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 ...
Six days after Dana Dourdeville ’15 did not return from a duck-hunting trip off the Massachusetts coast, friends and family members have joined police search efforts, and officials are considering an underwater search. About 250 friends and family members scoured the coastline of West Island in ...
Updated Wednesday, Jan. 22 at 3:00 a.m. Approximately 30,320 students applied to the class of 2018, the second-largest applicant pool in University history and about a 4 percent increase from last year, said Dean of Admission Jim Miller ’73. Roughly 27,100 students applied through the regular decision ...
Article updated 1/3/14 at 1:25 pm. Law enforcement officials suspended their search Thursday afternoon for an undergraduate who went missing Tuesday, as a winter storm descended on Massachusetts. Dana Dourdeville ’15, an engineering concentrator, was last seen leaving his Marion, Mass., home alone ...
Updated Jan. 22 at 2:14 a.m. Federal prosecutors secured a conviction against former SAC Capital Advisors L.P. portfolio manager Michael Steinberg on insider trading charges last month, national news outlets reported — the latest development in the government’s investigation of Corporation ...
Updated Jan. 22 at 1:33 a.m. Suzanne Stewart-Steinberg, professor of comparative literature and Italian studies, will assume the post of director of the Pembroke Center for Teaching and Research on Women beginning July 1, the center announced last month. Stewart-Steinberg will replace the current ...
Updated Jan. 22 at 2:28 a.m. The University admitted 18.9 percent of early decision applicants to the class of 2018, extending offers of admission to 583 out of a record-high pool of 3,088 applicants, said Dean of Admission Jim Miller ’73. Early decision applicants were notified online of ...
Nineteen students have reported symptoms of gastrointestinal illness since Saturday night, said Edward Wheeler, medical director of Health Services. Three students have visited the emergency room, but none were admitted, he said. The outbreak has been concentrated in Goddard House, where 13 of the ...
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