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Meet Fayble, a new event-hosting app by four Brown undergraduates
By Kate Rowberry | February 1You may have seen the stickers.
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New University office to oversee federal compliance, investigations
By Samantha Chambers | January 31The University’s compliance and federal investigatory operations have been moved from the Office of Institutional Equity and Diversity to the newly-created Office of Equity Compliance and Reporting under the Division of Campus Life, according to a Jan. 31 Today@Brown announcement by President Christina ...
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Center for Career Exploration will stop inviting fossil fuel companies to recruit on campus
By Ethan Schenker | January 31The Center for Career Exploration will no longer invite fossil fuel companies to host on-campus recruitment events, according to a May 2023 email reviewed by The Herald from Matthew Donato, the executive director of the CCE, to leaders of climate activism group Sunrise Brown. Sunrise announced the change ...
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PPE Center hosts expert panel on future of affirmative action policies
By Tom Li and Sophia Wotman | January 31The Center for Philosophy, Politics and Economics hosted a Wednesday evening event at which panelists addressed affirmative action and anti-discrimination policies in the college admissions process. Titled “After Affirmative Action: Democracy and the University,” the event constitutes another component ...
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Brown postdoc union wins University recognition
By Grace Hu | January 31After receiving word on Tuesday that their card check agreement is complete, the University officially recognized the Brown University Postdoc Labor Organization as a union, according to a BPLO Instagram post.
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Faculty Executive Committee maintains aim to reduce administrative growth
By Cate Latimer | January 31As the Faculty Executive Committee continues its work into the spring semester, they remain focused on their fall priority: “reduce administrative growth.”
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Sunrise Brown calls on University to dissociate from fossil fuel industry at ACURM meeting
By Anisha Kumar and Julianna Chang | January 30At the Advisory Committee on University Resources Management meeting Tuesday, members of climate activism group Sunrise Brown called on the University to dissociate from the fossil fuel industry.
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Brown Sunrise members interrupt Nikki Haley presidential events, protest candidate’s climate policies
By Sophia Wotman | January 30On Jan. 20, three members of Brown’s chapter of Sunrise — an environmental activist organization — staged a series of interruptions at the New Hampshire Republican primaries to protest the climate policies of Republican presidential candidate Nikki Haley.
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Meet GPTA, a new AI assistant for CSCI 0150 students
By Leah Koritz | January 30Last semester, the hundreds of students in CSCI: 0150: “Introduction to Object-Oriented Programming and Computer Science” — better known by the moniker CS15 — met a new member in the course teaching team: a chatbot teaching assistant called GPTA.
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Members of VISIONS Magazine reflect on AAPI creative community
By Lynn Nguyen | January 30VISIONS Magazine, a literary and visual arts student publication, celebrates Asian, Asian American and Pacific Islander diversity at Brown University and the Rhode Island School of Design.
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BAC event highlights the importance of coalition activism
By Katie Jain | January 29The Brown Activist Coalition, an alliance of on-campus student activist groups, hosted its semesterly “Intro to Activism at Brown” seminar Sunday night.
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SAT, ACT scores more predictive of academic success at Ivy Plus schools than high school grades, new study suggests
By Owen Dahlkamp | January 29A study released this January by research group Opportunity Insights found that standardized test scores — such as SAT and ACT scores — are more predictive of academic success at Ivy Plus colleges than high school grades.
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'Kriolu Voices Sounding:' month-long celebration delivers first notes
By Dennis Carey | January 28On Saturday night, the Brown Arts Institute kicked off its month-long celebration “Kriolu Voices Sounding: Cabo Verdean/American Music and Politics in Rhode Island.” The series of events, featuring musicians, social advocates, community organizers and more, highlight Cabo Verdean culture and scholarship. ...
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Brown prepared to voluntarily recognize postdoc union pending signature validation
By Grace Hu | January 28The University will recognize the Brown Postdoc Labor Organization — the first dedicated union on campus for postdoctoral researchers and Dean’s Faculty Fellows — provided the signatories in BPLO’s petition for unionization are validated by federal mediators.
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‘A dream come true’: Brown senior places fifth at Miss America pageant
By Julianna Chang | January 28As a child, Caroline Parente ’24 never expected to compete in Miss America, the nation’s longest-standing beauty pageant. A native Rhode Islander, she entered the pageant world for the first time at 17, when her high school photography teacher recommended she compete in the upcoming Miss Rhode ...
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GLO members discuss new contract, bargaining process
By Jennifer Shim | January 28The Graduate Labor Organization announced the ratification of its second union contract with the University last month, The Herald previously reported. The new contract includes increases to the annual base stipend and health care assistance payments for graduate student employees, as well as expanded ...
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The Herald’s shopping schedule: Science, literature, movie-making and dance
By Samantha Chambers and Jennifer Shim | January 25As shopping period goes into full swing, The Herald shares a selection of six spring 2024 courses — from performing arts to applied math — that are favorites in the newsroom.
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New SPH center looks to train scientists, improve care for chronic conditions, disabilities
By Ryan Doherty | January 25This year, Professor of Health Services, Policy and Practice Linda Resnik and her colleagues received a $5 million federal grant over five years to create Learning Health Systems Training to Improve Disability and Chronic Condition Care — or LeaHD. The new center, hosted by the School of Public Health, ...
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Brown transitions to need-blind admissions for class of 2029 international students
By Hadley Carr | January 25Brown University will shift to a need-blind admissions policy for international students starting with the class of 2029.
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Student group leaders share mixed feelings following Claudine Gay resignation, controversy
By Samantha Chambers | January 25Nearly a month after former Harvard President Claudine Gay resigned from her post, Brown student group leaders expressed differing reactions to the departure.
