President Obama emphasized reducing income inequality and expanding opportunity, in part through increased access to higher education, in his fifth State of the Union address Tuesday night. He also stressed job creation, the United States’ reduced military presence in the Middle East and his commitment ...
Graduate students at New York University voted last month to become the only graduate assistants at an American private university to be represented by a union, another development in a continuing debate about the merits of unionization in graduate education. But while graduate students at Brown said ...
The Alpert Medical School MD Curriculum Committee passed a motion last month to grade all preclinical courses — the entirety of the first two years of medical study — solely Satisfactory/No Credit, beginning with the MD class of 2017. The school’s previous policy graded all preclinical courses ...
The first time Pedro Dal Bo taught microeconomics — as a teaching assistant 20 years ago to students in Argentina — it was with the traditional blackboard and chalk. But last semester, after years of teaching in a conventional manner, Dal Bo decided to conduct an experiment. Though Dal Bo, associate ...
When Provost Mark Schlissel P’15 departs for the University of Michigan presidency July 1, he will leave behind a legacy that includes leadership of an expansive strategic planning process, an accredited School of Public Health, tough financial decisions and enhanced environmental teaching and research. Upon ...
Provost Mark Schlissel P’15 was named the next president of the University of Michigan Friday morning, priming him to leave Brown after three years in the top administrative post. He will remain at Brown for the rest of the academic year, taking the helm at Michigan July 1. Schlissel, who came to ...
News of Provost Mark Schlissel’s P’15 departure precipitated a range of reactions throughout the Brown community this weekend, including uncertainty about losing a top administrator, pride in a University leader rising to a high-profile position and hope for a new voice on College Hill. ‘A ...
Sitting atop the new Building for Environmental Research and Teaching, the Plant Environmental Center — the University’s new greenhouse and conservatory — houses innovative technology for research on climate change and other leading areas of study. The rooftop building — a metallic, crown-shaped ...
Following its first general body meeting of the semester this past Wednesday, the Undergraduate Council of Students is preparing to pursue several projects this spring, including addressing lingering student concerns about coal divestment and facilitating President Christina Paxson’s internship initiative. The ...
Eighteen juniors returning from study abroad are living in temporary housing while awaiting permanent on-campus housing assignments this semester. Another approximately 40 juniors returning from study abroad were granted off-campus housing permission for the spring semester, even though the Office of ...
Many students returning to campus this week had to change their travel plans and missed the first few classes of the semester, as Tuesday’s winter storm blanketed much of the Northeast, depositing six inches of snow in Providence. Though the University canceled classes before 10 a.m., some professors ...
Undergraduate students congregated for a series of panels and networking opportunities with Brown alums last week at the third annual January Career Laboratory, or JanLab, hosted by the Center for Careers and Life After Brown. About 60 alums and 138 students attended this year’s event, which ran ...
The Building for Environmental Research and Teaching opened its doors to students this week, replacing Hunter Laboratory after over a year of construction. The $35 million project entailed an overhaul of the building’s interior, the installation of a new greenhouse on the roof and an extension of ...
Assistant Professor of English Vanessa Ryan was named associate dean of the Graduate School earlier this month, Dean of the Graduate School Peter Weber wrote in an email to The Herald. Her new position was created as part of an initiative in President Christina Paxson’s strategic plan to improve doctoral ...
The University will commit to funding at least one internship or research opportunity for students receiving financial aid as part of an effort to increase the accessibility of summer opportunities, President Christina Paxson announced at a White House summit on higher education last week. Dozens of ...
As a result of heavy snowfall and low temperatures, the University canceled classes scheduled to start before 10 a.m. Wednesday and delayed opening administrative offices until 10 a.m. In an email sent Tuesday night to the Brown community, Provost Mark Schlissel P’15 and Elizabeth Huidekoper, executive ...
Dana Dourdeville ’15 loved to build things for others. “He was brilliant, and he was always thinking about different things he could construct,” said Brittany Comunale ’16, a former classmate. “It was fascinating to watch him think and explore new ideas.” In interviews, friends and family ...
Following days of single-digit temperatures, a burst pipe flooded six Graduate Center C suites during winter break, said Richard Bova, senior associate dean of residential life and dining services. After a window was left open, Bova said, a radiator pipe in suite 620 froze and burst Jan. 6, flooding ...
Updated Jan. 22 at 2:57 a.m. Police have confirmed the body found on the shore of Falmouth, Mass., Jan. 12 as missing undergraduate Dana Dourdeville ’15, said Sergeant Kevin Kobza, public information officer for the Fairhaven Police Department. A civilian search party located the body around ...
Updated: Jan. 22 at 2:39 a.m. The Senate confirmed Janet Yellen ’67 as chair of the Federal Reserve Jan. 6, making her the first woman to lead the nation’s central bank. Yellen, who was nominated by President Obama in October, will take office Feb. 1 after serving as the Fed’s vice chair since ...
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