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Students feel less wealthy than their peers

Students are more likely to perceive their family's wealth as lower than that of the average Brown student's, according to a November poll conducted by The Herald. While about one-quarter of students reported that their family's wealth is about the same as the average, 43 percent said it is below the ...


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Watson begins search for director

The Watson Institute for International Studies began its search for a new permanent director last week. In an October email to the faculty, Provost Mark Schlissel P'15 announced the eight members of the search committee, which assembled for the first time Nov. 9 to discuss advertising for the vacant ...


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Deferred admits take road less traveled

Most accepted students have the option of taking a gap year before arriving on College Hill, but some are required. For the latter group, admission to Brown is offered on the condition that they take time off and enroll the subsequent year.                                                                                               ...


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College Hill activists eye Occupy Harvard

Protesters who descended on Harvard Yard Nov. 9 to bring the Occupation to the world's most prestigious university were met with stringent security. As a group of would-be Occupiers linked arms and tried to enter the Yard, police closed the gates, "crushing the students caught between the bars," said ...


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Engineering school awarded $12 m

The School of Engineering won two federal grants totaling over $12 million this month. The first, financed by the Department of Energy, is worth $6.17 million over three years and will be shared with the University of Rhode Island. The second, a $6.25 million grant awarded jointly with California State ...


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Strait Talk Symposium forges 'peacemakers'

The sounds of Chinese, Taiwanese and English mingled inside Vartan Gregorian Quad Sunday afternoon during the Peace Project Workshop of Brown's seventh-annual Strait Talk Symposium. Empty coffee cups were strewn over the tables, and students — clad in jeans and T-shirts — chattered away. ...


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No decision on Paterno '50 award

The University has not made a decision about the future of the Joe Paterno '50 Award in the week since Paterno was fired from Pennsylvania State University in light of a sex scandal involving his former assistant coach Jerry Sandusky.


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Occupiers march in solidarity with NYC

About 10 Brown students joined members of Occupy Providence in a march on City Hall and the Providence Public Safety Complex Tuesday in response to the eviction of Occupy Wall Street protesters from Zuccotti Park in New York City early that morning.


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Student approval of Simmons rises

In the wake of her September announcement that she plans to step down at the end of this academic year, President Ruth Simmons remains a popular figure in the eyes of students. Her job approval rating among students increased from last semester's rating of 62.4 percent to 68.2 percent, according to ...


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Study abroad participation drops

Four hundred fourteen students studied abroad through University programs in the 2010-11 academic year, the fewest in the past 10 years and a 7.4 percent decrease from 2009-10. These figures include students from other institutions who study abroad with Brown programs.



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