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Canvas slated to replace MyCourses
By Sahil Luthra | September 24Clarification appended.
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Med School names dean for career aid
By Kat Thornton | September 24Brian Zink was named an assistant dean for medical student career development at the Alpert Medical School Wednesday, a newly created position he will assume Oct. 1.
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Alum awarded for protein research
By Jonathan Staloff | September 22Arthur Horwich '73 MD'75 will receive the prestigious Albert Lasker Basic Medical Research Award today for his work on the mechanism by which primary amino acids refold to form their full protein structure.
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Learning by giving: SOC 1870A
By Tonya Riley | September 22Receiving $15,000 for a college class might sound like a laughable dream, but in SOC 1870A: "Investing in Social Change," a course offered by the Department of Sociology in conjunction with the Swearer Center for Public Service, that is exactly what happens. There is, of course, a catch — students ...
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New institute merges study, practice of brain science
By Kat Thornton | September 21It has no building yet, but with a $15 million endowment and hundreds of soon-to-be affiliated researchers, the Norman Prince Neurosciences Institute promises to make its presence felt in the world of medical research.
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UCS elects eight to new posts
By Katrina Phillips | September 21Correction appended.
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Adjunct Lecturer Afolabi '03 dead of accidental head injury
By Lucy Feldman | September 21Adjunct Lecturer of Education Kolajo Afolabi '03 died from an accidental head injury sustained during a morning jog yesterday.
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Morse '11 wins mayoral primary by one vote
By Sahil Luthra | September 21Four months after Commencement, Alex Morse '11 still has a ways to go before landing a job.
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Tax filings show 2009 salaries for top officials
By Mark Raymond | September 21President Ruth Simmons received $656,683 in total compensation during the 2009 calendar year, down from $884,771 in 2008. Compensation figures for top officials in 2009, including salaries, bonuses, benefits and deferred compensation, are listed on the Internal Revenue Service's Form 990, which all ...
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Vending accounts may go online
By Liz Kelley | September 21The hassle of abandoning wet clothing to refill a vending stripe in one of the University's oft-broken Card Value Center machines may become a thing of the past next semester. A system under review, which would make the vending stripes on Brown ID cards obsolete, would be "a revision and update of the ...
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Announcement pending on Humanities Initiative
By Max Ernst | September 20The University will make a major announcement within the next several weeks regarding the Humanities Initiative, a multidisciplinary effort launched last year to strengthen teaching and research in the humanities.
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Summer programs raking in revenue
By Mark Raymond | September 20Summer programs run through the Office of Continuing Education brought in around $4 million for the University this summer, up from $2.9 million in summer 2010.
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Psych Services use on the rise
By Alexandra Macfarlane | September 20There has been an increase in student demand over the past five years for Psychological Services, according to Director Belinda Johnson. Johnson largely attributed the increase to greater student awareness of available resources.
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Higher Ed News Roundup
By Lucy Feldman | September 20Tupac lives on in library archives
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Bio center to focus on collaboration
By Michael Danielewicz | September 20In line with University goals, Professor of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology David Rand P'12 says he will take an interdisciplinary approach to expanding research in his new role as director of the Center for Computational Molecular Biology. Rand, who replaced the center's former director, Professor ...
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In lieu of textbooks, students lug costs
By Sahil Luthra | September 20For a backpack containing "Grant's Atlas of Anatomy," "Junquiera's Basic Histology" and "Bates' Guide to Physical Examination and History Taking," Corey Spiro's MD'15 bag is remarkably light. Combined, the books weigh less than 1.33 pounds — the e-books, that is.
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U. explains academic code to int'l students
By Katrina Phillips | September 20International students were responsible for a disproportionately high number of academic code violations brought before the Academic Code Committee last academic year, prompting the University to improve the support and information provided to international students this year.
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With cheap artists, Fall Concert goes free
By Kristina Fazzalaro | September 20The Brown Concert Agency's Fall Concert this Saturday will be an unprecedented event — and not necessarily because of the dub-stepping talents of Starkey or the psychedelic strumming of Real Estate. The real surprise for students this time around is the ticket price: gratis, frei, free.
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Facilities completes summer upgrades
By Greg Jordan-Detamore | September 20The Department of Facilities Management completed nearly all of its planned projects this summer, bringing new sidewalks, lighting and bicycle racks to campus along with other upgrades and improvements. Including capital projects, the total cost of summer work was about $47 million, said Paul Dietel, ...
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U. joins alcohol forum
By Hannah Loewentheil | September 19Brown joined a multi-university effort to reduce the amount of binge drinking on college campuses this summer. The Learning Collaborative on High-Risk Drinking — spearheaded by Dartmouth President Jim Yong Kim '82 — has garnered support from 32 colleges and universities since its May 2 launch. ...
