Former visiting mathematics graduate student Yongfei Ci pleaded guilty Friday to first-degree murder in the fatal stabbing of his ex-girlfriend, Mengchen Huang, last fall, reported the News-Gazette in Champaign, Illinois. Ci faces a maximum sentence of 60 years in prison. Huang was found dead in her ...
Corporation members discussed the University’s sexual assault policies with students and reviewed ongoing efforts to implement President Christina Paxson’s strategic plan and revamp the Third World Center during their meeting Friday. Academic planning, gift announcements and campus development ...
Amidst the celebration of Brown’s 250th anniversary, the University awarded 2,440 diplomas Sunday to the class of 2014, including 1,594 bachelor’s degrees. The ceremonies began Saturday with the Baccalaureate service held at the Meeting House of the First Baptist Church in America. The service ...
Increased resources for the Office of Institutional Diversity, new diversity benchmarks for undergraduate and graduate student support, and more targeted hiring practices were among the main recommendations released May 20 by the Committee on the Events of October 29 in its second and final report. The ...
Updated May 23, 2014 at 3:17 p.m. Legal Momentum, a nonprofit advocating for women’s legal rights, has filed complaints with the U.S. Department of Education against the University for alleged violations of Title IX and the Clery Act on behalf of Lena Sclove ’15.5, who was allegedly raped by another ...
Student activist campaign Imagine Rape Zero unveiled last week the Gift for a Sexual Assault-Free Campus in Honor of the Class of 2014, an alternative to the annually awarded senior class gift that aims to fund initiatives to prevent and respond to sexual assaults on Brown’s campus. The target goal ...
Vicki Colvin, vice provost for research and professor of chemistry and chemical and biomolecular engineering at Rice University, replaced Mark Schlissel P’15 as Brown’s 12th provost July 1, the University announced in May. Colvin’s selection as the University’s top academic administrator concluded a ...
The College Curriculum Council approved contemplative studies as Brown’s newest concentration at its meeting last week. The concentration will become the University’s 79th field of study, excluding independent concentrations. Contemplative studies will be among the first college majors of its ...
Roger Nozaki MAT’89, director of the Swearer Center for Public Service and associate dean of the College for community and global engagement, will leave the University this week to work for the U.S. Department of Education, he told The Herald. Associate Director of the Swearer Center Kate Trimble ...
About 1,570 of the 2,619 students offered admission to the class of 2018 have committed to the University, leading to a current yield rate of around 59.9 percent, said Dean of Admission Jim Miller ’73. The final yield rate and class size will fluctuate over the summer, but the Admission Office expects ...
A brilliant intellect, witty sense of humor and devotion to teaching and mentorship will mark the legacy of Professor Emeritus of Economics George Borts, who passed away Friday at the age of 86. Borts retired in the fall after 63 years of teaching at the University, which he called a “fruitful” ...
Faculty members voted unanimously to establish a new joint Executive Masters of Business Administration program with the IE Business School in Madrid at a faculty meeting Tuesday. The faculty also voted to change the name of the Department of Egyptology and Ancient West Asian Studies and to amend the ...
The Brown University Task Force on Sexual Assault will begin work in the fall, submitting recommendations by December, President Christina Paxson announced in a campus-wide email Friday. The University will also immediately begin searching for a full-time Title IX coordinator, she wrote. Paxson also ...
Following days of student protests, graduate students and administrators packed Barus and Holley 166 Tuesday night to discuss sixth-year funding for grad students as well as the future of the Graduate School. President Christina Paxson and Dean of the Graduate School Peter Weber held the event to offer ...
President Christina Paxson sent a campus-wide email Saturday afternoon responding to student outcry surrounding the University’s sexual misconduct policy. Her email came four days after a press conference in which Lena Sclove ’15.5 revealed the details of her sexual assault case and criticized the ...
One hundred and four seniors were elected this week to the Rhode Island Alpha chapter of Phi Beta Kappa, the nation’s oldest undergraduate academic honor society, Chapter Administrator Mary Jo Foley wrote in an email to The Herald. Since the College of William and Mary founded the first Phi Beta ...
Two versions of history were recounted Thursday afternoon, as students and faculty members packed into Salomon 101 to contemplate the role of the United States in the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. But determining which version of history was correct was a question on which Noam Chomsky, professor emeritus ...
The Undergraduate Council of Students voted unanimously to establish a fifth subgroup called the Outreach and Advocacy Committee tasked with working on student group resolutions at its last general body meeting of the semester Wednesday night. The committee was formed from a working group comprising ...
Winners of the 2014 Alfred H. Joslin Award were announced Wednesday. The award is given annually to 10 to 12 seniors to recognize their contributions to the quality of life of Brown through their leadership and involvement, according to the Office of Campus Life and Student Services’ website. The ...
The Admission Office welcomed 767 admitted applicants from as far away as Brazil to A Day on College Hill Tuesday, a two-night event to present prospective students with a comprehensive idea of Brown’s academic and student life. This year’s schedule included more events than in previous years, ...
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