The Activist Coalition met for the first time since the start of the COVID-19 pandemic on Saturday, with student organizations sharing their objectives for the upcoming semester.
Brown Dining Services has begun construction on new kosher and allergy-friendly kitchens, as well as an enhanced halal station, in the Sharpe Refectory, according to a Nov. 14 announcement from Vice President of Dining Programs George Barboza. Construction is expected ...
The University appointed Sean Ferns as its interim dean of financial aid in December, according to a Dec. 13 announcement. Ferns's appointment follows the retirement of former Dean of Financial Aid Jim Tilton at the end of 2022.
Deborah Cherman ’25 was visiting her grandparents in São Paulo, Brazil when thousands of rioters stormed the Supreme Court, Congress and presidential buildings in Brasilia, the country’s capital, in an attempt to seize power away from newly-elected president Luiz ...
Since joining the Department of Public Safety as a therapy and comfort dog last September, black labrador Elvy has been fostering new relationships within the Brown community and beyond, according to her handler, DPS Officer Dustin Coleman. With Elvy’s growing campus presence, Coleman said ...
The efforts of Kalikoonāmaukūpuna Kalāhiki ’24, a climate change activist and advocate for Indigenous sovereignty, have brought them to the White House twice to discuss environmental justice and critical issues facing Tribal communities.
Over the five-week long winter break, Mehmet Topal ’26 enrolled in a winter session course, ENGL 0511C: “Fantastic Places, Unhuman Humans,” while also working shifts at the Nelson Fitness Center. As an international student from Turkey, Topal was one of the few students left on campus over ...
During the 2022-23 Winter Session, Diyarhi Roy ’24 and the ten other students enrolled in his “Climate Extremes and Human Rights: Winter Session in Geneva” (EEPS 1220) course had the opportunity to travel to Geneva, Switzerland for two weeks and listen to world leaders speak about environmental ...
Girl Gains, a campus club formed last semester, seeks to empower women, make the gym less intimating and build community.
Over winter break, the Nelson Fitness Center underwent several changes, including the addition of a turf area, five squat racks and deadlift platforms. Funded by the University's Division of Athletics and Recreation, this project aimed to "elevate the experience" of students, wrote Amy Dean, ...
Rhode Island School of Design custodians, groundskeepers and movers in the Teamsters Local 251 union voted to authorize a strike by a 95% margin on Nov. 20. Union members have not gone on strike yet, but the authorization allows them to take action if RISD fails to meet their demands for higher wages ...
A proposed change to American Bar Association policy would allow law schools to decide whether to require LSAT or GRE scores from applicants beginning with the 2025-26 application cycle.
The University accepted 879 students to the class of 2027 from a pool of 6,770 early decision applicants, wrote Logan Powell, current dean of admission and incoming associate provost for enrollment, in an email to The Herald. Applicants were informed of their decisions Tuesday evening.
The man arrested for breaking into Wayland House last week was “occupying space in Wayland House unlawfully,” according to a Thursday email to the University community from the Department of Public Safety.
The University has declined the Teaching Assistant Labor Organization’s request for voluntary recognition of their union, according to a letter reviewed by The Herald from Executive Vice President for Planning and Policy Russell Carey ’91 MA’06 sent to TALO organizers Tuesday evening. ...
Francis J. Doyle III was named the University’s 14th provost in a Thursday email to the Brown community from President Christina Paxson P’19. Doyle will start at Brown July 1, 2023.
See how Brown's property holdings expanded from two lots between Waterman and George streets to a campus that spans the city of Providence
Nearly 200 students and local community members gathered on the steps of the Stephen Robert ’62 Campus Center Thursday afternoon for a rally supporting the formation of an undergraduate computer science teaching assistants union. Members of the union’s organizing committee and invited speakers ...
Members of the University's faculty voted to extend first-year orientation by two days during the last faculty meeting of the semester Tuesday, making permanent a pilot program from the 2020-21 and 2021-22 academic years.
The University’s new Center for Philosophy, Politics and Economics, established July 1, has seen “an exciting period of growth” during its first semester, said David Skarbek, the center’s director and associate professor of political science.
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