The joint doctoral program at the Alpert Medical School may be putting new admissions on hold due to financial constraints, said Philip Gruppuso, associate dean for medicine education and interim director of the joint program.
Costs of Care, a nonprofit organization founded by a recent grad, recently launched a national essay contest on the cost of healthcare. Two $1000 prizes will be awarded for anecdotes that best illustrate the importance of cost-awareness in medicine.
John Mearsheimer, professor of political science at the University of Chicago, predicted Monday night that "Israel faces a bleak future as a Jewish state."
The Alpert Medical School has expanded its partnership with Lifespan, amending an existing affiliation agreement meant to bring the Med School and Lifespan hospitals into closer alignment. The two institutions formally announced the agreement at a press meeting Monday.
The Underground is back in business.
There is the slightest hint of change hanging in the musty air of the Friedman Study Center. Physically the computer clusters look the same, but the home screen has exchanged its brooding black monochrome for an ethereal blue-green. This is the first evidence cluster-users have of the new software upgrade. ...
Members of emPOWER have recently formed a new student group to raise awareness about environmental issues.
On Sept. 20, students in the first-year seminar ETHN 0090A: "The Border/La Frontera" got a closer look at the impact of the border issues they study in class. They attended the play "La Casa Rosa" — performed by Soame Citlalime, a group of 30 women from San Francisco Tetlanohcan, Mexico — ...
Brown's network-based online file storage program, MyStuff, was discontinued Saturday.
Aisles and floors full of students desperately trying to fit into a classroom or a lecture hall are a common sight at the beginning of each semester. According to University Registrar Robert Fitzgerald, it is part of the reality of Brown's approach to shopping period.
About 200 scholars from 55 countries visited Brown for three weeks in June for a hybrid program of lectures, group work, round tables, field trips and social events.
In the newly reopened Blue Room, customers have found themselves surrounded by signs of change: an array of locally prepared food items, longer hours — and no microwaves.
Joanna Cain, professor and chair of obstetrics and gynecology at Alpert Medical School, is now at the forefront of the global fight against cervical cancer. In her position as leader of a new World Health Organization committee for fighting the disease, she will be dedicated to revising and implementing ...
During the blood drive held Sept. 14–16, the Queer Political Action Committee circulated a petition protesting the policy that forbids any man who has had sex with another man since 1977 from donating blood.
Earlier this month, the Faculty Club opened its doors on Friday nights to the greater Providence community. The club's eatery, which is typically only open to University-affiliated members, functions as a small restaurant on these occasions. This change is a way for Brown to open up to the community, ...
George Vassilev stepped into the position of assistant dean and director of pre-professional advising Sept. 21. He is currently responsible for advising students and alums applying to medical and law school.
Black enrollment swelled to 144 students in the class of 2014 — more than in any past cohort.
This August, three international writers joined the International Writers Project as writing fellows. Run through the Department of Literary Arts and the Watson Institute for International Studies, the program is hosting Kho Tararith of Cambodia, George Seremba of Uganda and Dul Johnson of Nigeria.
A group of researchers from Brown and Women and Infants Hospital of Rhode Island have created an artificial human ovary.
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