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Your guide to Family Weekend 2024, College Hill edition
By Julianna Chang | October 24Here's what to see, do and eat this weekend.
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Brown set to reconsider legacy admissions as majority of students oppose the practice
By Talia LeVine | October 24As Brown is set to reconsider its policy on giving applicants with familial connections to Brown preference in the admissions process, The Herald polled over 1,100 undergraduates to understand their opinions on the controversial practice.
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Brown reaffirms public statement policy as several Ivies adopt neutrality policies
By Cate Latimer | October 24In their letter to the Brown community announcing that the Corporation voted against a divestment proposal from 10 companies with ties to Israel, President Christina Paxson P’19 P’MD’20 and Chancellor Brian Moynihan ’81 P’14 P’19 wrote that Brown’s mission is “not to adjudicate or resolve ...
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How relationships unfold on Brown’s campus
By Sanai Rashid | October 24How does love manage to fit in between classes and career fairs? In a place where ambition and intellect run high, is there still room for romance? The leaves are falling into place — and for some students, it may be time to fall in love as well.
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How can generative AI impact students’ learning? Four student panelists weigh in.
By Ian Ritter | October 23Students and faculty gathered Wednesday to discuss how generative AI can impact learning in an event hosted by the Sheridan Center for Teaching and Learning. Moderated by Mary Wright, the center’s executive director, the event included a panel featuring four students, followed by a Q&A.
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Computer science TAs vote to ratify first long-term contract
By Ethan Schenker | October 23The Teaching Assistant Labor Organization has ratified its first long-term contract with the University, the union wrote in an email to members Wednesday afternoon.
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This election year, students taking “Campaigns and Elections” dive into the race
By Teddy Fisher | October 23This election year, students rushed to register for POLS 1120: “Campaigns and Elections.” The class is taught by Richard Arenberg, a political science professor and a 34-year veteran of Capitol Hill.
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Presidential election invigorates Brown campus organizers
By Manav Musunuru | October 23For Cara Hutton ’26 and Talia Reiss ’27 — co-presidents of Planned Parenthood Advocates at Brown — abortion rights have been at the top of their minds during this election cycle.
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Jewish student activists threatened with conduct violations for sleeping on Quiet Green
By Ciara Meyer and Sophia Wotman | October 22Early Tuesday morning, members of Jews for Ceasefire Now were threatened with conduct violations by the Department of Public Safety for sleeping in a temporary structure that they had built to celebrate the week-long Jewish holiday of Sukkot.
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Brown professor examines recent challenges to abortion access at Watson event
By Kate Butts | October 22Elizabeth Tobin-Tyler, an associate professor at the School of Public Health and the Warren Alpert Medical School, spoke about the legal future of reproductive rights and women’s healthcare at a Watson Institute for International and Public Affairs event on Tuesday.
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AI-assisted cheating pushes some professors to return to in-person exams
By Claire Song | October 21After an era of take-home exams, primarily due to COVID-19, in-person exams are returning to campus. For some professors, suspected cheating and AI use is behind the shift.
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RISD to consider an Israel divestment proposal written by students
By Sanai Rashid and Megan Chan | October 21The Rhode Island School of Design’s Board of Trustees will “share their thoughts” on a divestment proposal put forth by RISD Students for Justice in Palestine by March, according to Jaime Marland, a RISD spokesperson.
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Fmr. US Rep. David Cicilline and six others join Brown Corporation
By Anisha Kumar | October 21David Cicilline, a former U.S. Representative and Providence mayor, was one of seven new members received into Brown’s Corporation during its annual October meeting.
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Pro-divestment activists under investigation for conduct violations after Corporation protest
By Kate Butts and Sophia Wotman | October 20The University is investigating potential student conduct violations for demonstrators who attended a Friday protest of the Corporation’s recent vote against divestment from companies with ties to the Israeli military.
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U.S. Representative calls on Paxson to publish plans to protect Jewish students
By Kate Butts | October 20Rep. Josh Gottheimer (D-NJ) sent a letter to nine university presidents, including President Christina Paxson P’19 P’MD’20, asking the universities to detail their plans to protect Jewish students on Oct. 4.
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150 pro-divestment activists protest Brown Corporation over divestment decision
By Kate Butts, Cate Latimer and Sophia Wotman | October 18On Friday morning, as members of Brown’s governing Corporation convened for their October meeting, over 150 activists gathered to protest a recent decision against divesting from 10 companies with ties to Israel.
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UCS annual agenda focuses on Brown dining, mental health services, council transparency
By Leah Koritz | October 17Transparency, campus dining and mental health services — in addition to divestment and democratization — are the top issues for the Undergraduate Council of Students this year, according to an email sent to all undergraduates on Oct. 7.
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Student unions say pro-Palestine protests are protected under labor law. Brown isn’t so sure.
By Ethan Schenker | October 17At a growing number of institutions, including Brown, student labor organizations allege that administrators’ crackdowns on their pro-Palestine demonstrations violate federal labor law that protects certain types of work-related protest activity.
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UCS referendum asks: Should students have seats on Brown’s Corporation?
By Julianna Chang | October 17Undergraduate students are voting on a referendum proposing student representation in Brown’s highest governing body, the Corporation.
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Lawsuit over Brown’s lack of athletic scholarships dismissed in federal court
By Owen Dahlkamp and Talia LeVine | October 16Last week, the District Court of Connecticut dismissed a lawsuit alleging that Brown and the other Ivy League universities violated federal antitrust law by not offering scholarships to student athletes. Despite the setback, the plaintiffs plan to appeal the decision, further complicating the University’s ...
