According to a recent Herald poll, President Obama continues to receive large support from Brown students, with 77.5 percent approving of his job performance as president — 18.5 percent strongly approving and 59 percent somewhat approving. Only about 18 percent of students — 13.3 percent somewhat ...
Do you approve or disapprove of the way Ruth Simmons is handling her job as president of Brown University? Strongly approve: 34.8% Somewhat approve: 39.2% Somewhat disapprove: 4.5% Strongly disapprove: 1.4% Don't know / No answer: 20.1% Do you approve or disapprove of the way the Undergraduate ...
As students registered for the spring semester, they may have noticed an additional feature available on the Banner Course Scheduler — the ability to view a list of the textbooks that they will require for each class.
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A new breakfast table has popped up on the Main Green. Every Wednesday, Brown's chapter of Nourish International holds a "hunger breakfast," modeled after "hunger lunches" held by other college chapters.
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A new study area will open in the Rockefeller Library at the beginning of next semester.
The following summary includes a selection of major incidents reported to the Department of Public Safety between Oct. 6 and Oct. 27. It does not include general service and alarm calls. The Providence Police Department also responds to incidents occurring off campus. DPS does not divulge information ...
The kick-off event for the Tam Tran Scholarship for Undocumented Youth, a dinner held on Oct. 22 by Brown Immigrants' Rights Coalition, raised $2,756.45, including online donations, said Juan Martinez-Hill '12, a BIRC member.
President Ruth Simmons discussed the departure of Provost David Kertzer '69 P'95 P'98 and recent cases of bullying concerning sexual identity that resulted in suicides at college campuses nationwide during Tuesday's faculty meeting.
Brown's endowment grew 6.9 percent last year — with a 10.2 percent net gain — chiefly due to rebounding markets.
For the second year in a row, Brown placed third among research institutions in the number of students who received Fulbright Awards, according to a list released Oct. 24 by the Institute of International Education.
On Tuesday night, as a part of Asian and Asian-American History Month, eight students came together in Solomon 001 before an audience of about 40 to offer different perspectives of the so-called Asian experience.
Computing and Information Services is currently collecting feedback from students and faculty to help identify an online learning management system that would replace MyCourses.
Three students in Rhode Island colleges and universities have tested positive for acute HIV in the last six months, according to Timothy Flanigan, director of infectious diseases at Miriam Hospital and professor of medicine at Alpert Medical School.
Provost David Kertzer '69 P'95 P'98 will step down from his office at the end of this school year, President Ruth Simmons announced in an e-mail to faculty and staff Friday morning.
The Office of the Dean of the College will announce Monday the latest Internet tool to support the liberal learning curriculum, called Focal Point.
William Rhodes '57, former senior vice chairman of Citigroup and Citibank, has accepted an appointment to a five-year term as professor-at-large at the Watson Institute for International Studies.
A $7.5 million grant to Brown will fund a new Alcohol Research Center on HIV to study the effect of alcohol consumption in people with the virus. According to a University press release, the study will investigate the "physiological and behavioral" issues that arise from consumption of alcohol by individuals ...
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