The University plans to raise $600 million for campus development under the “BrownTogether” comprehensive campaign. The most significant coming projects are the new School of Engineering building, an expansion of the Watson Institute for International and Public Affairs that will allow it to house ...
The Center for Careers and Life After Brown will launch BrownConnect 2.0 — a revamped version of the University’s internship search and alumni mentoring site — Nov. 5. The improvements will focus on aggregating various funding opportunities in one space, said Aixa Kidd, director of BrownConnect. Since ...
Of the many roads to achieving economic and environmental goals, experts on sustainable development and climate change repeatedly mentioned the need for suitable incentives to reach energy goals by 2030 and for greater investment in fiscal and human capital at a panel discussion Thursday. Spurred by ...
U. of Mississippi takes down state flag The University of Mississippi removed the Mississippi state flag from campus grounds Monday, following student and faculty protests against a symbol that features the Confederate flag, NPR reported. The University of Mississippi is steeped in Confederate tradition, ...
President Christina Paxson P’19 emphasized the importance of investment in students, faculty and staff in a discussion of the “BrownTogether” comprehensive campaign with the Undergraduate Council of Students Wednesday. “When I think about a university, I know that the most important thing is ...
The University chapter of Camp Kesem, a nonprofit organization that offers a week-long camp experience to children whose parents are battling cancer or have passed away from cancer, is currently raising money to launch its own summer camp in Rhode Island for children ages six to 16. The chapter, founded ...
With almost half a century of reporting experience under her belt, award-winning legal affairs correspondent for National Public Radio Nina Totenberg noted with amusement to a packed Salomon 101, “I have been covering the Supreme Court longer than any of the current justices have been serving.” Totenberg ...
The Brown University Community Council passed a resolution urging the faculty to vote on changing the name of Fall Weekend to Indigenous Peoples’ Day and another supporting the Hilton Providence Hotel workers in their labor dispute. Representatives from Native Americans at Brown began Tuesday’s ...
Two men assaulted and robbed a part-time contractor at the University near the intersection of Prospect and Meeting streets at approximately 9:45 p.m. Sunday, according to a campus-wide email from the Department of Public Safety. Christopher George, the victim, was approached by “two Latino males ...
Scott Shane, a national security reporter for the New York Times, spoke Friday on the killing of Anwar al-Awlaki, the ethics behind drone strikes and the war on terrorism in the United States. The talk was followed by a signing of Shane’s recent book “Objective Troy: A Terrorist, A President, and ...
Updated Oct. 26, 2015 at 12:20 a.m. The University officially launched the “BrownTogether” campaign Friday evening with a goal of $3 billion — its largest fundraising campaign to date. The campaign launch followed a Corporation vote earlier in the day approving the details of the campaign proposed ...
The University’s Service Response staff members, who are responsible for handling immediate service needs in all 250 University buildings, have expressed dissatisfaction with low pay and understaffing relative to peer institutions. They joined the United Service and Allied Workers of Rhode Island ...
The Brown University Shuttle system equipped its vehicles in July with technology from TransLoc, a public transportation technology company. Since then, the buses have featured accurate real-time tracking and have begun collecting data about when riders board and depart the buses. Not enough data has ...
Physical campus priorities, including the addition of study spaces and renovation of dormitories, dominated discussion at the Undergraduate Council of Students general body meeting Wednesday night featuring two Corporation members. Corporation Trustee Nancy Hyde ’80 and Corporation Young Alumni Trustee ...
Students seeking to relieve stress and participate in a more intimate version of Heavy Petting can now take advantage of a new program. The Animal Assisted Therapy Program, launched by Peter Herrera ’16 and Lena Bohman ’18, allows students to sign up for 10-minute slots to pet and play with trained ...
California passes ban on concealed-carry firearms on campuses California Gov. Jerry Brown signed into effect a law banning concealed-carry firearms at state schools and higher education institutions into effect Oct. 10. Senate Bill 707, the bill’s official title, passed through the legislature at ...
Applicants hurrying to polish their early decision applications to Brown by the Nov. 1 deadline are among the last applicants who will be required to submit SAT or ACT essays. The Office of Admission will no longer require applicants to submit the essay portions of the SAT or ACT, starting in fall ...
Updated Oct. 21, 2015 at 2:26 a.m. Edward Steinfeld, director of the Brown China Initiative and professor of political science and China studies, has been named director of the Watson Institute for International and Public Affairs, President Christina Paxson P’19 wrote in a community-wide email Tuesday. Starting ...
Updated Oct. 22, 2015 at 6:03 p.m. Though same-sex marriage became legal nationwide in June, LGBTQ individuals still face a multitude of challenges including discrimination and violence — the subject of a Minority Peer Counselor workshop on heterosexism Tuesday. The interactive workshop was divided ...
In July 1960, Jane Goodall packed her bags and traveled from England to Gombe National Park in Tanzania, where she began what would become her lifelong project and passion: a 55-year study of social and family interactions of wild chimpanzees. Her observations redefined what we know about animal intelligence. ...
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