As sophomores scramble to declare their concentrations ahead of tomorrow’s deadline, increasing numbers of students are opting to design their own. The number of independent concentration applications filed has spiked in recent years — in the 2012-2013 academic year, 31 independent concentration ...
The University plans to implement a questionnaire as soon as next month that will let students provide feedback on their meetings with deans and staff members, said Margaret Klawunn, vice president for campus life and student services and interim dean of the College. Health Services has offered a similar ...
In anticipation of the April 1 announcement of the list of candidates running for leadership positions on the Undergraduate Council of Students executive board, including president and vice president, many students said they hope the election will address issues — including community inclusiveness ...
Will Guzzardi ’09 paved the way to becoming one of the youngest Brown alums in elected office with his victory in Tuesday’s Democratic primary for a seat in the Illinois General Assembly. As he faces no Republican opponent in the November general election, Guzzardi has all but assured his entrance ...
As students struggle to fund summer plans, the University has expanded its Undergraduate Teaching and Research Awards program, accommodating 50 additional students and increasing the award from $3,000 to $3,500 for summer 2014, said Oludurotimi Adetunji, assistant dean of the College and director of ...
Four members of the Committee on the Events of October 29 solicited feedback from the Undergraduate Council of Students on the second phase of the committee’s mission, which involves establishing guidelines for how the University should address similar events in the future, at the UCS general body ...
More than two months after Computing and Information Services made Microsoft Office packages available for free to the student body, 480 packages have been downloaded, and administrators said few glitches have occurred. Ravi Pendse, vice president for computing and information services, said he is ...
The Brown University Community Council passed a resolution at its meeting Wednesday about an ongoing labor dispute between the owners of the Renaissance Providence Downtown Hotel — the Procaccianti Group — and workers at the hotel. The resolution recommends that Brown community members refrain ...
NCAA faces second lawsuit this year A lawsuit was filed Monday in a New Jersey federal court against the National Collegiate Athletic Association on behalf of college football and men’s basketball players, ESPN reported Monday. The lawsuit alleges that the NCAA has violated antitrust laws for capping ...
A group of students has formed a Sexual Assault Policy Task Force to gather information in preparation for the University’s Code of Student Conduct policy review next semester. The task force aims to provide support to survivors and promote awareness about sexual assault on campus, said Kevin Carty ...
Professor Emeritus of History Gordon Wood P’86 found it strange one day after he had retired that his mailbox was empty when all the other boxes on the wall in his department’s building held a copy of the Brown Alumni Magazine. When he started teaching at Brown in 1969, the provost of Wood’s ...
Exploring the traditional association of anger with revenge, Martha Nussbaum, University of Chicago Law School professor and former Brown professor, cited the “Transition” anger utilized by political reformers such as Martin Luther King Jr. and Mahatma Gandhi as its more productive counterpart during ...
This spring’s housing lottery — the first to take place on an online platform rather than in person in Sayles Hall — is currently progressing through the second of three phases. The new online structure has been split into three phases: After indicating interest in participating in the housing ...
International students’ financial aid packages will be reevaluated annually beginning with the class of 2018 as part of President Christina Paxson’s strategic plan. This policy will apply to international students who received University aid upon their admission, but transfer, Resumed Undergraduate ...
Since Andrews Commons opened at the beginning of this semester, the space in the basement of Alumnae Hall — previously home to the Gate — has stood vacant, with no immediate plans for renovation. “We’re not at the point where we’re determining what’s next,” said Stephen Maiorisi, vice ...
With thousands to choose from, selecting courses can be a daunting task, especially in a student’s first year at Brown. As part of the University’s efforts to address this challenge, all incoming recruited athletes now receive a letter from a peer adviser on their team as part of the One for Me ...
Brown Student Agencies is working with Greek Council to encourage fraternity brothers to take bartending certification courses, in the hope of reducing EMS incidents at frat parties. The Student Activities Office and the Rhode Island Bartending School have also helped plan the courses, which have been ...
“People don’t go to movies to see you, they go to movies to see themselves,” said “Orange is the New Black” star Laverne Cox. This truism suggests the need for more relatable TV characters, representing a wide range of human experiences, she said. Cox, along with television stars Aasif Mandvi ...
Instead of lining up to watch the 250th anniversary fireworks and eat cake last Friday, Student Labor Alliance members passed out flyers urging the Brown community to support the Renaissance Hotel boycott. Sophia Gluskin-Braun ’17 and other SLA members distributed approximately 200 flyers to students ...
“Resolved: The United States government should seek to try Edward Snowden for treason,” read the chalkboard at last week’s inaugural meeting of the Brown Policy Union. Modeled after the Oxford Union, the student-run BPU gives “just a little bit more formality” to a standard political conversation, ...
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