Supercomputer welcomed with optimism
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Professor of Literary Arts Keith Waldrop has won the National Book Award for poetry this year for his book "Transcendental Studies: A Trilogy," the National Book Foundation announced last week at a ceremony in New York.The foundation cited "Transcendental Studies" for its unity of poetry and philosophy, ...
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After months of planning, Brown is set to unveil a new multimillion-dollar supercomputer today.
"How are minority groups best represented?" "Can a member of a group better represent that group's interests than a non-member?" Those were the key questions that Harvard Law Professor Lani Guinier and author Jim Sleeper wrestled with at Thursday afternoon's Janus Forum lecture, "Does Race Matter?" Guinier, ...
Two players with Brown ties have earned an invitation to ultimate frisbee's biggest stage — the 2010 World Ultimate Club Championships.
Substance use among students has stayed relatively unchanged from two years ago, according to a recent Herald poll. The data also showed that more males used marijuana than females and that more upperclassmen used alcohol than freshmen.
Though a majority of Brown students expressed confidence about their ability to finance their education, a sizable proportion indicated worry, according to a recent Herald poll.The poll found that 59.4 percent of students reported being "somewhat confident" or "very confident" with their abilities to ...
Details continue to emerge about the party last Saturday in Alumnae Hall that led to the arrest of four men in attendance. According to the official Providence Police Department report obtained Wednesday by The Herald, an individual threatened to return to a Brown party with a handgun. The University ...
"Kids in urban and rural areas have every bit of the potential other kids do," said Teach for America founder Wendy Kopp to a half-full Salomon 101 auditorium last night.
The following summary includes all major incidents reported to the Department of Public Safety between Nov. 3 and Nov. 11. It does not include general service and alarm calls. The Providence Police Department responds to incidents occurring both on and off campus. DPS does not divulge information on ...
A recent re-accreditation report by the New England Association of Schools and Colleges has ranked Brown ahead of many of its fellow institutions — Brown "may be the best among its peers in scheduling classes five full days a week," according to the report.Students needn't worry about the report's ...
Students in the Program in Liberal Medical Education are seeking to be exempted from a new policy about applying to other medical schools and have taken their objections to an Alpert Medical School official.Four junior PLMEs met with Associate Dean of Medicine Philip Gruppuso on Friday to lobby against ...
Universities must not lose their "moral purpose" as they struggle during challenging economic times, Princeton professor Stanley Katz told a Marcuvitz Auditorium audience Tuesday in Sidney Frank Hall.In weathering the downturn, universities "will solve the money problem," but the larger battle "is what ...
Additional details emerged Tuesday about a fight that turned violent at a weekend party in Alumnae Hall, during which four people were arrested.At one point during the conflict Saturday night, an individual "tried to grab at a Brown officer's gun in his holster," Providence Police Department Chief Dean ...
The University could help fuel the developing knowledge-based economy in Providence, according to Assistant Vice President of Planning, Design and Construction Michael McCormick. In a Brown University Community Council meeting Tuesday at Brown/RISD Hillel, McCormick and several other officials ...
Department of Public Safety officers used pepper spray to break up a fight at a party in Alumnae Hall Saturday night, according to a campus-wide e-mail sent Monday night by Vice President for Campus Life and Student Services Margaret Klawunn.
New York Times reporter David Rohde '90 escaped from the Taliban four months ago after being kidnapped while on assignment in Afghanistan. Rohde gave his first public lecture about his experience on Monday in List 120. He also sat down with The Herald to discuss how his perspective has changed since ...
Former Brown president Gordon Gee, the current president of Ohio State University, was named "The Big Man on Campus" among the top 10 college presidents by Time Magazine earlier this month.
A team of scientists led by a Brown professor is conducting research that could lead to the regeneration of injured nerve cells and renewed feeling in numb, damaged body parts.