The University canceled in-person classes and closed all non-essential administrative and academic offices Feb. 13 due to severe winter conditions, according to an email from Russell Carey, the executive vice president for planning and policy. Classes “may be held remotely at the discretion of the ...
On Feb. 1, Esther Jones was announced as the inaugural associate dean of faculty development — a new role within the Office of the Dean of the Faculty — according to an email from Dean of Faculty Leah VanWey, which was shared with The Herald.
An unidentified person emailed violent threats to Brown-RISD Hillel leaders at 3 a.m. this morning, according to Rabbi Josh Bolton, the executive director of the center, and a community-wide email sent by the Department of Public Safety. Police searches found “no imminent threat” within Hillel’s ...
A letter-writing campaign organized by the Graduate Labor Organization’s Palestinian Solidarity Caucus has sent roughly 14,000 letters to the University as of February.
At 5:13 p.m. Friday, 17 demonstrators ate dates to break their weeklong hunger strike.
The 17 students who remained on hunger strike in support of divestment concluded their now eight-day refusal to eat at 5 p.m. Feb. 9 at the Stephen Robert ’62 Campus Center, along with around 200 other students who joined a 32-hour solidarity fast.
At 8 a.m. Friday, a group of around 150 protesting students — including the 17 students currently participating in a hunger strike — surrounded the Faculty Club building on Benevolent Street to urge the Corporation — the University’s highest governing body — to hear the Brown Divestment Coalition’s ...
In a Jan. 18 Today@Brown announcement, President Christina Paxson P’19 P’MD’20 introduced Brown 2026 — a faculty-led initiative celebrating the 250th anniversary of the United States’ independence. The milestone presents an “opportunity for critical inquiry and reflection on the values and ...
At a Wednesday night meeting, the Graduate Student Council voted to increase its funding for GSC recognized groups from $500 per semester to $650. After a club funding request is approved, the money can be used for any of their events and initiatives throughout the semester, explained GSC President ...
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The School of Engineering announced revisions to the curriculum of ENGN 0030: “Introduction to Engineering” in an email sent to students and reviewed by The Herald. The new curriculum will feature a module system from which students can pick from a selection of multidisciplinary mini-courses, according ...
Throughout history, people have grappled with imagining and defining “invisible” objects — from microscopic organisms to the cosmos and our galaxy. Two new courses, STS 1700F: “Visualizing the Invisible: Art, Science and Observation” and NEUR 1570: “The Non-Neural Brain” hope to help students ...
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Student workers at the Brown Center for Students of Color announced plans to unionize as the Third World Labor Organization Wednesday afternoon.
Starting this semester, reusable takeout boxes at the Sharpe Refectory and Verney-Wooley dining halls have replaced disposable ones.
President Christina Paxson P’19 P’MD’20 discussed programming for the spring semester regarding Title VI, academic freedom and freedom of expression at Tuesday’s faculty meeting.
Students at Brown and other colleges participated in Brown’s tenth annual Hack@Brown overnight hackathon this weekend.
Preliminary recommendations developed by the Task Force for Faculty Compensation to address faculty concerns around salary and compensation were shared at a Tuesday faculty meeting by co-chairs Francis Doyle, university provost, and Kenneth Wong, professor of international and public affairs, political ...
Student protestors entered the fifth day of their hunger strike on Tuesday, with both the protestors and the University’s administration unflinching in their stances on divestment.
On Jan. 17, the Florida Board of Governors voted to replace “Principles of Sociology” with “Introductory Survey to 1877” on the list of approved core graduation requirements for public universities in the state. The new course focuses on a “historically accurate account of America’s founding.” ...
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