President Joe Biden has selected Dean of the School of Public Health Ashish Jha as the next White House coronavirus response coordinator, according to a community-wide email from President Christina Paxson P’19 and Provost Richard Locke P’18.
Students piled into the DECI Auditorium of the Solomon Center on Wednesday evening to participate in “A Conversation with Davarian Baldwin,” an event held by Students for Educational Equity at Brown, Housing Opportunities for People Everywhere and the 2023 Class Coordinating Board. The ...
The Department of Slavic Studies held a panel discussion Wednesday titled “From the Maidan Revolution to Russia’s Invasion of Ukraine: Art, Activism and Humanitarian Crisis.”
Brown Women’s Network hosted a virtual event Wednesday entitled “Examining the Evolution of Women at Brown.” The goal of the event was to “explore the evolving role of women at Brown through interactive and dynamic discussion” to deepen the community’s understanding of “shared and varied ...
The Brown RISD Hillel is now home to the new Brown Esports Gaming Lounge, which opened its doors to students following its launch in January.
The Undergraduate Council of Students updated its spring 2022 elections timeline at its general body meeting Wednesday evening. According to current UCS President Summer Dai ’22, the Student Government Association has decided to remove official student group endorsements of candidates ...
Worries in Ukraine about the possibility of a full Russian invasion of the country have been present since Russia annexed Crimea in 2014. But tensions heightened in October when Russian president Vladimir Putin increased military presence around the Russia-Ukraine border, The Herald previously reported. ...
Graduate School Dean Andrew Campbell will step down from his role after six years and return to the faculty as a professor of medical science on June 30, according to a March 11 press release.
United States Secretary of Commerce and former Gov. of Rhode Island Gina Raimondo encouraged domestic investment and innovation during a speech to the Brown community in the 101st Stephen A. Ogden Jr. ’60 Memorial Lecture in International Affairs. The speech, entitled “Growth, Innovation, and ...
The University’s Ad Hoc Committee on Promoting Financial Health and Sustainability recommended that the undergraduate class size expand by “5-10% through careful enrollment management” and increased participation in study abroad and experiential learning programs, according to a report released ...
Faculty across various departments discussed the complex intersections of climate and race during the “Race & Environment in America” webinar Tuesday. This was the penultimate webinar of the school year in the “Race & in America” series, which is sponsored by the Center for the Study ...
The Graduate School appointed Maija Hallsmith as the inaugural assistant director of graduate academic diversity, according to a Feb. 16 news ...
The School of Public Health will offer a new, fully-online master of public health starting in fall 2022, according to Jennifer Nazareno, inaugural associate director for the online MPH and assistant professor at the Nelson Center for Entrepreneurship and School of Public Health. This marks the University’s ...
In April 2020, Tara Wheelwright GS received a Fulbright Dissertation Fellowship. Wheelwright, who is working toward her PhD in Slavic Studies, planned on traveling to Russia in the same year to complete archival research, but she was unable to do so because of the COVID-19 pandemic.
Elizabeth Hortense Leduc, affectionately nicknamed “Dukie” by colleagues and students alike, was the first woman full professor in a teaching position at Brown University. Beginning as a professor in 1964 after working at Brown for several years, Leduc helped shape the University for its ...
On Sunday night, The Underground’s floor and tables were littered with free condoms, chocolates and various other pastries. Students gathered in the cafe in the basement of the Stephen Robert ’62 Campus Center to partake in the Sexual Health Awareness Group’s “Sex and Chocolate in the Dark” ...
The University shifted today to optional masking for fully-vaccinated community members in most locations on campus and optional testing for fully-vaccinated undergraduate students, The Herald previously
Masking in most settings and testing for COVID-19 will become optional for undergraduates who are fully vaccinated starting Monday, according to an email from Executive Vice President for Planning and Policy Russell Carey ’91 MA’06. The new optional asymptomatic testing policy applies to undergraduates ...
Bryant Ford was announced as the new director of Counseling and Psychological Services in a Feb. 25 Today@Brown announcement written by Vanessa Britto MSc’96, executive director of health and wellness. Ford, who previously served as associate dean for community life and inclusivity and associate ...
Community members have become hooked on the wonders of Wordle, and many place it as a consistent checkbox on their daily to-do lists. Students with a variety of interests have been able to unite under the shared joy of the newest Wordle release when the clock strikes midnight.
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