As the Nov. 5 deadline for Group Independent Study Project proposals nears, students are busy again creating syllabi, advertising to their peers and recruiting faculty members to sponsor them.
A new asphalt path has temporarily been put in place on Lincoln Field to replace the existing sidewalk currently blocked by the construction of the Metcalf Laboratory Building.
Professor of English C.D. Wright is among the finalists for this year's National Book Award. Her book, "One With Others: [a little book of her days]," was announced as a finalist in the poetry category Oct. 13.
Major changes to the Center for Information Technology's computing facilities have caused computers in the building to freeze, aggravating students trying to complete projects on deadline and professors conducting research.
The Commerce, Organizations and Entrepreneurship program has moved to a Sayles Hall suite that
Students, parents and alums gathered under a tent on the Main Green Saturday for the annual Hour with the President event to hear President Ruth Simmons give an update on the University.
Brown invited parents and siblings to experience life on College Hill this Family Weekend.
A recent University report suggests extensive underreporting of sex crimes on campus, students and administrators said.
There were zero arrests on campus for drug or alcohol crimes in 2009, according to the most recent Department of Public Safety annual report.
During Fall Weekend, 10 wireless routers were removed from Barbour Hall leaving residents without wireless internet access, Doug Wilkinson, a network technology manager at Computing and Information Services, wrote in an e-mail to The Herald.
The University formalized a two-part partnership with the Indian Institute of Technology-Bombay Oct. 5, according to a University press release.
Former "car czar" Steven Rattner '74 P'10 P'13 — who oversaw President Obama's 2009 government bailout of the automobile industry — says he's been a "free market guy" since his days in ECON 0110: "Principles of Economics."
Brown ranked fifth out of 141 schools surveyed on Trojan Condoms' annual Sexual Health Report Card this year, with a 3.50 sexual health "GPA." Columbia took the number one spot, with a 3.70 GPA.
It's that time of year again — to stop worrying about staying cool and to start worrying about staying warm.
Alpert Medical School and the New York Academy of Sciences will sponsor a conference on the emerging field of behavioral epigenetics Oct. 29 and 30, according to a recent announcement on the New York Academy of Sciences website.
During summer 2010 — the second hottest on record in Rhode Island — Brown consumed an additional 1.6 million kilowatt hours of electricity compared to the summer before, according to Christopher Powell, director of sustainable energy and environmental initiatives for the Department of Facilities ...
Ending up in summer assignment is a dreaded situation for many. But for some lucky students, it could mean living in Brown-owned auxiliary housing.
A joint effort between the Faculty Club and the Brown Organizational Review Committee succeeded in reducing the club's expenses by $50,000 last fiscal year, said Richard Bova, senior associate dean of residential and dining services.
The Academic Technology Steering Committee is soliciting student input as it begins the process of replacing the MyCourses site, said Catherine Zabriskie, director of academic technology services and vice chair of the committee, at the Undergraduate Council of Students' general body meeting Wednesday. ...
Two Brown chemists have developed a more efficient way to produce biodiesel from waste vegetable oil.
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