Five students competed in the regional finals of the fourth annual Hult Prize competition in Boston March 2. Lauren Behgam ’15, Rebecca Kagan ’13, Erin Kelley ’15, Taylor Lanzet ’15 and Gladys Ndagire ’13 tackled this year’s challenge — the global food crisis — with their business idea, ...
The Office of Continuing Education will offer its first free pre-college online course, an introductory course entitled “Exploring Engineering,” starting next month through Canvas Network. The course will be offered through Canvas instead of Coursera, the online course platform that will host three ...
Being a victim “is almost like an addiction,” said Jerry White ’86, a Nobel Peace Prize laureate and deputy assistant secretary of state, to an audience around 80 to 90 people in Salomon 101 Thursday evening. Victimhood “is insatiable,” said White, who spent a decade interviewing landmine ...
Chancellor Thomas Tisch ’76 will serve a third and final three-year term in his position, continuing to steward the University’s strategic planning in the aftermath of the “financial convulsions of 2008,” Tisch said. “It’s no surprise to anyone,” said Professor of Anthropology and Italian ...
The Advisory Committee on Corporate Responsibility in Investing did not formally recommend divesting from 15 of the largest coal mining and utility companies, said University administrators and faculty members present at the committee’s meeting with President Christina Paxson Wednesday. The meeting ...
The faculty of the Rhode Island School of Design voted unanimously in favor of divesting from fossil fuels at a meeting Wednesday. Though the faculty vote does not translate immediately to divestment, it could put pressure on the RISD Board of Trustees to work to divest from fossil fuels, said Anne ...
The average net cost to attend Brown is $22,743, the second highest in the Ivy League, according to a “college scorecard” by the U.S. Department of Education. Cornell has the highest net cost in the Ivy League at $24,249, according to the scorecard. President Obama announced the creation of the ...
David Coleman, president of the College Board, announced plans for outreach in the coming months to “redesign the SAT so that it better meets the needs of students, schools and colleges at all levels” in a Feb. 25 email sent to College Board members including Jim Miller ’73 , dean of admission. Coleman ...
Members of the Undergraduate Council of Students suggested extending SafeWalk to Fridays and Saturdays and increasing lighting on campus to improve public safety while speaking with Deputy Chief of the Department of Public Safety Paul Shanley at the council’s general body meeting Wednesday. DPS is ...
New Pembroke has emerged as the early frontrunner in the University’s third annual Brown Unplugged: Do It in the Dark energy conservation competition, according to the website tracking energy consumption among the participating dorms. The contest, which began Friday and ends March 21, is meant to ...
The current rate of tuition increase is unsustainable and, if unchecked, could limit the demographics of students who could attend Brown, Provost Mark Schlissel P’15 told faculty members Tuesday at this month’s faculty meeting. The budget for fiscal year 2014, approved by the Corporation, sets ...
Students strive to maintain both physical and mental health, but eating mindfully and exercising regularly are not always easy in college. A new student-run program offered by Yoga and Mindfulness is providing a short-term course in health and wellness habits for students to maintain a healthy living ...
President Christina Paxson announced her support for the general findings of the report published Friday by the Advisory Committee on Childcare, and recommended subsidizing child care for employees instead of bringing a daycare company to campus due to University budget constraints, in an email to the ...
Oberlin cancels classes after racially charged incidents on campus A chain of what Oberlin College officials referred to as “hate-related incidents” caused Oberlin’s President Marvin Krislov to cancel classes at the Ohio liberal arts college Monday, the New York Times reported. The campus has ...
Following an unusually snowy winter this year, the University has spent an estimated $368,000 on snow removal — more than it has in the past six years, said Stephen Maiorisi, vice president for facilities management. The University spent more than three times last year’s cost, Maiorisi said. ...
Incoming first-years will explore the tension between legal or political obligations and moral duty studied in “Beautiful Souls” by Eyal Press ’92 for their summer reading, Associate Dean of the College for First-Year and Sophomore Studies Ann Gaylin announced at Early Admitted Students Day Feb. ...
President Christina Paxson acknowledged for the first time that the University is invested in some of the 15 major coal technology companies targeted by the Brown Divest Coal Campaign at a meeting with the members of the campaign, said University officials and students present in the discussions. The ...
Recent financial gifts to the University demonstrate a trend of donors increasingly specifying what their contributions should fund, said Patricia Watson, senior vice president for University advancement. “There is a trend slowly moving to friends (of the University) wanting to support very specific ...
President Obama signed an order enacting budget cuts — including some to discretionary funding for higher education programs — as part of the federal sequester Friday. The plan went into effect midnight March 2 after Congress and the president failed to reach an agreement by the March 1 deadline ...
The Center for the Study of Slavery and Justice continued its spring semester events series with a teach-in last night exploring the University’s Slavery and Justice report, released in 2006. The event, “Slavery, Justice and the University,” featured talks by Seth Rockman, associate professor ...
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