The University will save $15 million by 2014 on utilities costs by asking suppliers to compete for an energy contract, according to Christopher Powell, director of sustainable energy and environmental initiatives. Though price fluctuations are common for oil and natural gas, the University avoids paying ...
Das Racist, Lee Fields and the Expressions and Rebirth Brass Band will support headliners TV on the Radio and Diddy–Dirty Money at the 51st Spring Weekend.
Hedy Epstein had never seen so much blood.
The Whiskey Republic — a new bar replacing the popular Fish Company at 515 South Water St. — will host its first-ever "Brown Night" March 23.
The University purchased another building downtown Monday for roughly $6 million, according to Richard Spies, executive vice president for planning. The property, which will house the Office of Continuing Education, is near the Medical Education Building and other University-owned buildings in the Jewelry ...
The University is looking to strengthen its relationship with China in an effort to expand its presence and appeal to a growing base of potential donors. In the past year, the University has actively increased its outreach efforts by developing its partnership with the Chinese University of Hong Kong ...
Dean of the College Katherine Bergeron presented on behalf of the committee examining the University's policy on the Reserve Officers' Training Corps at yesterday's Brown University Community Council meeting. Following her presentation, other representatives of the committee and various student groups ...
The University, in collaboration with Women and Infants Hospital of Rhode Island, is successfully recruiting pregnant women for the Providence County chapter of the National Children's Study, the broadest longitudinal study on child development ever conducted in the U.S.
Seven panelists debated challenges to Israeli-Palestinian relations last night in the final event of a two-day conference titled "Israelis and Palestinians: Working Together for a Better Future." The conference also included "Neighbors," a theater production Sunday night by the Galilee Multicultural ...
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Approximately 140 members of the class of 2015 arrived on College Hill yesterday for the first-ever admitted students event geared toward early decision applicants. Admitted students attended panels, toured a first-year residence hall and ate lunch with admissions officers and Bruin Club members at ...
Though the $1.61 billion Campaign for Academic Enrichment concluded in December and this May will mark President Ruth Simmons' 10th year in office, Corporation members expect her to stay with the University "for the foreseeable future," said Chancellor Thomas Tisch '76 P'07.
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The Corporation approved an increase of about 50 to the number of admitted transfer students for the 2011-12 school year at its Feb. 12 meeting. The increase is designed to stabilize the number of enrolled undergraduates at 6,000 without sapping any first-year-specific resources, according to Provost ...
Jason Hitchner '10 died in his sleep late Wednesday. An advocate for social causes during his time at Brown, Hitchner was described by those who knew him as a friendly and passionate young man.
Harvard and Princeton will allow prospective students to apply through non-binding early action programs beginning this fall, the two schools announced Feb. 24. Both schools cancelled their early action and early decision programs in 2006 in favor of single rounds of admissions in the spring.
A team of researchers presented an innovative method for treating obsessive-compulsive disorder called deep brain stimulation at the annual meeting of the American Association for the Advancement of Science Feb. 18. The team shared the technique and results of their ongoing research, which began more ...
A professor and three students studying abroad in Kyoto, Japan, are safe after an 8.9 magnitude earthquake Friday triggered a tsunami that hit Japan's northeastern coast.
In an effort to sustain the fundraising momentum initially sparked by the Campaign for Academic Enrichment, which ended in Dec. 31, the Corporation has formed the Committee on Development, which will oversee all University fundraising.
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