Grades at Brown have never been higher. For the 2009-10 school year, 54.4 percent of grades were A's, 21.9 percent B's, 4.1 percent C's and 16.5 percent were S's, according to statistics published by the Office of Institutional Research. Only 2.5 percent of grades were recorded as no credit.
Kay Warren, professor of international studies and anthropology, has been appointed the new director of the Pembroke Center for Teaching and Research on Women.
More firms appear to be coming to recruit graduating seniors this year than in the recent past, according to Andrew Simmons, director of the Career Development Center. Though Simmons does not have statistics, he said there certainly is not a decline in job opportunities for seniors.
The Graduate Program in Development, based at the Watson Institute for International Studies, was recently awarded a $3.1 million grant from the National Science Foundation. Over the next five years, this grant will fund graduate students in the social sciences for two-year periods with fellowships ...
This Wednesday, the Women Peer Counselors held the fourth annual Strong Sexy Words, a semi-open mic and the kick-off event to the semester-long "W Wednesday" program.
Mouth-watering smells filled the Sharpe Refectory as diners lined up Sept. 22 to get a taste of the food that 71 percent called "the best meal at the Ratty."
Professor and Chair of Africana Studies Tricia Rose MA'87 PhD'93 urged students and colleagues to question the idea of a colorblind society in a lecture Thursday night. Speaking to a full Pembroke Hall 305, she said there is a need to recognize black culture as legitimate.
Danah Boyd '00, a fellow at Harvard's Berkman Center for Internet and Society and social media researcher at Microsoft Research New England, thinks that social media is evolving into more than just technology.
From the corners of dormitories and from libraries across campus, people ranging from incoming first-years to returning seniors have been asking the same question: "Why won't Brown-Secure work?"
The Corporation formally accepted a $3 million gift Saturday toward the Humanities Initiative, which, according to a University statement, will "foster the development of interdisciplinary graduate and undergraduate programs" — a goal that, for the past five months, a committee from the Department ...
"Most of the things I'm going to tell you are going to be the opposite of your preconceptions."
This fiscal year, Brown has received 37 percent more funding for research awards than it did the previous year, according to a press release.
Riyad Seervai '13, a sophomore from India, is teaching a weekly yoga class this semester called "Back to the Basics: Yoga. Made in India."
The Main Green has gotten a little greener, according to the rules and regulations of the U.S. Green Building Council's Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design. The LEED program recently awarded Rhode Island Hall, the fourth oldest building on campus, a gold certification.
As flu season approaches, Health Services is gearing up for its yearly vaccination program. From Oct. 6 to 22, all students with Brown IDs will be able to receive the flu vaccine — which protects against both the seasonal flu and the H1N1 influenza — free of charge at Josiah's.
Director of Government Relations and Community Affairs Tim Leshan has left Brown to become Vice President for Government Relations at Northeastern University this academic year.
The faculty withdrew a motion to review tenure and faculty development policies at its meeting Tuesday night, stalling progress to reform the tenure process. Faculty members brought the motion to discussion again after it had been withdrawn.
This August, four Brown undergraduates and a RISD student travelled to Dharavi, India for about three weeks to complete the pilot phase of their WaterWalla project. According to project member Anshu Vaish '12, WaterWalla is Hindu for water provider, which is exactly what the project aims to do.
A wealthy American with an estate valued in the millions could not pick a better year to shuffle off this mortal coil. A one-year repeal of the estate tax — a tax applied when an estate passes to an heir — means that estates can be directly transferred from the deceased to the recipient ...
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