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Lecture Board selects George Takei

Actor and political activist George Takei will speak on campus April 27, leaders of Brown Lecture Board told The Herald. While best known for his role as Hikaru Sulu on the television series “Star Trek,” Takei is also a major proponent of LGBTQ rights and has won several awards for his commitment ...


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UCS leadership candidates face off at debate

Candidates for leadership positions on the Undergraduate Council of Students tackled the council’s role as a conduit between students and the administration, mental health resources and diversity support at a debate Thursday night in a packed Salomon 001. Mental health emerged as a major topic of ...


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Brown hires first-ever Title IX program officer

Amanda Walsh, staff attorney at the Victim Rights Law Center, has been appointed the University’s first-ever, full-time Title IX program officer, President Christina Paxson P’19 announced in a community-wide email Thursday. Walsh’s appointment concludes a national search that began in August and ...


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Students call for greater mental health resources

Students suggested expanding the University’s mental health resources in the wake of the death of Hyoun Ju Sohn GS Tuesday at an open forum Wednesday hosted by the Undergraduate Council of Students. Student representatives from the Mental Health Community Council attended the forum to discuss the ...


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Heading University, Paxson navigates alumni interests

This series will explore the first 1,000 days of Christina Paxson’s presidency. This story, the final of three, will look at how Paxson interacts and contends with alums. As the public face of the University, President Christina Paxson P’19 must appeal to a number of varied interests. One major ...


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Brown relaunches search for Writing Center director

Updated April 2, 2015 at 5:00 a.m. The search for a new director of the Writing Center recommenced March 20 following an unsuccessful search effort in the fall. The University hopes to place the director by the start of next academic year, said Kathleen McSharry, associate dean of the College for writing ...


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Grad student dies after fall from SciLi

Updated April 1, 2015 at 2:25 a.m. Hyoun Ju Sohn GS died Tuesday after falling through a 12th floor window of the Sciences Library just before noon. Sohn was a first-year physics doctoral student from South Korea, President Christina Paxson P’19 wrote in a community-wide email Tuesday evening. He graduated ...


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Three declare candidacy for UCS presidency

Justice Gaines ’16, Sazzy Gourley ’16 and Zachary Nelkin ’17 will vie for the presidency of the Undergraduate Council of Students, while Alana Bhatla ’16 and Ryan Lessing ’17 will face off for the UCS vice presidency. Candidates submitted their official applications at a UCS Elections Board ...


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Detours enliven UCS, UFB campaign trail

Elections start this week for the Undergraduate Council of Students and the Undergraduate Finance Board, but past races have run into hiccups due to occurrences ranging from joke campaigns to candidate withdrawals. Joke campaigns Eric Mukherjee ’09 did not know he had run for UCS president until after ...


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This Week in Higher Ed: March 31, 2015

Rhodes Scholarship eligibility to expand Individuals from China will soon be eligible for Rhodes Scholarships, the New York Times reported Monday. The change is part of a larger plan to expand into additional countries, marking the first major growth of the program since the 1970s, when women became ...


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Spring 2015 Poll 1 Results and Methodology

See accompanying article. Please click the image to access the poll chord diagram. 1. Do you approve or disapprove of the way Christina Paxson is handling her job as president of the University? 6.4% Strongly approve 35.0% Somewhat approve 33.6% No opinion 21.7% Somewhat disapprove 3.4% Strongly disapprove 2. ...


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Spring 2015 Poll 2 Results and Methodology

See accompanying article. Please click the image to access the poll chord diagram. 1. Do you approve or disapprove of the way Christina Paxson is handling her job as president of the University? 3.3% Strongly approve 30.2% Somewhat approve 30.2% No opinion 28.7% Somewhat disapprove 7.6% Strongly disapprove 2. ...


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