The Corporation formally accepted a $3 million gift Saturday toward the Humanities Initiative, which, according to a University statement, will "foster the development of interdisciplinary graduate and undergraduate programs" — a goal that, for the past five months, a committee from the Department ...
"Most of the things I'm going to tell you are going to be the opposite of your preconceptions."
This fiscal year, Brown has received 37 percent more funding for research awards than it did the previous year, according to a press release.
Construction crews have begun restoration on the exterior of the Alpert Medical School at 222 Richmond St. in the Jewelry District. The $45 million project remains on track for completion this August.
Riyad Seervai '13, a sophomore from India, is teaching a weekly yoga class this semester called "Back to the Basics: Yoga. Made in India."
The Main Green has gotten a little greener, according to the rules and regulations of the U.S. Green Building Council's Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design. The LEED program recently awarded Rhode Island Hall, the fourth oldest building on campus, a gold certification.
As flu season approaches, Health Services is gearing up for its yearly vaccination program. From Oct. 6 to 22, all students with Brown IDs will be able to receive the flu vaccine — which protects against both the seasonal flu and the H1N1 influenza — free of charge at Josiah's.
Director of Government Relations and Community Affairs Tim Leshan has left Brown to become Vice President for Government Relations at Northeastern University this academic year.
The faculty withdrew a motion to review tenure and faculty development policies at its meeting Tuesday night, stalling progress to reform the tenure process. Faculty members brought the motion to discussion again after it had been withdrawn.
This August, four Brown undergraduates and a RISD student travelled to Dharavi, India for about three weeks to complete the pilot phase of their WaterWalla project. According to project member Anshu Vaish '12, WaterWalla is Hindu for water provider, which is exactly what the project aims to do.
A wealthy American with an estate valued in the millions could not pick a better year to shuffle off this mortal coil. A one-year repeal of the estate tax — a tax applied when an estate passes to an heir — means that estates can be directly transferred from the deceased to the recipient ...
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Brown has pledged to develop existing educational programs and collaborations with Haiti, announced President Ruth Simmons in a Sept. 23 press release following the annual meeting of the Clinton Global Initiative, which is currently dedicated to Haiti's long-term recovery and development following the ...
Even though Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke has spent more of his career as a professor than as the nation's top central banker, he insisted he wouldn't lecture the nearly 175 college students gathered Monday for a question and answer session at the Rhode Island Convention Center.
Bed bugs — once relegated to the world of nighttime rhymes — are once again emerging as a major concern at universities across the country.
Paul Farmer, co-founder of Partners in Health, spoke with The Herald Monday afternoon before his lecture, "Rebuilding Haiti."
Several new gourmet food trucks have begun frequenting Providence's East Side. Looking to the success of mobile restaurants in major cities like Los Angeles, New York and San Francisco, Providence food enthusiasts are following suit.
In his lecture Monday night, renowned medical anthropologist and physician Paul Farmer stressed the importance of rebuilding infrastructure and human capital in the ongoing effort to restore Haiti after the devastating earthquake in January.
Playing into the same themes as Paul Farmer's lecture on "Rebuilding Haiti," Haitian-American author Edwidge Danticat MFA'93 spoke Monday about her novel — the Class of 2014's summer reading —"The Dew Breaker." Danticat's greeting of "Ole," meaning "honor" in Creole, set the personal tone ...
Former Fugees member, international recording artist and Haitian activist Wyclef Jean accepted an appointment yesterday to be a visiting fellow in the Department of Africana Studies.
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