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This Week in Higher Ed: Feb. 11, 2015

Dartmouth plans sexual assault initiative Dartmouth will implement a mandatory four-year sexual assault awareness and prevention program for all students this fall that emphasizes education and bystander awareness, the Dartmouth reported Thursday. The program will draw from existing resources focused ...


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Severe snow challenges campus accessibility

Despite great efforts by Student and Employee Accessibility Services and Facilities Management to make campus accessible, intense winter conditions still present challenges to students with mobility concerns, and many University efforts have been thwarted by unforeseen circumstances. Though SEAS is ...


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University News

BEST program propels aspiring admins

In its fifth year, the Brown Executive Scholars Training Program is a one-of-a-kind experience offered to 10 graduate students interested in learning more about university administration. The 12-week program, which began Jan. 20, includes weekly seminars and roundtable discussions. Participants are ...


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Alums work with undergrads on Groupies app

Think Tinder, but for groups socializing: That’s the pitch for Groupies, a new mobile app aimed at young adults founded by Rob Gillett ’12, who serves as chief executive officer of the company. The startup team includes co-founder Austin Truong  and fellow alums Marc Howland ’11 and Lisa Lansio ...


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Corp. greenlights 4.4 percent tuition jump

At its meeting this weekend, the Corporation approved a 4.4 percent increase in tuition and fees next academic year, elevating the total undergraduate cost of attending the University to $62,046, President Christina Paxson P’19 wrote in a community-wide email Sunday. With approximately $972 million ...


The Setonian
University News

Conference explores Asian-American experiences

“The way in which we talk about race has really changed in the United States,” said Kevin Nadal, associate professor of psychology at the City University of New York, addressing a room of students and faculty members at this year’s E(RACE)D But Not Forgotten conference Saturday. E(RACE)D, first ...


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Men’s health coordinator backs ‘healthy masculinity’

Since August, Marc Peters, the University’s first men’s health coordinator, has led campus discussions and trainings on the prevention of sexual violence and the creation of safe spaces on campus. “How men are sexualized plays into the type of violence that exists in college communities,” Peters ...


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U. to launch Engaged Scholars Program

The Engaged Scholars Program will launch its pilot phase this spring, marking the implementation of a proposal in President Christina Paxson’s P’19 strategic plan. The program will offer a new means of incorporating community service into the curriculum of four departments. “At the heart of the ...


The Setonian
University News

Undergrads to participate in Corporation meeting

For the first time in University history, the Corporation’s February meeting this weekend will feature small group discussions with undergraduates about campus issues, in addition to the normal vote on the budget and tuition and fees, said Executive Vice President for Planning and Policy Russell Carey ...


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UCS, admins discuss interim alcohol policy

Vice President for Campus Life and Student Services Margaret Klawunn fielded questions and concerns about the University’s interim alcohol policy and the clarification email sent Friday at the Undergraduate Council of Students general body meeting Wednesday. Tim Shiner, director of the Stephen Robert ...


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University News

Faculty endorses tie to Holy Cross ROTC program

Following a contentious debate, faculty members voted 35-29 in favor of developing new partnerships with Navy ROTC and Air Force ROTC units based at the College of the Holy Cross in Worcester, Massachusetts. The new association with Holy Cross will build upon existing Navy ROTC partnerships with other ...


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Grad students rally for quality of life

About 30 graduate and undergraduate students called for improvement in grad students’ working and living conditions at a rally Tuesday in freezing conditions on the Main Green. The rally focused mostly on issues of health care, housing, childcare and funding for post-fifth year research. But it also ...


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Grad School apps remain stable early in cycle

The number of applicants to the University’s graduate programs has remained relatively consistent compared to this time last year, rising by less than 1 percent. As of Jan. 23, the Graduate School had received 8,639 applications, marking a slight dip from the 8,699 applications received by the same ...


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University News

This Week in Higher Ed: Feb. 3, 2015

Dartmouth cracks down on hard liquor, fraternities’ role in party culture Dartmouth banned student possession of any alcoholic beverage stronger than 30 proof Thursday, the New York Times reported. The ban was one of several new measures intended to curb the dangers of Dartmouth’s party culture, ...


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Through website, students voice stories

Featuring stories of magicians, teen crushes and loneliness, Now Here This — a new website created by Sophie McKibben ’16, Liza Yeager ’17 and a team of Brown students — provides a platform for student voices. “It started when me and Liza had coffee together one day in October,” McKibben ...


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After fall, research funding on rebound

The flow of federal research funding to the University is only now starting to recover from the 2013 federal sequestration. As a result of the sequester, the total pool of research funds at the University decreased by 13.7 percent between 2013 and 2014, said Vice President for Research David Savitz, ...


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Despite snow, U. does not cancel operations

The University will engage in regular operations for the entire day Monday, despite a city parking ban declared by Mayor Jorge Elorza effective at 2 a.m., wrote Russell Carey ’91 MA’06, executive vice president for planning and policy, in a campus-wide email Sunday. “As a residential academic ...


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Temporary housing angers students

Of 160 juniors returning from study abroad in the fall, 11 students were assigned to temporary housing in kitchens and lounges before the semester began, compared to 18 students last year, said Richard Bova, senior associate dean of residential life. Four students who studied abroad in the fall are ...



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