The University and Nike parted ways this summer — at least temporarily — after Nike was unwilling to agree to Brown's standard agreement for its business partners.
Students no longer need to worry about going to the Sciences Library to find all the computers already taken — they can now use their smartphones to check the computer availability in any campus library before they go.
It was with compassion, spirit and a challenge that President Ruth Simmons welcomed the class of 2014 Sunday afternoon.
Steven King '91, former executive director of the Brown University Sports Foundation, stepped into his new role as senior vice president for University advancement July 1.
Facing budget cuts, the Swearer Center for Public Service plans to focus on its most important services and redistribute responsibilities among student workers and remaining staff. The center's reorganization comes after four program advisors were laid off last year. After the layoffs, their responsibilities ...
The competition for Mexican food on campus is about to spice up. Chipotle Mexican Grill is set to open a Thayer Street location around November, said Chris Arnold, public relations director for the company. The restaurant will move into the space previously occupied by Roba Dolce on the corner of ...
Two months after school officials agreed to rehire teachers and faculty who lost their jobs at Central Halls High School, the district is preparing to rehabilitate the underperforming school for the upcoming academic year. The mass firings that sparked national headlines originally came in the ...
The transformation of Metcalf Chemistry and Research Laboratory into a home for the newly created Department of Cognitive, Linguistic and Psychological Sciences has begun, according to Vice President for Facilities Management Stephen Maiorisi. The first phase of construction, which began in early June, ...
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Paige Hicks '11 was killed July 20 while leading a cross-country bike trip, raising money for affordable housing.Hicks, of Chesterfield, Mo., was struck by a tractor trailer on U.S. Highway 18 in South Dakota, said Lt. David Berkeley of the South Dakota Highway Patrol. Hicks had pulled over on the side ...
Brown's Department of Political Science will continue to give undergraduates a taste of law next year when Steven Calabresi, a renowned professor at Northwestern University School of Law and a conservative legal scholar, joins the department as a visiting professor.
The Corporation approved the establishment of a new School of Engineering and authorized renovations to the Metcalf Chemistry and Research Laboratory at its meeting on May 28.
A revised publicity policy released by the Student Activities Office this spring outlines new guidelines for student organizations to follow when promoting group events.The updated regulations, released in April, are intended to include all forms of publicity, including social media, flyers, banners ...
The Securities and Exchange Commission is seeking to ban Corporation fellow Steven Rattner '74 P'10 P'13 from working in the securities industry for three years.
Two Brown alums found themselves making headlines after oil began spilling into the Gulf of Mexico in late April. While one graduate garnered attention for attacking the federal government's response, the other would sink below the surface of recognition in the wake of her early resignation following ...
Despite its liberal reputation, Rhode Island has picked a Republican governor in seven of the last nine election cycles. One Republican whose name won't be on the ballot — term-limited Gov. Donald Carcieri '65 — will leave his successor the top job in a state saddled with double-digit unemployment, ...
Paige Hicks '11 was killed July 20 while leading a cross-country bike trip, raising money for affordable housing.
Effective Sept. 7, Louis Rice will be taking on the positions of chair of the Department of Medicine at Alpert Medical School and chief of medicine at Rhode Island Hospital and the Miriam Hospital.
E-mails disclosed by the University as part of William McCormick III's lawsuit against it show that his accuser's father was in contact with senior University officials in the days before and following the female alum's allegation in 2006 that McCormick had raped her.The University disclosed e-mails ...
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