The following is an account of crime events that took place this weekend, reported to The Herald by Deputy Chief of Police for the Department of Public Safety Paul Shanley: Early Friday morning The semester’s high incidence of laptop theft continued this weekend when three laptops were reported ...
Nine students from the Student Labor Alliance gathered on the Main Green Monday afternoon to deliver a letter to President Christina Paxson advocating stronger worker protections in the University’s contracts with businesses. Dawn Silvia, executive assistant to the president’s office, told SLA ...
After its leaders named advising a key priority for this year, the Undergraduate Council of Students is moving forward with plans intended to improve the undergraduate advising experience. UCS President Todd Harris ’14.5 said advising will be one of the Council’s top concerns this year, The Herald ...
The Center for Careers and Life After Brown has appointed Amy Tarbox, previously the manager of the Department of Computer Science’s Industrial Partners Program, as the University’s new coordinator for career fields in business, finance and consulting. In her new role, Tarbox has transitioned from ...
Faculty members who taught the University’s first three massive open online courses on Coursera this summer shared their experiences in two town hall meetings held Sept. 25 and Sept. 27. “We recognized that there was a lot of curiosity around the courses,” said John Melson, instructional designer ...
Yongfei Ci, a visitor-in-residence graduate student at the University, was arrested for allegedly stabbing his ex-girlfriend to death in her Urbana, Ill., home Friday, the Chicago Tribune reported Saturday. He is currently being held on a $10 million bond and is expected to face formal charges Monday, ...
The Pembroke Center is in the midst of a $3.5 million fundraising drive to support the growth and accessibility of its two archives: the Christine Dunlap Farnham Archive and the Feminist Theory Archive. Pembroke Center Associates Council Chair Nancy Buc ’65 LLD ’94, a former member of the Corporation’s ...
The University reported its highest fundraising results in five years, raising just over $195.4 million as of June 30, according to a press release from the Alumni Association. The money will be distributed across the University’s key fundraising priorities, as well as initiatives for the Brown Annual ...
Applicants to the class of 2018 will complete a significantly revised Brown supplement to the Common Application during the 2013-2014 admission cycle, submitting two fewer short answer responses and one fewer essay question. One previous question giving applicants the option of writing one of three ...
Palestinians will remain in a “situation of captivity and enslavement” if Israel does not move toward a two-state solution, said Hanan Ashrawi, a member of the Palestine Liberation Organization executive committee, to a half-filled Salomon 101 Wednesday. Ashrawi’s lecture — entitled “Oslo: ...
Faculty members interviewed expressed no strong opinions about President Christina Paxson’s strategic plan draft, which was released to the community last Wednesday. The plan will be presented and discussed at Tuesday’s faculty meeting before being voted on by the Corporation — the University’s ...
Environmental studies and human impact on nature were highlighted as one of seven key “integrative themes” for the University’s next decade in President Christina Paxson’s strategic plan, released last week. But changes are already underway at the Center for Environmental Studies: With a new ...
Members of the Undergraduate Council of Students critiqued President Christina Paxson’s strategic plan at Wednesday’s UCS general body meeting, saying the plan does not mention advising, does not prioritize financial aid and emphasizes graduate programs over the undergraduate experience. Council ...
Corporation Trustee Steven Cohen P’08 P’16 could find a way out of his legal troubles, as he has begun negotiations with federal prosecutors to reach a potential settlement of the charges against his hedge fund and himself, multiple news outlets reported Tuesday. The talks are still in initial ...
Harvard kicks off $6.5 billion capital campaign Harvard announced Sept. 21 that it hopes to raise a historic $6.5 billion with its new capital campaign, the Harvard Crimson reported Saturday. Achieving this target amount would make this capital campaign, known as the Harvard Campaign, the largest ...
Students will have more opportunities to get a head start on their graduate studies while abroad as undergraduates through the Brown Plus One program with a newly-launched University partnership in Spain and other locations under consideration. This semester, Universitat Pompeu Fabra in Barcelona became ...
An online system for Course Performance Reports has replaced the issuance of hard copy reports. The reports enable students who are taking courses using the S/NC grade option to receive written evaluations of their performances from their professors, according to the Dean of the College’s website. Students ...
How much can a Brown graduate expect to earn? In a tough economy, that question rests on many students’ and parents’ minds. According to an annual survey that PayScale released last week, Brown graduates have the eighth-highest average income after graduating among alums of U.S. colleges. The ...
University expansion, financial aid and absence of detail in President Christina Paxson’s recently released strategic plan dominated discussion at a forum Tuesday hosted by Paxson and Provost Mark Schlissel P’15 to solicit feedback on the plan from students, faculty members and staff. Proposals ...
A lack of updates to the Critical Review’s course reviews in recent years has caused the site to experience challenges in retaining prominence as a student resource during shopping period. The Critical Review announced updates for courses conducted in the fall 2012 semester in April on the group’s ...
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