From the author of "The Pentagram Integrals for Inscribed Polygons" and "Spherical CR Geometry and Dehn Surgery" comes "You Can Count on Monsters," a colorful picture book featuring 100 math-themed monsters. Professor of Mathematics Richard Schwartz's first children's book offers young children a unique ...
August 30, 2006 — First-year orientation begins for William McCormick, then a member of the Class of 2010 and a wrestling recruit.
The fourth floor of the Sciences Library and a small area on Level A of the Rockefeller Library were recently renovated to create additional places for quiet study.
The Office of International Programs will announce today the launch of "Brown Plus One" — a program that will allow juniors to begin earning a master's degree from either the Chinese University of Hong Kong or The University of Edinburgh.
In pursuit of a priceless relic that has been missing for more than 30 years, the University is suing the city of Newport News, Va. and noted Civil War collectors Donald and Toni Tharpe for the return of a Tiffany and Company silver presentation sword and ornamental scabbard.
The two Brown students studying abroad in Alexandria, Egypt through a Middlebury College program are safe after being evacuated from Alexandria's Borg el Arab airport to Prague late Monday night. Program administrators decided to pull participating students, including Michael Dawkins '12 and Amanda ...
While many students choose to spend a semester eating baguettes in Paris or churros in Barcelona, others explore cities closer to home through Brown's Study Away in the USA option. In recent years, Philadelphia, New York and Boulder, Colo., have all played host to students looking for a different experience ...
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Despite interference with the Naked Donut Run last December, there is no indication the tradition will be put to a permanent end. Sciences Library security guards interfered with one run this past semester, but University officials say there is currently no intention of shutting down the run.
Many students aspire to be published in the future, but after only one semester at Brown, Jaclyn Katz '14 already has her story in a book. Or at least she will when Andrea Buchanan's anthology "Live and Let Love" — which includes Katz's short story about her family tragedy — is released ...
The founders of Jobzle, a job search website designed to help Rhode Island students find jobs while still in college, said they plan to expand the website's reach to other New England locations this summer.
Undergraduate applications to Brown from citizens of the United Kingdom have risen nearly 40 percent in the past two years, almost twice the rate of increase in total applications to the University.
Rhode Island District Federal Court Judge William Smith recused himself from William McCormick's case against the University and two alums earlier this month because his daughter is applying to Brown, according to Joe Cavanagh, a lawyer for the alums named as defendants in the case.
Two Brown students studying abroad in Alexandria, Egypt through a Middlebury College program are being evacuated today from the country by plane in light of the ongoing violent protests against President Hosni Mubarak's regime.
Following the lead of other universities — and responding to frequent requests from students — the Brown Bookstore has implemented a new textbook rental service this semester.
Researchers at the Alpert Medical School made an important discovery that may lead to changes in the way brain tumors are diagnosed and treated. Their findings, published in the Journal of the National Cancer Institute last month, have generated a slew of questions not only on brain tumors but ...
This week, for the fourth year in a row, President Ruth Simmons is joining global leaders from business, politics and other fields at the annual meeting of the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland. The event, which began Jan. 26 and ends Jan. 30, allows Simmons to develop relationships with university ...
Two undergraduates made efficient use of their time — impressing judges and winning cash prizes in 90 seconds — Dec. 8 at an elevator pitch contest held at the Rhode Island Center for Innovation and Entrepreneurship in Providence.
No longer will students be going to great lengths — donning Speedo bathing suits, fleeing bears on the main green, performing naked birthday a capella — in pursuit of the first pick in the housing lottery. The first pick video competition will be replaced by a drawing this year, to take ...
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