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Summer months see administrative reshuffling

Three years since Christina Paxson P’19 assumed the presidency at Brown, her senior staff continues to undergo significant turnover with two top administrators leaving their posts in recent months. Vicki Colvin stepped down as provost June 30 after only one year in the role, remaining a professor ...


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Brown preserves faculty, staff benefits

The newly released recommendations from the Deficit Reduction Working Group, headed by Provost Richard Locke, plan to resolve the $5 million dollar structural deficit without eroding benefits or laying off employees, Locke said at a Tuesday faculty meeting. The deficit reduction plan, released in May, ...


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Brown announces new Swearer Center director

Updated Wednesday Sept. 9 at 12:30 a.m. Mathew Johnson will assume the roles of director of the Swearer Center for Public Service and associate dean for engaged scholarship effective Jan. 1, 2016, Dean of the College Maud Mandel announced in a Sept. 1 campus-wide email. Johnson currently serves as director ...


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Adrien Deschamps, undergraduate on leave, dies

Check back for updates. Adrien Deschamps, an undergraduate student on leave from the University, has died. Dean of the College Maud Mandel notified the community of his death in a campus-wide email Friday morning. Deschamps came to Brown from New Paltz, NY, where he graduated from New Paltz High School ...


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Klawunn to leave post as head of student life

Updated on Monday, June 22 at 3:50p.m. After nearly two decades at the University, Margaret Klawunn, vice president for campus life and student services, will leave to become vice chancellor for student affairs at the University of California at Santa Barbara, President Christina Paxson P’19 wrote ...


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Richard Locke named next provost

Updated June 2, 2015, at 11 p.m. Richard Locke, director of the Watson Institute for International Studies, will become the University’s next provost July 1. He will succeed Vicki Colvin, whose sudden resignation was announced May 19 after only one year in the position. Locke’s selection comes ...


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Vicki Colvin to step down as provost

Updated May 19 at 8:30 p.m. Vicki Colvin will step down as provost June 30 after just one year in the position, President Christina Paxson P’19 announced in a campus-wide email Tuesday afternoon. Colvin elected to leave her post as provost in order to pursue research in greater depth. “I have ...


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Phi Beta Kappa inducts 105 seniors

One hundred and five seniors were inducted this week into the Rhode Island Alpha chapter of Phi Beta Kappa, “the oldest and most prestigious academic honors organization in the nation,” Chapter Administrator Mary Jo Foley wrote in an email to The Herald. Brown is one of 283 higher education institutions ...


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Earth Week plants seeds of change

As students enjoy the sunny weather, this year’s Earth Week aims to celebrate sustainability efforts at Brown and educate community members about how to contribute. With events such as a solar panel demonstration, trash sorting, composting, bike rides, panel discussions and film screenings, the Earth ...


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LGBTQ students note feelings of inadequacy

A March 2-3 Herald poll revealed that students who identify as LGBTQ experience greater feelings of inadequacy than their counterparts in a variety of categories. Respondents answered the question “Do you feel inadequate relative to other Brown students?” Among the undergraduates surveyed, 32.6 ...




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