Down Town Spa, an alleged undercover brothel located at 1 Custom House St. - less than a 10-minute walk from campus - was closed in August as part of a federal investigation into human trafficking.
For years, Thayer Street has experienced a series of openings and closings, and the trend has continued recently. Several businesses - OOP!, Adesso California Café and Asian Paradise - have shut their doors in the past weeks, two others have relocated and one is soon to open.
Math and science curricula as well as the appropriate place for those disciplines in a liberal education will be the focus of a recently created faculty committee, administrators announced last week. The group will meet over this academic year before delivering its suggestions for changes to the University's ...
According to a Herald poll released two weeks ago, 38 percent of respondents said they receive financial aid from Brown. Of those individuals, 62 percent were very or somewhat satisfied with their aid packages, and 36.9 percent were very or somewhat dissatisfied.
Brown students are used to buying course materials emblazoned with the words "Princeton University Press" or "Oxford University Press," but they will never open a textbook and see an imprint with their own institution's name.
In testimony last week before the federal district court in Harrisburg, Penn., Professor of Biology Kenneth Miller '70 argued that the theory of intelligent design has no support in the scientific community and does not belong in the public school science curriculum.
Though many Brown students are familiar with Ruth Simmons as the University's president, they might not also identify her as a corporate leader. Simmons has been serving on the board of directors of Fortune 500 corporations Goldman Sachs, Pfizer and Texas Instruments for more than five years.
Planned Parenthood of Rhode Island opened an express clinic at 183 Angell St. in late May, making birth control and emergency contraception available to Brown students at a location distinct from University Health Services. Knick-knack and resale shop Angell Street Curiosities previously occupied the ...
Thayer Street will get a makeover this summer as part of the Thayer Street Improvement District's ongoing efforts.
Though many students complain about Brown's housing application process at some point during their undergraduate career, the process can be particularly complicated for students who have left the University for the fall semester and apply for off-campus permission in the spring.
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