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Updated course website launched

A new version of the website courses.brown.edu was launched this month, enabling students to access syllabus information from courses for which they are not registered. The remodeling of the website, which was launched by Computing and Information Services in conjunction with the Office of the Dean ...


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Former U. president Hornig dies at age 92

Donald Hornig, the University’s 14th president, died Monday at the age of 92, according to a University press release. Hornig served as president from 1970 to 1976. Like his predecessor, Ray Heffner, Hornig presided over the University during tumultuous times. During his tenure, he faced campus-wide ...


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Residential Council cancels housing options fair

The housing options fair and first-pick raffle originally scheduled to take place tonight at 7:30 p.m. has been cancelled. The change is a consequence of impending reforms to how students select housing, Residential Council chair Travis Spangler ’13 wrote in an email to The Herald. Starting next ...


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Lassonde to step down to serve at Harvard

Deputy Dean of the College Stephen Lassonde will step down from his position at the end of March after serving six years at the University, Dean of the College Katherine Bergeron wrote in an email to the community Jan. 14. Lassonde will take the post of dean of student life at Harvard later this spring, ...


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Apps for class of 2017 third highest in U. history

The University received about 28,900 total applications this year, the third-highest number of applications in its history. The Admission Office had counted 28,733 total applications received as of Jan. 15 — 25,723 students applying in the regular decision process and 3,010 applying early decision ...


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U. apps increase slightly from last year

The University received about 28,900 total applications this year, the third-highest number of applications in its history. As of Tuesday, the Admission Office had counted 28,733 total applications received — 25,723 students applying in the regular decision process and 3,010 applying early decision ...


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Med School mourns death of student

Family and colleagues remembered Laura Kibuuka MD’16, who was killed by an Amtrak Acela Express train Jan. 2, as a talented woman passionate about health and community service. Kibuuka was struck on the train track near South Attleboro, Mass. The MBTA Transit Police and the Bristol County District ...


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Student arrested following altercation at Jo's

An original version of this article included the name of the student who was involved in the altercation with the officers. His name has been redacted because the charges were dropped. A male sophomore was arrested Dec. 16 at Josiah's after a physical altercation with Department of Public Safety ...


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Early acceptance rate falls to 18.5 percent

The early decision admission rate dropped to 18.5 percent for the class of 2017, with 558 out of 3,010 applicants receiving offers to enroll, according to University admission officers. Early applicants were notified of their admission decisions 5 p.m. Dec. 12. The slight dip from last year’s 19 ...


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U. investment manager to step down

The University is currently looking to fill the position of chief investment officer, after Cynthia Frost, who previously held the position, retired at the end of 2012. Frost was the first and only person to have held the position of University CIO, serving since the position was created in July 2000. ...


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Crunchbutton delivers spicies with and more

A new food-ordering website called Crunchbutton launched at Brown last week, allowing students to order take-out or receive deliveries from their favorite local restaurants and Josiah's. Crunchbutton offers the most popular items from each of the restaurants it features, said Judd Rosenblatt, its co-founder ...


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Poll: Majority support race-blind faculty hires

About 56 percent of students oppose the University considering race when hiring faculty members, while 35 percent support the policy, according to a Herald poll conducted this fall. The remaining 60 percent of students said the University should not consider demographic factors in faculty decisions. ...


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Former U. president Ray Heffner dies at 87

"The president has shown himself to be an administrator careful in his choice of words and slow in his choice of actions," The Herald wrote May 9, 1969, the day Ray Heffner, the University's 13th president, announced his resignation. Heffner, who died last week at the age of 87, presided over three ...


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UCS increases budget for New Initatives Fund

The Undergraduate Council of Students doubled the budget for its recently-created New Initiatives Fund to $1,000 this semester. UCS started the grant last semester to support newer Category I groups that have "feasible, interesting" plans, said UCS Treasurer Stacy Bartlett '14.



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