A new breakthrough software system, designed by Ryan Tarpine GS, is allowing biologists to find their way through the genomic DNA sequence. The program, called the CYRENE cisGRN Browser, determines the regions of new genomes that scientists do not understand well or do not know yet.The Browser is "like ...
AIDS Relief International, a nonprofit organization started by seven Brown juniors that seeks to support people living with HIV and AIDS, is currently developing a pilot program in Mumbai, India. Led by Harish Pathak, the director of the Mumbai District AIDS Control Society, the pilot program will bring ...
Candles flickered Monday in the palms of the 18 people who came to commemorate the plane crash that killed Polish President Lech Kaczysnki and numerous Polish government officials on Saturday. The afternoon vigil was held in Manning Chapel.
Monday was a good day for New York Times reporter Anthony Shadid.
On the heels of the announcement that the Undergraduate Finance Board voted to end funding for tableslips, 52.4 percent of students said they would approve of eliminating tableslips in favor of centralized announcements, according a recent Herald poll.
A federal judge unsealed a civil case against the University, President Ruth Simmons, several other administrators and staff members, a female student and her father Monday at a hearing in Rhode Island District Court.
As other students relaxed outside in the sun Saturday afternoon, Brown's puzzle fans gathered in MacMillan Hall 117 to compete in the second annual Brown Crossword Tournament for fame, glory and puzzle books by Will Shortz, the event's host. Shortz is the New York Times crossword editor and puzzle master ...
A sealed civil case has been filed in federal court accusing the University, President Ruth Simmons, Provost David Kertzer '69 P'95 P'98, Senior Vice President for Corporation Affairs and Governance Russell Carey '91 MA'06 and several other University employees of "acts tantamount to criminality," false ...
Questions over President Ruth Simmons' involvement as a member of the Board of Directors of Goldman Sachs earlier this year seem to have done little to dampen students' enthusiasm for their president. The most recent Herald poll revealed that Simmons' job approval among Brown students has not changed ...
Researchers at Brown have received over $28 million in funding from the National Institutes of Health so far in the federal government's current fiscal year, which began Oct. 1.
Red brick buildings, wide campus greens, the New Curriculum, the Van Wickle Gates: these ideas represent Brown to the outside world.
Tickets for Saturday's Gala went back on sale Sunday after being put on hold Thursday, a few days after Student Labor Alliance members informed the event's organizers of claims of unfair labor practices made by workers at the Westin Providence hotel, the previously scheduled location.The Gala will instead ...
To commemorate Casey Shearer '00 on the 10-year anniversary of his death, Salomon 101 was filled Thursday evening for a keynote speech by political commentator Mara Liasson '77 and the announcement of the winners of the 10th annual Casey Shearer Memorial Award for Excellence in Creative Nonfiction.
After more than a decade of funding from the Swearer Center for Public Service, the Rhode Island Urban Debate League — an educational program designed for local high school students — is seeking financial independence, said Matt Grimes '10, one of the league's student coordinators. The program ...
Friday's Relay for Life is slated to become the most successful student charity event at the University in the six years since it first hosted the 12-hour volunteer activity in 2004, according to its co-chairs.
Before walking into a restaurant Thursday night, Sarah Grimm '12 put her shoes back on after spending 12 hours barefoot. Like thousands of people across the country, Grimm joined Toms Shoes' invitation to walk barefoot in an effort to show the world the inescapable reality that more than 300 million ...
The number of students confident in their or their family's ability to finance their Brown education increased significantly since last semester, according to a recent Herald poll.
Project START — an HIV, sexually transmitted infection and hepatitis risk-prevention program for people returning to the community from incarceration — has become a national model for community-based providers. The principal investigators for the project's Rhode Island branch were two faculty ...
In order to make room for the new Medical Education Building in the Jewelry District, offices at 222 Richmond St. have been relocating for the past year — most recently, the Education Alliance, a department that works for education equity, on March 22.
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