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Experts clash on euro crisis

Renowned academics, businessmen, journalists and politicians from around the world gathered on campus yesterday to exchange ideas, concerns and analyses of the euro crisis in a conference entitled "The Failure of the Euro? Causes and Consequences for Europe and Beyond." Co-sponsored by the Watson Institute ...


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U. will award eight honorary doctorates

The University will confer eight honorary doctorates at Commencement: biochemist Carolyn Bertozzi, actress Viola Davis, Congressman John Lewis, author Marilynne Robinson, musician Sebastian Ruth, news anchor Diane Sawyer, political theorist Gene Sharp and Zhejiang University President Wei Yang.


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Simmons to receive two honorary degrees

President Ruth Simmons will deliver the commencement addresses at the University of Oklahoma and the University of Rochester this year. She will also receive honorary degrees from the universities - the 32nd and 33rd honorary degrees she has received in her lifetime. Simmons will speak at Oklahoma and ...


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Kim '82 takes helm at World Bank

The World Bank announced Dartmouth President Jim Yong Kim '82, a physician and public health expert whose nomination marked a departure from the traditional selection of candidates in politics and finance, as its next leader Monday. Kim was an unconventional choice for the position given his medical ...


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Fitness, aquatics center opens to public

The University's athletics program has undergone many transitional, sometimes trying moments in recent years. Today, less than two weeks after Jack Hayes was announced as the new director of athletics, the department continues its transition to a new era with the unveiling of the long-awaited fitness ...


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Aquatics teams move beyond the bubble

For the swimming and diving and water polo teams, the benefits of the new swimming facility go far beyond the water. The opening of the Katherine Moran Coleman Aquatics Center ushers in a new era for Brown athletics, offering stability to aquatic teams that have endured four years of uncertainty. Though ...


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TEDx event celebrates changemakers

From solutions for world problems to discussions of local issues like the responsible use of land opened up by the I-195 relocation, Sunday's TEDx event provided intellectual stimulation for anyone willing to venture down the hill to listen to the almost 20 speakers. TED, a nonprofit organization, has ...


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Historic Marvel Gym cupola finds new home

Though the opening of the Jonathan Nelson Fitness Center ushers in a new era of Brown athletics, it carries with it a curious piece of Brunonian history and an East Side landmark ­­- the shimmering 50-foot cupola and clock tower. The cupola once topped the Marvel Gynamsium, which was built in 1927. ...


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DPS pushes self-defense training for men

The Department of Public Safety has expanded efforts to include men in the conversation about sexual violence by bringing the Men Can Stop Rape organization to campus and planning a Rape Aggression Defense course for men. While Men Can Stop Rape focuses on the role of men in preventing sexual violence ...


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UCS, UFB candidates debate U.'s priorities

Candidates for Undergraduate Council of Students and Undergraduate Finance Board leadership positions grappled with ways to improve the relationship between the two organizations, means to increase financial aid and how to prioritize fundraising for student activities during a debate Thursday night ...


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Grant funds biomedical research

The University received a grant from Johnson and Johnson last month to provide seed funds for biomedical research that could have commercial or practical applications. The unrestricted grant was not awarded for one particular project but rather for a variety of research projects that may already be ...


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Harvard joins U. in halting HEI investment

With Harvard's announcement April 1 that it will not reinvest in HEI Hotels and Resorts, only three major university investors have yet to make statements regarding their holdings in the company. Harvard's decision - attributed to "portfolio strategies and needs" by Harvard Management Company President ...




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