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Swearer hosts young social innovators

Competitions are not usually the place for second chances, and runners-up are not usually given $5,000 to improve their projects for resubmission. But 15 college students, semifinalists from the Dell Social Innovation Competition — an international competition that focuses on social entrepreneurship ...


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CLPS to unite in renovated Metcalf

The Metcalf Chemistry and Research Laboratory is on track to reopen the first week of October after more than a year of renovation, bringing the Cognitive, Linguistics and Psychological Sciences department under one roof for the first time since the July 2010 department merger.


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At Convocation, a call to 'search deeply'

As the sound of bagpipes pierced the air and a mild drizzle set in, the class of 2015 and other incoming students were called together to begin the 248th school year. After entering campus through the Van Wickle Gates, the first-year class filed onto the Main Green, awaiting welcoming remarks from President ...


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Simmons wary of fiscal woes to come

The University will have to seek new sources of revenue this year after the summer's economic downturn, President Ruth Simmons said at Tuesday's faculty meeting. Simmons said the summer's events — which included stock market plunges and the debt ceiling debate — increased the likelihood ...


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Fencing raises $750,000 in bid to save squad

The fencing team has secured over $750,000 to save its varsity program from elimination and is eyeing another $200,000 in promised pledges, according to Arnold-Peter Weiss P'15, a professor of orthopedic surgery and associate dean of admissions of the Alpert Medical School. Of the nearly 100 donors, ...


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UCS opts out of Obama letter

Student leaders at Georgetown University drafted a letter to President Obama and leaders of the U.S. Congress in mid-July urging them to quickly reach a deal on raising the debt ceiling. More than 130 current and former student body presidents signed the letter, but Undergraduate Council of Students ...


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With little fanfare, on-campus Inn checks out

She had known for months the inn would be closing, but Jeanne Medeiros was still surprised by the error message when she tried to visit its website — especially since, at that point, the Saunders Inn at Brown was still in business. So she made a quick phone call. It turned out web developers had ...


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Irene leaves College Hill wet, in the dark

Hurricane Irene brought heavy winds and rain to Providence early Sunday morning, knocking out power, suspending public transportation and felling trees across the city and on campus. After sweeping up from North Carolina, the hurricane — downgraded to a tropical storm before it hit the Ocean State ...


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TWC appoints new director

The Third World Center appointed Mary Grace Almandrez as its new director this summer after a yearlong search process.  Almandrez, who took office July 1, was joined by Oscar Perez, the TWC's new assistant director for diversity initiatives.


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