Undergraduate applications to Brown from citizens of the United Kingdom have risen nearly 40 percent in the past two years, almost twice the rate of increase in total applications to the University.
Rhode Island District Federal Court Judge William Smith recused himself from William McCormick's case against the University and two alums earlier this month because his daughter is applying to Brown, according to Joe Cavanagh, a lawyer for the alums named as defendants in the case.
Two Brown students studying abroad in Alexandria, Egypt through a Middlebury College program are being evacuated today from the country by plane in light of the ongoing violent protests against President Hosni Mubarak's regime.
Following the lead of other universities — and responding to frequent requests from students — the Brown Bookstore has implemented a new textbook rental service this semester.
Researchers at the Alpert Medical School made an important discovery that may lead to changes in the way brain tumors are diagnosed and treated. Their findings, published in the Journal of the National Cancer Institute last month, have generated a slew of questions not only on brain tumors but ...
This week, for the fourth year in a row, President Ruth Simmons is joining global leaders from business, politics and other fields at the annual meeting of the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland. The event, which began Jan. 26 and ends Jan. 30, allows Simmons to develop relationships with university ...
Two undergraduates made efficient use of their time — impressing judges and winning cash prizes in 90 seconds — Dec. 8 at an elevator pitch contest held at the Rhode Island Center for Innovation and Entrepreneurship in Providence.
No longer will students be going to great lengths — donning Speedo bathing suits, fleeing bears on the main green, performing naked birthday a capella — in pursuit of the first pick in the housing lottery. The first pick video competition will be replaced by a drawing this year, to take ...
While his peers were wrapping up their winter breaks and returning to campus, Alex Morse '11 was kicking off his political career. The urban studies concentrator announced his candidacy for mayor of his hometown, Holyoke, Mass., on Tuesday.
Brown's Advisory Committee on Corporate Responsibility in Investment Policies recommended at its Dec. 6 meeting that the University not reinvest in HEI Hotels and Resorts.
Students rushing to buy course materials for their first days of classes will have a shorter time to return textbooks to the Brown Bookstore.
Tonight, for the first time in many years, students will not mark the first day of classes by heading to the South Water Street bar the Fish Company.
President Ruth Simmons has convened a committee to review Brown's policy towards the Reserve Officer Training Corp program, according to a University press release from mid-January. In an e-mail Tuesday morning to the student body, Undergraduate Council of Students President Diane Mokoro '11 wrote that ...
As students settle back into their Providence homes and dive into the often hectic shopping period, the Office of Admission will continue to review over 31,000 applications they received for the class of 2015, a task which has been underway for more than a month. This year's record-breaking number represents ...
Richard Holbrooke '62, distinguished public servant, died Dec. 13 after undergoing emergency surgery to repair a torn aorta. He was a professor-at-large at the Watson Institute for International Studies at the time of his death.
The Perry and Marty Granoff Center for the Creative Arts — the newest building on campus — opens to the public today. The building, located on the Walk between Angell and Olive streets just west of the Brown Bookstore, will provide a common space for interaction between different programs in the ...
The Third World Center has begun its search for a new director, following a semester under the interim leadership of Associate Protestant University Chaplain Reverend William Mathis.
The Alpert Medical School did not accept transfer students for the current academic year due to alterations in its clerkship curriculum, according to Philip Gruppuso, associate dean for medical education.
The Chief of Obstetrics and Gynecology at Women and Infants Hospital and Brown University, Joanna Cain, resigned late last month, sparking confusion over the circumstances surrounding her departure.
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