One hundred and two seniors were elected April 17 to the Rhode Island Alpha chapter of Phi Beta Kappa, Chapter Administrator Mary Jo Foley wrote in an email to The Herald. Founded at the College of William and Mary in 1776, Phi Beta Kappa is the oldest academic honor society in the United States, and ...
Princeton’s provost to succeed Tilghman as president Princeton Provost Christopher Eisgruber will take office July 1 as the university’s 20th president, presidential search committee leaders announced Sunday. Eisgruber, who has served as the school’s provost for nearly nine years, will succeed ...
Two leading experts on marijuana legalization squared off Thursday on the implications, merits and economic effects of legalizing the substance in a debate hosted by the Janus Political Union Debates, a sub-group of the Janus Forum. Alex Friedland ’15, fellows director of the Janus Forum, moderated ...
The University will grant all unionized staff members access to the ombudsperson, reversing a previous Faculty Executive Committee proposal from last month, wrote Paul Mancini, University director of labor and employee relations, in an email made available to The Herald. “I have been informed that ...
Warning: This article contains graphic material regarding sexual assault. Peter, a 2011 graduate of the University, saw his life turned upside down when a woman he had dated filed a sexual assault complaint against him with the Department of Public Safety in fall 2008. “I knew the relationship ...
Academic experts and religious leaders debated the legalization of same-sex marriage at a heated forum sponsored by The Herald and the Taubman Center for Public Policy and American Institutions Tuesday. Speakers from both the pro- and anti-same-sex marriage perspectives shared the stage with scholars ...
A student was struck when a portion of the ceiling in her dorm room collapsed on her as she slept last week, but she was not seriously injured. At 7:30 a.m. Friday, the ceiling facade of Slater Hall 403 fell onto Ramya Mahalingam ’14. The rubble, which was composed of plaster and sheetrock, fell ...
Nearly half of faculty members would like to see the Graduate School as the University’s top-priority project in the coming years, according to a poll conducted by The Herald earlier this month. Over 45 percent of faculty members chose the Grad School in the poll. Around 16 percent of faculty members ...
The body of a man believed to be in his 20s or 30s was found by the men’s crew team in the water by India Point Park Tuesday evening, multiple news outlets reported. Police officers have not yet identified the body, said Detective Mark Sacco of the Providence Police Department. The body was transported ...
Warning: This article contains graphic material regarding sexual assault. On her fifth night at Brown and “desperate for friendship,” Anna, whose name has been changed to maintain confidentiality, met up with a sophomore male. Anna remembers struggling to navigate both the University’s ...
Professor of Africana Studies Tricia Rose was named director of the Center for the Study of Race and Ethnicity in America, according to a University press release. A regular contributor to several national media outlets, Rose specializes in topics related to African-Americans — including gender and ...
Clear skies and sunshine marked the first day of the “Lend Your Hand” campaign on the Main Green Monday. Family members started the campaign shortly after the one-month anniversary of the disappearance of former member of the class of 2012 Sunil Tripathi to draw attention to the continuing search, ...
The strategic planning Committee on Financial Aid recommended implementing need-blind admission for international, transfer and Resumed Undergraduate Education applicants in its most recent report to President Christina Paxson, said Jim Tilton, committee chair and director of financial aid. In her ...
A consistent rise in crime throughout 2011 and 2012 — punctuated by 14 robbery cases in the spring of 2012 and prominent incidents of violence — left many students concerned about their safety on campus. This rise in violent crime prompted the Department of Public Safety to focus on initiatives ...
A small fire broke out on the third floor of Jameson House in Keeney Quadrangle Monday evening, said Captain David Soscia of the Providence Fire Department. The cause of the fire was unknown and was under investigation by the fire marshal at press time, said Margaret Klawunn, vice president for campus ...
Warning: This article contains graphic material regarding sexual assault. On a campus that openly celebrates consensual sex, many students do not regularly confront what happens when lines of consent are violated or blurred. “Brown students love talking about sex,” said Devon Reynolds ...
The strategic planning committees are working on condensing their individual recommendations into a “single, integrated, strategic plan for Brown,” said Provost Mark Schlissel P’15 at a community forum on the strategic planning process Friday. Schlissel and nine chairs of the six planning committees ...
Spring Weekend festivities elicited praise from concert attendees this year, as many students indicated satisfaction with the Main Green performances of headliners A-Trak and Kendrick Lamar Friday and Saturday. “The concerts ran really smoothly,” said BCA Publicity Chair Raillan Brooks ’13, adding ...
Claims on social media platforms that Sunil Tripathi, a former member of the class of 2012, was a suspect in the Boston Marathon bombings were dispelled Friday morning when Boston Police Department officers named Tamerlan and Dzhokhar Tsarnaev as the two suspects. Tamerlan Tsarnaev, 26, was killed ...
The race for president of the Undergraduate Council of Students will be determined by a run-off between Todd Harris ’14.5 and Afia Kwakwa ’14, the UCS Elections Board announced at 12:01 a.m. Friday on the steps of the Stephen Robert ’62 Campus Center. A run-off is employed when no candidate receives ...
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