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Capitalism and sexual oppression linked, says activist
By Sydney Ember | September 21President Obama may not like being called a "socialist," but Sherry Wolf certainly does.
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Whitehouse makes visit to U. labs, meets with admins
By Michael Skocpol | September 20Rhode Island's junior senator took a break from the health care debate on Capitol Hill Friday to learn a little more about where future medical breakthroughs may come from.
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Correction
By Brown Daily Herald | September 20An article in Friday's paper ("78 Report ‘Flu-Like Symptoms' this Month," Sept. 18) incorrectly stated that students were tested for the H1N1 virus at a hospital. In fact, tests were administered at the Rhode Island Department of Health on students who were brought to Health Services at Brown. ...
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Overachievers? Maybe. Busy? You bet they are.
By Matthew Klebanoff | September 19For about one in five students at Brown, one concentration isn't enough. And for a very small minority on campus, even two concentrations don't cut it.About 12 triple concentrators graduated last spring, according to Deputy Dean of the College Stephen Lassonde. He said that number remains relatively ...
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Looking at health care one president at a time
By Kyla Wilkes | September 19If he wants to successfully pass health care reform, President Obama should move quickly and disregard his economic advisers. So says Professor of Political Science James Morone, author of a recent book on past presidents and their pushes for change.The release of Morone's book — which he co-authored ...
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Study abroad numbers hit their lowest mark in a decade
By Anne Simons | September 19The number of students studying abroad this semester or the last hit the lowest levels in at least a decade, according to data provided by University Registrar Michael Pesta.This fall, just 199 undergraduates are abroad, down from 220 last fall — the fewest for a fall semester since at least 1999, ...
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Blog teaches science through art, narrative
By Qian Yin | September 19Sophia Tintori '09 was once scared of the idea of being a scientist.Perhaps this is why Tintori is contributing to CreatureCast, a blog created this past summer that seeks to make science more accessible to the general public through podcasts and posts.Recently, an animated video produced by Tintori ...
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Lawyers debate D.C. handgun case
By Caitlin Trujillo | September 17Two lawyers who litigated a landmark 2008 Supreme Court case debated the merits of firearm regulation and the role of the Second Amendment before a packed crowd in Salomon 101 Thursday afternoon.
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Students launch job-search site
By Heeyoung Min | September 17As the nation's unemployment rate soars, a group of Brown students have come up with a response: start a job search company.
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Corrections
By Brown Daily Herald | September 17An article in Thursday's paper ("A Banner year for registration, despite bumps," Sept. 17) incorrectly stated that 70 percent of Brown courses are capped at 20 or fewer students. In fact, 70 percent of courses have an enrollment of 20 or fewer students, but are not necessarily capped courses. Roughly ...
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78 report 'flu-like symptoms' this month
By Suzannah Weiss | September 17Correction appended.
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Public health school closer to realization
By Anish Gonchigar | September 17Plans are moving forward to establish a self-sufficient school of public health within the University, according to Fox Wetle, associate dean of medicine for public health and public policy.
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Poli Sci colleagues remember Zuckerman
By Dan Alexander | September 14No one in the Department of Political Science knows what a year at Brown is like without Alan Zuckerman."Anybody who is here — he had a hand in hiring," said James Morone, professor of political science and department chair. "When we had a faculty meeting about who we were going to hire, he would ...
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Revamped Ratty more 'convenient,' 'classy'
By Anne Speyer | September 14Students returning to Brown from their summer vacations encountered change in a traditional bastion of stability and regularity: the Sharpe Refectory. The modifications are immediately visible to anyone walking into the Ratty. The salad bar has moved to a different location, a new station for soup ...
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Neuro prof. lands large NIH grant
By Sarah Husk | September 14Assistant Professor of Neuroscience Gilad Barnea was recently awarded a EUREKA grant — $1.3 million in funding for scientific research over four years — by the National Institutes of Health.The NIH awards the EUREKA grant to scientists pursuing "high-risk, high-reward" research. In addition ...
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Famed Nigerian writer Achebe joins faculty
By Nicole Friedman | September 14Correction appended.
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Coup disrupts summers in Honduras
By Alexandra Ulmer | September 14Ariel Hudes '11, squashed into a hotel room with six Honduran male actors, was already uncomfortable when the seventh member of the troupe barged in with news that would drastically alter Honduran history and her own summer.
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Trustee serving as new assistant to Simmons
By Suzannah Weiss | September 14Hanna Rodriguez-Farrar '87 MA'90 PhD'09 took over as President Ruth Simmons' new assistant in July, filling a position that had been without a full-time employee since 2008.
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As Campaign passes goal, development head to retire
By Sydney Ember | September 14Ronald Vanden Dorpel MA'71, the senior vice president for University advancement who led the Campaign for Academic Enrichment, is retiring, he said yesterday.
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Violations found in LiSci labs
By Sydney Ember | September 14Hazardous waste management inspections conducted in Sidney Frank Hall this summer uncovered violations in 10 biology and neuroscience laboratories, according to an Office of Environmental Health and Safety report, a copy of which was obtained by The Herald.The labs were found to be in breach of container-management ...
