Members of the Rhode Island House of Representatives can expect to deal with unfinished business — including a change to prostitution law — when they meet for a special session next week. The House will also hold talks on the economy before next year's session, Speaker William Murphy, D-Dist. ...
Yeasayer, a experimental psychedelic band based in Brooklyn, will headline the Brown Concert Agency's Fall Concert Nov. 13 at the RISD auditorium.
How far have women come in the sciences? Far, but not enough, Nancy Hopkins, professor of biology at Massachusetts Institute of Technology, told a mostly female audience in a lecture last night.
Providence will receive a federal stimulus grant of more than $1.75 million to improve energy efficiency in residential and municipal buildings, the office of Sen. Jack Reed, D-R.I., announced Oct. 15.
Editor's Note: This story contains material similar to text that appeared in other published work. An Editor's Note was published in the Nov. 13, 2009, Herald. That Editor's Note can be found here. Brown has long enjoyed an enviable position in Rhode Island politics, with numerous alums holding some ...
Thanks to a leaky pipe, students attending class in Salomon 101 this month have spent class in an unexpected shower of drops of water falling from the ceiling.The problem, initially thought by Facilities Management to be from a leak in the roof, was repaired on Friday. Dami Olatunji '11 was attending ...
Beyond the Bottle, a student group founded last spring, has helped reduce the use of bottled water on campus and has high hopes for its conservation projects, according to the group's organizers.
Professor of Literary Arts Keith Waldrop and Deborah Heiligman '80 are among the finalists for the National Book Award, the National Book Foundation announced last Friday.
The Brown chapter of the Real Food Challenge, a national campaign to bring more local and organic food to university dining halls, obtained $25,000 from President Ruth Simmons' discretionary fund for a two-year pilot project and created four paid student positions within Dining Services. The students ...
An article in Monday's paper ("Marketing firm brings big bucks for Brown athletics," Oct. 19) incorrectly stated that Nelligan Sports Marketing recently signed a contract with Harvard University. In fact, Harvard is not under contract with the company.
Providence is getting greener.
A T-Mobile cell phone tower installed on the roof of Barus and Holley has angered some engineering and physics professors concerned about the tower's impact on sensitive research equipment used in the building.According to Professor of Engineering William Patterson, faculty members are concerned that ...
Former Italian Prime Minister Romano Prodi spoke about the challenges facing his country as it attempts to achieve a more efficient federal structure during a roundtable discussion Monday night in a nearly full Smith-Buonanno 106.
Though administrators have hailed the University's most recent fundraising numbers as a bright spot during an otherwise gloomy period, the approximately $180 million raised last year was partially attributable to expedited pledges from high-profile donors, according to Ronald Vanden Dorpel MA'71, senior ...
Rhode Island ranks among the nation's top spenders in Medicaid and fire protection, while hovering near the bottom for expenditures on higher education, highways and transportation, and parks and recreation, according to a report released last week by the Rhode Island Public Expenditure Council.
Hope High School's Junior Reserve Officers' Training Corps — the only elective course that has survived from the school's now-defunct Leadership academy — remains as popular as ever among students.
Two weeks of construction on Soldiers Arch concluded late last week after an $80,000 restoration of the campus landmark.
As a high school student, Colin MacGregor '14 thought he would eventually push aside his love of art in favor of a career in medicine. That began to change after he participated in summer art programs and worked on more personal art projects in his free time. When it came time to apply to colleges, ...
As the University redoubles its efforts to increase Brown's profile abroad and attract more international students — particularly students from India — the numbers are beginning to show for it.Though China still contributes the most international students — 33 enrolled in the class ...
The Corporation convened its first meeting of the academic year this weekend, welcoming 12 new members and approving designs for two major capital projects, including a new Medical Education Building in downtown Providence.About a year after the financial crisis slashed $740 million from the University's ...
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