Since the former psychology and cognitive and linguistic sciences departments merged into the new Department of Cognitive, Linguistic and Psychological Sciences in July, the transition process has not significantly affected students.
A roomful of professors and administrators discussed proposed revisions to tenure review procedures at a faculty forum Tuesday night.
The Fund for the Education of the Children of Providence awarded $40,000 worth of grants to three local Providence schools last month, despite a lack of a significant increases to the fund's endowment since May 2009.
Joseph Meisel will succeed Vincent Tompkins '84 as the University's deputy provost Oct. 1. The appointment marks the end of a summer-long national search coordinated by Associate Provost Nancy Dunbar and Provost David Kertzer '69 P'95 P'98, which began after Tompkins stepped down on July 1 to head a ...
With repeated cries of "Education, not deportation," students gathered on the Main Green Monday at noon to voice their support of the DREAM Act, which is headed for a congressional vote this week as a part of a defense reauthorization bill.
Winifred Jumbo '10 was crowned Miss Navajo Nation last week, a position she will hold for the next year. The competition was part of the Navajo Nation Fair, which was held Sept. 9–12 in Arizona.
Both the history and current state of trade relations between the U.S. and South Korea point toward a strong friendship, Ambassador Han Duk-Soo told a full Pembroke Hall on Monday.
The devastating floods that struck Pakistan in late July and early August have spurred campus-wide efforts to fundraise for the flood victims and simultaneously increase awareness about Pakistan.
An environmental group has spearheaded an initiative to make healthier foods available at neighborhood grocery stores, in cooperation with a Brown summer program for high school students.
The University has begun implementing changes to support administrative and academic departments as recommended during the summer by the Organizational Review Committee. Chief among those alterations are extending grant management resources, creating an administrative service center and expanding desktop ...
Associate Professor of Classics and Comparative Literature Joseph Pucci remembers a grad school professor joking, "If anyone wants to make a name for him or herself" in the field of classics, "Fortunatus is the poet you want to study." Years later, Pucci is now offering what he believes is the only ...
Brown's Annenberg Institute for School Reform will use a $3 million grant to help school districts gauge their students' preparedness for college.
New research shows that immigrant children are performing well both in school and in the community — a phenomenon coined the "Immigrant Paradox" by Professor of Education Cynthia Garcia Coll.
Rachel Aviv '04 will receive a Rona Jaffe Foundation Writers' Award for nonfiction writing on Thursday. The award was officially announced earlier this month.
Over the summer, Advising Central relocated and expanded from the second floor of J. Walter Wilson to the third. It opened for student use on Sept. 1, the first day of classes.
University Health Services has closed its overnight inpatient services and extended its hours of full-service operation in order to provide more efficient service and save money.
Students interested in doing more than relaxing at home over winter break will be pleased to know that another option is available.
Scientists may soon have a cheaper alternative to current methods of DNA sequencing, thanks to new research by Professor of Physics Xinsheng Sean Ling and his group published in July's issue of Nanotechnology.
Three Rhode Island School of Design juniors are planning to launch an online newspaper called the All-Nighter on Oct. 1. The paper will include school news, an opinions section and other components that will be discussed in the upcoming weeks.
Small changes to the Meiklejohn program this year are intended to instill a sense of community among peer advisers and to make Meiklejohns more aware of the issues first-years may encounter. Freshmen can communicate with their peer advisers before they even arrive on campus through the online Advising ...
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