrators and students grappled with the University’s presentation and circulation of information during times of crisis at a panel Monday evening. The panel marked the first installment in a two-part series centered on the University’s response to emergencies, tragedy, trauma and unrest. The ...


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President takes Brown off campus

When President Christina Paxson P’19 isn’t on campus, she could be anywhere between New York City and Hong Kong. Between July 2014 and June 2015 she traveled to 16 different cities, spending a total of 71 days on the road. “Travel is important because the Brown community is much larger than simply ...


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