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Simmons to address RISD grads
By Heeyoung Min | April 27President Ruth Simmons will deliver the keynote address at the Rhode Island School of Design's commencement ceremony June 5.
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UCs spend millions on bottled water
By Heeyoung Min | April 20Despite the University of California's recent budget cuts and substantial hike in student fees, the school system has spent about $2 million in recent years on bottled water, the New York Times reported April 15.
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Junior wins Truman scholarship
By Heeyoung Min | April 14Over spring break, David Poritz '11.5 checked his e-mail and found a message from President Ruth Simmons — telling him that he was one of 60 Truman Scholars, a select group of students chosen from 576 candidates across the nation to receive up to $30,000 for their graduate studies. Poritz, who ...
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RISD students worry about police power
By Heeyoung Min | April 4The Rhode Island School of Design may become the third school in the city to grant officers arresting powers — but some RISD students, who fear that officers could use their new powers to arrest underage drinkers, do not want to see that happen.Brown and Rhode Island College are the only two universities ...
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Rhode Island sees record rain, flooding
By Heeyoung Min | April 4Record flooding hit Rhode Island last week after heavy rains, but it caused only minor damage to University buildings.The Department of Facilities Management received nearly 200 service calls last week during Rhode Island's worst flooding in 200 years, but "there were no severe damages" to University ...
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URC projects increase in federal funding
By Heeyoung Min | March 11The University Resources Committee projected in a report released last month that the University's Education and General budget, which includes expenditures on administrative, academic and student support, "would see a 5.8 percent increase in indirect cost recovery from sponsored funding" in the next ...
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Virginia colleges told they lack authority to ban anti-gay discrimination
By Heeyoung Min | March 8Kenneth Cuccinelli, Virginia's attorney general, warned the boards of the state's public colleges that they lack the authority — without authorization from the state's General Assembly — to ban discrimination based on sexual orientation, Inside Higher Ed reported on March 8.
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U. plans a makeover for its main Web site
By Heeyoung Min | March 4For the first time in four years, the University plans to redesign its Web site's main pages, said Vice President for Public Affairs and University Relations Marisa Quinn, who is spearheading the redesign team.
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Building projects approved
By Heeyoung Min | February 28The Corporation authorized construction of two capital projects to begin this spring and summer at its meeting Feb. 27.
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Alum's nonprofit funds higher ed in Haiti
By Heeyoung Min | February 18Conor Bohan '92 left Haiti on Jan. 10 — just two days before an earthquake struck 10 miles from Port-au-Prince, home to the scholarship organization that Bohan founded in 1997.
