A bill to take out the last three words of the state's official name - "Rhode Island and Providence Plantations" - has been introduced several times over the past quarter of a century, but if state Rep. Joseph Almeida, D-Dist. 12 gets his way, this year Rhode Islanders will finally vote in a referendum ...
Rhode Island may be the smallest state, but according to the "Healthy Weight in 2008" campaign, Rhode Islanders do not have waistlines to match. The campaign, kicked off in January by Gov. Donald Carcieri '65, aims to reduce obesity by encouraging physical activity and healthy eating habits.
No matter what club students join at Brown, they can pretty much guarantee they won't end up floating inside a Vomit Comet, a plane that rapidly climbs and dives to simulate zero gravity.
Nawal Nour '88 treats the repercussions of a practice not often seen here - female circumcision. An obstetrician and gynecologist at the Harvard-affiliated Brigham and Women's Hospital, she helps women who have been circumcised and tries in a culturally sensitive manner to dissuade them from doing the ...
Chris Elam '98 has been called a computer scientist, an innovator and a contortionist. Above all, he may be called a typically extraordinary Brown alum.
Students hoping to pursue ceramics at Brown currently have three options: They can brave the Byzantine process of joining a Rhode Island School of Design class, join an off-campus workshop or simply dream of pots unthrown, clay unglazed.
Brown employees filled the Olney-Margolies Athletic Center Friday to celebrate the fourth annual Brown Employee Appreciation and Recognition Day. In her remarks thanking Brown employees, President Ruth Simmons also announced that Walter Hunter, vice president for administration, plans to step down from ...
"I think that it's an aberration," said Dean of Admissions James Miller '73 of the decline in applicants at Yale. "I don't think it's indicative of any decline in the quality or appeal of Yale."
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