In a surprising reversal, Bank of America announced yesterday it will not charge a monthly fee for debit card use. The bank's decision in September to charge customers $5 per month for card use spurred popular petitions, protests and even graffiti at some bank locations.
The University will use a $6.9 million fund containing multiple grants from the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation and an anonymous $3 million donation to promote collaborative teaching and research in the humanities and hire six faculty members, said Dean of the Faculty Kevin McLaughlin P'12.
The primary election was only three days away, so when a woman started running toward Jennifer Lawless in a grocery store parking lot yelling, "Don't worry," the then-candidate assumed it was an expression of good luck. Then the woman got close enough to finish her sentence. "Don't worry," she said, ...
Students and faculty will no longer need to complete tedious piles of paperwork to apply for University funding for academic projects, thanks to a new website launched by the Office of the Dean of the College.
The course preview feature at courses.brown.edu is up and running for spring semester courses after Computing and Information Services discovered and fixed a glitch in the system yesterday. Next semester's course data had not been processed and uploaded onto the site as intended, wrote Jerrod O'Connor, ...
Renovations to 315 Thayer St., the future home of a 60-bed, upperclass residence hall, are expected to begin this week after budget issues pushed the project's start date back from this summer. The hall will open to students next fall.
Alums may soon have access to the online journal database JSTOR, according to Steven Thompson, head of acquisitions and electronic resources for the Library. The University is looking to join a JSTOR pilot program that gives alums from affiliated institutions continued access to the database.
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This semester's health and safety inspections found violations in 18 percent of dormitory rooms and resulted in one fine for the possession of a candle. Most of the violations were low-level.
The University is well ahead of schedule on President Ruth Simmons' goal to reduce greenhouse gas emissions to 42 percent below 2007 levels by 2020, according to the Office of Sustainable Energy and Environmental Initiatives' fall 2011 report released Oct. 18.
Nearly 22 percent of female respondents to a Herald faculty poll completed earlier this month are strongly dissatisfied with available child care resources. Just over 14 percent of male faculty members indicated strong dissatisfaction.
Two hundred and fifty million years ago an egg-laying mammal-like reptile the size of a German shepherd dominated land ecosystems. "It doesn't really look like the guy you would bet on for being the champion survivor," said Jessica Whiteside, assistant professor of geological sciences.
Commissioner of Public Safety Steven Pare distributed eviction notices to the members of Occupy Providence residing in Burnside Park yesterday afternoon, mandating that they vacate the park within 72 hours.
A new initiative by the Office of International Affairs will foster student exchanges with universities across the globe — sending Brown students to far-flung campuses and bringing more foreign students to College Hill. Though the program is not yet finalized, the University has already ...
Department of Pubic Safety officers have begun using radar guns to enforce traffic laws on and near campus this semester, according to Mark Porter, chief of police and director of public safety.
This past summer, Brown led the Ivy League in the number of students awarded prestigious Critical Language Scholarships, winning 11 of the 600 total awards. The scholarship, sponsored by the U.S. Government, provides students with the opportunity to immerse themselves for a summer in the study of one ...
For over 160 years, the mollusc's evolutionary tree has remained ambiguous and incomplete. But after three years spent sampling genes, researchers Casey Dunn and Stephen Smith presented a firm new take on the relationship between eight major molluscan groups.
The University's recent work to develop a Knowledge District downtown places it in the center of a nationwide trend of schools becoming increasingly interested in exploring their relationships with surrounding cities. Representatives from five universities gathered yesterday to discuss how their institutions ...
The Undergraduate Council of Students approved a resolution calling for a $72 increase to next year's student activities fee at its general body meeting last night. UCS originally suggested a $22 increase, but Jason Lee '12, chair of the Undergraduate Finance Board, made an impassioned plea for a larger ...
The Residential Council is considering overhauling the housing lottery process and will be holding three forums to discuss possible changes with the student body.
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