More than 65 percent of students plan to vote for President Obama in next week's presidential election, according to a Herald poll conducted October 17-18. The poll also found the majority of respondents reporting no opinion on how President Christina Paxson is handling her job, not cheating in any ...
University officials canceled classes and closed administrative offices for a second consecutive day Tuesday as Rhode Island picked up in the aftermath of Sandy, a Category 1 hurricane affecting millions up and down the East Coast. While the Ocean State was spared the brunt of the storm, coastal areas ...
The Undergraduate Veterans Subcommittee of the Diversity Advisory Board released a report last month highlighting the issues that undergraduate U.S. military student veterans face and discussing how the University can ease some of these difficulties.
In its first meeting under President Christina Paxson, the Corporation reviewed the University's strategic planning process and heard updates about ongoing initiatives, including the formation of a school of public health. Paxson also arranged the formation of new committees to address campus master ...
In ceremonies punctuated with insights from the past, celebrations of present successes and excitement for the future, members of the Brown community and distinguished guests marked the inauguration of the University's 19th president, Christina Paxson. Friday's event was intended to celebrate the inauguration, ...
University officials used the Brown Alert system at approximately 7:30pm to notify the community that Monday classes would be canceled and administrative offices closed due to the projected effects of Sandy, a Category 1 hurricane packing 75 mile-per-hour winds and currently moving up the East Coast. ...
Classes are canceled tomorrow, and administrative buildings will be closed as the University prepares for the incoming Hurricane Sandy, administrators announced in a text message to the community at 7:30 p.m.
The ongoing discussion about online learning and its evolving role within higher education continued Thursday afternoon at a talk given by Sebastian Thrun, co-founder and chief executive officer of Udacity, an online education program. Thrun's lecture, hosted by Professor of Computer Science Michael ...
Evaluating faculty members' teaching during tenure review continues to be a challenge for several departments, according to the 2012 report from the Teaching, Promotions and Appointments Committee, a faculty governance committee. Some departments pay less attention to "challenging teaching issues" or ...
In its first gathering under President Christina Paxson, the Corporation will meet this weekend to hear updates about Paxson's recently formed strategic planning committees. The weekend will also include the official inauguration of Paxson as the University's 19th president. The six planning committees ...
As President Christina Paxson steps onto the inaugural stage Saturday donning the presidential gown and chain, she will play the lead role in a University tradition that stretches back nearly 250 years. The University will host a community event celebrating Paxson tonight at the Veterans Memorial Auditorium, ...
A panel of environmental experts and activists addressed students at Brown Divest Coal's teach-in last night to discuss the environmental, social and political effects of the world's dependence on coal. The teach-in is part of Brown Divest Coal's campaign to convince the University not to invest in ...
When former president Ruth Simmons arrived at Brown in 2001, she was ready to effect major change. "I fear we have gotten caught up in enhancements of all kinds while fundamentals are wanting," she told faculty in the first week of the school year. Eleven years later, in the wake of Simmons' reforms, ...
Alison Cohen '09 and Eric Rodriguez '08, the two current young alumni trustees of the Corporation, spoke to the Undergraduate Council of Students last night about financial aid, internationalization and the Corporation's past and future initiatives.
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