This fiscal year, Brown has received 37 percent more funding for research awards than it did the previous year, according to a press release.
Riyad Seervai '13, a sophomore from India, is teaching a weekly yoga class this semester called "Back to the Basics: Yoga. Made in India."
The Main Green has gotten a little greener, according to the rules and regulations of the U.S. Green Building Council's Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design. The LEED program recently awarded Rhode Island Hall, the fourth oldest building on campus, a gold certification.
As flu season approaches, Health Services is gearing up for its yearly vaccination program. From Oct. 6 to 22, all students with Brown IDs will be able to receive the flu vaccine — which protects against both the seasonal flu and the H1N1 influenza — free of charge at Josiah's.
Director of Government Relations and Community Affairs Tim Leshan has left Brown to become Vice President for Government Relations at Northeastern University this academic year.
The faculty withdrew a motion to review tenure and faculty development policies at its meeting Tuesday night, stalling progress to reform the tenure process. Faculty members brought the motion to discussion again after it had been withdrawn.
This August, four Brown undergraduates and a RISD student travelled to Dharavi, India for about three weeks to complete the pilot phase of their WaterWalla project. According to project member Anshu Vaish '12, WaterWalla is Hindu for water provider, which is exactly what the project aims to do.
A wealthy American with an estate valued in the millions could not pick a better year to shuffle off this mortal coil. A one-year repeal of the estate tax — a tax applied when an estate passes to an heir — means that estates can be directly transferred from the deceased to the recipient ...
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Brown has pledged to develop existing educational programs and collaborations with Haiti, announced President Ruth Simmons in a Sept. 23 press release following the annual meeting of the Clinton Global Initiative, which is currently dedicated to Haiti's long-term recovery and development following the ...
Paul Farmer, co-founder of Partners in Health, spoke with The Herald Monday afternoon before his lecture, "Rebuilding Haiti."
In his lecture Monday night, renowned medical anthropologist and physician Paul Farmer stressed the importance of rebuilding infrastructure and human capital in the ongoing effort to restore Haiti after the devastating earthquake in January.
Playing into the same themes as Paul Farmer's lecture on "Rebuilding Haiti," Haitian-American author Edwidge Danticat MFA'93 spoke Monday about her novel — the Class of 2014's summer reading —"The Dew Breaker." Danticat's greeting of "Ole," meaning "honor" in Creole, set the personal tone ...
Former Fugees member, international recording artist and Haitian activist Wyclef Jean accepted an appointment yesterday to be a visiting fellow in the Department of Africana Studies.
In response to a U.S. Department of State alert warning travelers to Europe of possible terrorist attacks, administrators have been in contact with students studying abroad, making them aware of the advisory.
Against a rainy backdrop, members of the Corporation, administrators and students crowded into a tent on the Main Green on Friday to formally dedicate the $20 million Stephen Robert '62 Campus Center.
During this weekend's meeting, members of Brown's highest governing body reviewed year-end budget results, accepted gifts, approved plans to expand housing and dedicated buildings.
President Ruth Simmons was nominated on Sept. 22 to the steering committee of Partners for a New Beginning, a non-partisan, nonprofit organization dedicated to improving relations between the United States and Muslim countries. A Brown program, Heritage as Bridge, will be Simmons' first initiative as ...
Christopher Koller may be an assistant professor of community health while on campus, but when he canceled class Sept. 22, he had a good reason: The White House had called.
Even Ricky Gresh, senior director for student engagement and chair of the Stephen Robert '62 Campus Center planning committee, doesn't know why the Leung Gallery is so quiet.
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