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Josiah's generates student complaints
By Caitlin Browne | October 29Hungry students were devastated last Monday night, Oct. 22, when the new sandwich line at Josiah's closed 20 minutes early.
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Simmons and Brown's Slavery and justice committee get local award
By Caitlin Browne | October 17Though the University Steering Committee on Slavery and Justice spent three years researching and writing a 106-page assessment of Brown's ties to slavery, which it released last October, what was once a heated issue has all but disappeared from campus conversation just one year later. But on Tuesday ...
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Despite Providence City Council loss, Ris '05 says he's in the Ocean State for good
By Caitlin Browne | October 8Last September, in a hotly contested primary election that garnered significant attention on campus, Ethan Ris '05 was defeated by Seth Yurdin for the Democratic nomination for the Ward 1 City Council seat, with 458 votes to Yurdin's 641.
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Displaced history professors adjust to life in Metcalf
By Caitlin Browne | September 16After a weeklong move of 450 feet, the Peter Green House found a new home at 79 Brown St. on Aug. 7. Home to part of the Department of History, the house traveled to the northeast corner of Brown and Angell streets from its former location next door to the rest of the history department in Sharpe House. ...
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Forensics investigation under prof's guidance
By Caitlin Browne | September 6A congressional committee investigating the state of forensic science is being led by a Brown professor. Professor of Medical Science Constantine Gatsonis, director of Brown's Center for Statistical Sciences, heads the committee that first met in January and plans to release its findings in early 2008. ...
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Gradspot.com targets clueless college grads
By Caitlin Browne | April 22With Commencement around the corner, many seniors will soon break out of the Brown bubble - but a new Web site, going live Monday, hopes to ease the transition.
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New bilingual magazine seeks to build bridges
By Caitlin Browne | April 5College Hill, a new Chinese-American bilingual campus magazine run by the Brown China Forum, will come out with its first print issue by May, said Weiye Li MA'04 GS, the magazine's associate editor. The magazine's online version, which will be similar but not identical to the print version, will be ...
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Brown neuroscientists explain why painkillers work
By Caitlin Browne | March 1Brown neuroscientists have discovered why painkillers such as morphine and other opioids are so effective. The findings were released online on Feb. 11 and will appear in the March edition of Nature Neuroscience.
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Change in Grad School policy won't alter TA numbers, officials say
By Caitlin Browne | February 5Despite some professors' complaints about the availability of graduate student teaching assistants this semester, University officials say the overall number of grad students serving as TAs has not changed.
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Co-PAIT reaches out to Hope High students
By Caitlin Browne | November 30At the Nov. 15 demonstration in front of University Hall led by the Coalition for Police Accountability and Institutional Transparency, students from Hope High School joined Brown students to call for more police oversight, accurate crime reporting and an end to racial profiling. Co-PAIT member Dara ...
