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Early decision admits flock to campus

"Turn off all your cell phones, or we'll rescind your admission," announced Admission Officer Matt Price to the roughly 250 representatives of the class of 2016 who assembled Monday for the Early Decision Admitted Students Day. Despite the chuckles, nearly every student in Sayles Hall reached for his ...


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Prof honored as 'rising star' in evolutionary bio

Associate Professor of Evolutionary Biology Sohini Ramachandran received the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation Fellowship for her research in computational and evolutionary molecular biology, according to the foundation's Feb. 15 press release. The award is granted to young scientists who are "rising stars, ...


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37 juniors elected to Phi Beta Kappa

Thirty-seven juniors were elected to the Rhode Island Alpha of Phi Beta Kappa Feb. 8. The honor society, founded in Williamsburg, Va., in 1776, is the oldest and most prestigious academic honor organization in the nation. Of the more than 3,500 institutions of higher learning in the United States, only ...


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Fundraising to expand brain science faculty

The University will fundraise $50 million over the next five years as part of a new initiative to expand the Brown Institute for Brain Science. A large portion of these funds will be used to pay for seven new positions in the institute, said John Donoghue PhD '79 P'09 P'12, director of the institute ...


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IvyQ conference to explore queer identity

Students from across the Ivy League arrived on campus yesterday to participate in IvyQ, an annual weekend-long conference that tackles issues of queer identity first held two years ago at Penn. Brown is hosting the conference for the first time and expects 500 students to participate in the weekend's ...


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Slavery memorial designer chosen

Graceful metal skeletons, ash wood ladders stretching skyward, woven rattan curved into elegant silhouettes — the work of sculptor Martin Puryear, who has been selected to design a memorial to acknowledge the University's links to the transatlantic slave trade, evokes a sense of minimalism even ...


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MunchCard use expands

The MunchCard, a restaurant discount created by four Brown students as an alternative to University-provided meal plans, has been gaining  popularity since its initiation last September. This spring, about 700 undergraduates are participating in the program, compared to 530 last semester. Steven Tran ...


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UCS referendum fails to garner two-thirds approval

The referendum on an amendment that would allow the Undergraduate Council of Students to determine its own funding without the approval from the Undergraduate Finance Board failed to receive the two-thirds majority it required to pass, according to a statement sent to The Herald by UCS Communications ...


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Q&A with Holyoke Mayor Alex Morse '11

Holyoke Mayor Alex Morse '11, the youngest mayor in Holyoke's history, called The Herald from his City Hall office last week to talk about his first five weeks as mayor. As an undergraduate, Morse worked at Providence City Hall for three years under the tutelage of then-Mayor David Cicil- line '83. ...


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Bookstore sees record textbook rental numbers

Now in its third semester, the Brown Bookstore's textbook rental program is an increasingly popular cost-saving tool among students. About 1,400 students used the program last semester, compared to roughly 300 students who used it in spring 2011, according to Mike McDade, the bookstore's textbook department ...


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Spotlight: Students for Obama kick off campaign

It is an unspoken rule that free pizza must make an appearance at new student group meetings — though the Nice Slice versus Antonio's debate remains an unresolved controversy. Last week's opening meeting for Brown Students for Obama proved the group was no exception to the rule, though few members ...


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