University News

Indian fare spices up Blue Room

The new Blue Room not only boasts new pastries, but now serves Indian cuisine.  

U. falls in international rankings

Princeton Review ranks Brown students as the happiest. GQ named Brown America's "Douchiest" College, and the Huffington Post proclaimed the University one of the 10 most intellectual.

Creative arts center on schedule for spring

The $40 million Perry and Marty Granoff Center for the Creative Arts is scheduled to be substantially completed on time. It is slated to open in January.

Tougaloo taken off warning

Tougaloo College was removed from the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools' warning list this June after the association's Commission on Colleges found the institution's financial standing to have improved since its July 2009 sanction.

Haffenreffer plans exhibit on Columbus Day switch

The Haffenreffer Museum of Anthropology will feature an exhibit about Columbus Day in response to the Fall Weekend name change. The exhibit will go up in October and will be part of the current "Reimagining the Americas" exhibition.   

'The Vault' on Benevolent St. remains closed, for now

A University sign has been added and the boards have been removed from the windows and doors, but the former house of the prominent African-American painter Edward Banister remains as vacant as it has been for the past several years.

New Blue Room features generate more traffic

Business is booming at the new and improved Blue Room, as students take advantage of extended hours and new menu options.

Joint degree program seeks more funding

The joint doctoral program at the Alpert Medical School may be putting new admissions on hold due to financial constraints, said Philip Gruppuso, associate dean for medicine education and interim director of the joint program.

Ruth '97, Benoit-Bird '98 win MacArthur genius grants

Alums' nonprofit offers prize for healthcare stories

Costs of Care, a nonprofit organization founded by a recent grad, recently launched a national essay contest on the cost of healthcare. Two $1000 prizes will be awarded for anecdotes that best illustrate the importance of cost-awareness in medicine.

Mearsheimer warns of apartheid in Israel

John Mearsheimer, professor of political science at the University of Chicago, predicted Monday night that "Israel faces a bleak future as a Jewish state."  

Med School, Lifespan expanding affiliation

The Alpert Medical School has expanded its partnership with Lifespan, amending an existing affiliation agreement meant to bring the Med School and Lifespan hospitals into closer alignment. The two institutions formally announced the agreement at a press meeting Monday.

Renovated Underground opens, to be dedicated Friday

The Underground is back in business.

Upgrade complicates cluster printing

There is the slightest hint of change hanging in the musty air of the Friedman Study Center. Physically the computer clusters look the same, but the home screen has exchanged its brooding black monochrome for an ethereal blue-green. This is the first evidence cluster-users have of the new software upgrade. ...

New environment student group formed

Members of emPOWER have recently formed a new student group to raise awareness about environmental issues.

Freshmen see border woes at Yale

On Sept. 20, students in the first-year seminar ETHN 0090A: "The Border/La Frontera" got a closer look at the impact of the border issues they study in class. They attended the play "La Casa Rosa" — performed by Soame Citlalime, a group of 30 women from San Francisco Tetlanohcan, Mexico — ...

MyStuff storage service discontinued

Brown's network-based online file storage program, MyStuff, was discontinued Saturday.

Shopping complicates room assignments

Aisles and floors full of students desperately trying to fit into a classroom or a lecture hall are a common sight at the beginning of each semester. According to University Registrar Robert Fitzgerald, it is part of the reality of Brown's approach to shopping period.

Conference connects international scholars

About 200 scholars from 55 countries visited Brown for three weeks in June for a hybrid program of lectures, group work, round tables, field trips and social events.

Menu lauded, microwaves missed at Blue Room

In the newly reopened Blue Room, customers have found themselves surrounded by signs of change: an array of locally prepared food items, longer hours — and no microwaves.