Starting Friday, the Gate will be closed "indefinitely," Retail Supervisor Tony Antetomaso confirmed late Thursday evening."We're not sure when it's going to open," Antetomaso said.A leaking steam pipe is the cause of the closing, said Gate Unit Manager Kara Segal '10.
Matt Dunne '92 is in the midst of a five-person race for the Democratic nomination for governor of Vermont. Dunne concentrated in public policy and American institutions at Brown, has served in the Vermont state senate and currently works for Google. He lives in Vermont with his wife and children. The ...
Over the last couple of decades, cassette tapes and records have largely been replaced by CDs, downloadable music and iPods. With the invention of electronic reading devices, it appears that printed books may be the next victim of the power of technology.
After months of construction at the Sciences Library, the third-floor science center will open Friday at 9 a.m.
Recent increases in insurance copayment levels have encouraged senior citizens to delay getting outpatient care and treatment until their conditions become acute, according to research by two Brown professors and a former graduate student.
A team of seven geologists returned last month from a three-month trip in Antarctica after collecting more than two tons of rock samples. The group hopes to understand climate conditions and climate change in Antarctica and apply that knowledge to climate change on Mars after analyzing the samples.
Bourbon is likely to cause worse hangovers than vodka, though both are equally likely to impair cognitive functions in the morning, according to a new study by Professor of Community Health Damaris Rohsenow.
In the weeks since the Jan. 12 earthquake, several University-affiliated physicians have gone to Haiti, providing first-wave emergency care, while those on campus continue to raise funds to support relief efforts.
The University has identified ways of minimizing the impact of recent years' losses from the University's endowment while continuing to advance Brown's agenda, administrators announced at Tuesday's faculty meeting, proposing several measures to cut costs including layoffs, a tuition increase and cuts ...
Applications for Brown's graduate school programs have risen 27 percent compared to this time last year, with international applications up 32 percent, according to the graduate admissions office.
Rebecca Maxfield '13 has always been a fan of "Jeopardy!," but she never thought she would actually compete on the show. She finally got her chance in a show taped this winter and airing Wednesday night at 7:30.
Patrick Tardieu, the chief conservator at Haiti's oldest library — the Bibliotheque Haitienne des Peres du Saint-Esprit in Port-au-Prince — is the John Carter Brown Library's newest visiting scholar. Tardieu arrived in Providence Monday morning after a two-week stay with family in Montreal, ...
As most Brown students were just returning to campus for a new semester, the 360 Degree Experience in Sound on 95.5 WBRU hosted a pay-by-play fundraiser for Haiti Jan. 24. All donations went to the church-based organization Providence-Haiti Outreach.
When Oscar the cat first came to Steere House Nursing and Rehabilitation Center in the summer of 2005, he wasn't particularly friendly. He lived on the third floor unit, where the vast majority of patients are critically ill, often in advanced stages of dementia or Alzheimer's disease. He did his own ...
Earlier this month, President Barack Obama honored the Leadership Alliance, which is headquartered at Brown, for its excellence in science, mathematics and engineering mentoring.
The Bursar's Office will no longer print student account statements beginning in March, according to Elizabeth Gentry, assistant vice president of Financial and Administrative Services, to whom the Bursar's Office reports.
"Keep your eye on the ball" is probably the best advice a baseball coach can give to his or her fielders, according to the results of a recent Brown study.
As representatives from 192 nations gathered in Copenhagen last December to address climate change, four students and a professor from Brown also joined in on the discussion.
Applications are now available for Brown Environmental Fellows, a new research opportunity for undergraduates run by the Environmental Change Initiative, an interdisciplinary program that funds research on environmental change.
Assistant Professor of Engineering Rashid Zia '01 was one of 100 recipients of the Presidential Early Career Award for Scientists and Engineers, who were honored by President Barack Obama on Jan. 13.
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