When I was a student at Brown, I was constantly challenged by my classmates, encouraged to secure my beliefs and passions, pushed to make sure I pursued a life that was meaningful and fought for justice. Everyone at Brown had a cause that motivated him or her. For me, that cause was the Israeli-Palestinian ...
Brazilian filmmaker Joao Moreira Salles believes that international audiences see only certain themes in Brazilian cinema - think of violence in "City of God." But he's hoping that CineBRASIL, the Brazilian film festival the University is currently holding, will demonstrate the intricacies of his country's ...
Like countless other students, Courtney Hall '11 woke up early on the first morning of preregistration - very, very early. Sleepy but determined, Hall picked up the list of course reference numbers she had made the previous evening and logged on to Banner.
Davidson and Amherst colleges and Wesleyan University have recently taken steps to reduce or eliminate loans from their financial aid policies.
Students around the country now have an alternative news source for coverage of the upcoming 2008 presidential election, written by students like themselves. Scoop08, an online student publication with nearly 500 student correspondents across the country, was created "to show that students around the ...
Student groups frequently go to great lengths to secure funding from alums, often creating or relying on alumni associations for assistance with fundraising and advice on how to handle certain problems or obstacles. But occasionally, this practice can be taken too far by some overzealous alums.
Some students like to complain about course textbooks, whether because they are overpriced, confusing or just plain ineffective. But occasionally, students need to be extra careful about complaining too loudly about their textbook - because it was written by their professor.
The threat of nuclear attack is still a danger to world security, according to a group of researchers at Harvard University. The most recent issue of an annual report - "Securing the Bomb," released by the Managing the Atom project at the John F. Kennedy School of Government - warned that nuclear materials ...
Researchers at Saint Louis University have discovered a potential treatment for Alzheimer's disease. Their findings, published in the August issue of Experimental Neurology, were part of a three-year study led by William Banks, a professor at SLU, and Michael Steintiz of Hebrew University in Jerusalem. ...
Children develop a sense of their own ethnic identity earlier than previously thought, and children with a strong ethnic identity are more prone to interact with children of other ethnicities, according to new research by Professor of Education Cynthia Garcia Coll.
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