Some may say the art of a handwritten letter has been lost in a modern age saturated with Snapchats and Emojis. But the Brown Pen Pals are dedicated to keeping this fleeting art of letter writing alive. Through the club, student pairs exchange handwritten letters to form anonymous, yet surprisingly ...
“I write you with extraordinary news,” began a September 2004 email to the Brown community from then-President Ruth Simmons. Sidney E. Frank ’42 had made a $100 million donation — the largest in University history — to establish the Sidney E. Frank Endowed Scholarship Fund. The fund provides ...
Laughter and smiles of nostalgia lit up the faces of the roughly two dozen alums and students who gathered in the Brown Bookstore this Saturday afternoon. The source of these high spirits was a reading by five authors who have contributed to “The Brown Reader: 50 Writers Remember College Hill.” “The ...
For Ria Vaidya ’16 and Shreena Thakore ’16, summer break meant more than reuniting with friends and family. The pair launched No Country For Women, a nationwide campaign based in India dedicated to combatting rape culture. Using the $10,000 grant they received from the Projects for Peace fellowship, ...
Disruptions to journalism’s business model and media’s heightened polarization present challenges and potential conflicts of interest for the industry, two alum media veterans said at a panel Saturday. Mark Maremont ’80 P’11, senior editor at the Wall Street Journal, and Mara Liasson ’77, ...
Visitors to the Quiet Green can now view a new sculpture remembering and engaging with the University’s ties to the slave trade. President Christina Paxson dedicated the sculpture, entitled the Slavery Memorial, at a ceremony Saturday afternoon that drew more than 100 students, alums and community ...
Updated Monday, Sept. 29 at 1:52 a.m. After student pressure last semester to diversify its staff, Counseling and Psychological Services has made several new targeted hires and will offer a support group for students of color, Vice President for Campus Life and Student Services Margaret Klawunn announced ...
Creativity “starts with the belief that you’re actually a creative person,” said Sheila Bridges ’86, author and founder of Sheila Bridges Design, at the beginning of a panel discussion Saturday morning. The panel, called “Making ‘It’: Delving Into the Creative Process,” was one of the ...
Undergraduate enrollment in Hispanic studies courses has declined almost every year for the last decade, dropping from 1,024 students in the 2003-04 academic year to 682 students in the 2012-13 academic year, the most recent year for which official data is available, according to the Office of Institutional ...
Just weeks after a renovated John Hay Library reopened to the public, senior library staff members are commencing a search for a new library director. Previous Director of Special Collections and the John Hay Library Tom Horrocks officially resigned Aug. 1 after giving two weeks’ notice, said University ...
University rankings hit the Internet every September, commanding the attention of administrators, prospective students and their parents. Though rankings often inspire confusion and frustration, they have left an indelible mark on the college search process, setting the framework in which many applicants ...
Following recommendations outlined by the Committee on the Events of October 29, the University will take steps to ensure freedom of expression, restructure the Office of Institutional Diversity and maintain a diverse student body and faculty, wrote President Christina Paxson in a letter released Wednesday ...
President Christina Paxson made a base salary of $350,000 in 2012, the most recent year for which data are available, according to the most recent Form 990 tax document reported by the University. But this number reflects the fact that Paxson did not assume office until July of that year, and therefore ...
Responding to increasing enrollment rates in computer science courses, the Department of Computer Science is planning a fundraising campaign to alleviate strain on departmental resources, said Andy van Dam, professor of computer science. Van Dam, who teaches CSCI 0150: “Introduction to Object-Oriented ...
Following the outsourcing of the University’s mail services to a private contractor this summer, administrators are working to streamline the transition to new workers, said Assistant Vice President of Financial and Administrative Services Elizabeth Gentry at the Undergraduate Council of Students ...
Panelists at a talk exploring incarceration in the United States Wednesday evening veered away from their prepared remarks, moving “beyond the scientific research (and) bringing up political, moral and social issues” related to crime and imprisonment, as moderator Richard Locke, director of the ...
Wesleyan announces fraternities must go coed Wesleyan University announced Monday that it will require all fraternities on campus to admit women within the next three years, multiple news outlets reported. Fraternities that do not comply within this timeframe will lose recognition from the University. “The ...
The Providence Fire Department evacuated about 10 homes due to a gas leak at the intersection of East George Street and Ives Street Monday evening, said Fire Department Captain Robert Vincent. The issue arose early Monday morning when a contractor working on telephone conduits damaged a water line, ...
In order to make space for the University’s new engineering building — construction of which is set to begin in December 2015 — four houses included in the city’s historic district have been slated for demolition. The buildings, located at 37 and 29 Manning Street and 341 and 333 Brook Street, ...
The Queer Alliance decided to cancel the annual Sex Power God party it usually holds during the fall semester, the group announced Monday. “A future board may choose to reinstate the party based on their own judgment,” Queer Alliance President Lorin Smith ’15 and the rest of the group’s coordinating ...
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