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Jonathan Warren, Matthew Reichel and Nicholas Young

Jonathan Warren '09, Matthew Reichel '09 and Nicholas Young '09 sit on a sofa in their yellow living room discussing everything from North Korean propaganda to Loui's corn beef hash. On their right hangs a dry erase "inkling board" full of a year's worth of scribbled ideas for entrepreneurial schemes. ...

TWTP turns 40

The Third World Transition Program, approaching its 40th anniversary this summer, is the product of years of changes from its inception as the Transitional Summer Program. The summer of 1969 saw Brown's first Transitional Summer Program, a result of the attention brought to minority issues by the 1968 ...

Corporation Controversy

You would have been forgiven last semester for thinking you had wandered into a never-aired, college-specific episode of Law and Order. Grainy surveillance footage, confrontations with police officers and a 19-hour trial — these were just a few of the scandalous details surrounding a year-long ...

Web update: Student has Brown's first swine flu case

A Brown student has a laboratory-confirmed case of H1N1 influenza, the University announced in an e-mail to the community Wednesday, just days ahead of the 241st annual Commencement exercises.

Alison Cohen

Education, environmental justice, women's health, chemistry — at first glance, the different passions that Alison Cohen '09 pursues seem loosely connected. But in her academic work and outside activities, the San Francisco native has brought together her diverse array of interests, earning recognition ...

Green-thinking seniors leave their footprints

When Aden Van Noppen '09 arrived at Brown four years ago, she went to the activities fair and scanned the tables, looking for groups that focused on climate and energy issues. She didn't find much."We were shocked. We were all shocked," Van Noppen said. Van Noppen wasn't the only frustrated freshman. ...

'Internationalization' slowly gets defined

With three years down, one to go in her Brown education, Samira Thomas '10 has a specific goal set for next year: a thesis on the redevelopment of post-conflict cities with an emphasis on Kabul, Afghanistan. But until this year, Thomas said she had few opportunities to pursue her concentration, Urban ...

How many ways can the U. say 'recession'?

In October of 1975, amid cuts to the faculty and financial aid, then-President Donald Hornig sat down with the Herald for an hour, his typical method for releasing information to the community.

Nicholson, panel give behind-the-scenes insight

A star-studded panel featuring actor Jack Nicholson P'12, producer Robert Evans and Paramount CEO Brad Grey P'10 P'12 spoke to a full Salomon 101 on Saturday to discuss the roles of individuals in the movie-making process.Between questions from producer and panel moderator Peter Bart, several lengthy ...

Rep. calls for 'product stewardship'

State Representative Donna Walsh, D-Dist. 36, has introduced a bill in the General Assembly that calls for manufacturers to regulate the disposal of waste from certain consumer products.

Move to online evals aims to save on paper

Seventeen departments are using online course evaluations instead of in-class paper forms this semester, according to Dean of the College Katherine Bergeron.

For visiting student, winding path led to Brown

Instead of venturing off to the jungles of South America or the cobblestone streets of Europe, Michael Riecken, an undergraduate at Catholic University in Washington, D.C., chose to spend his junior year "abroad" on College Hill.

PLME applications drop 13 percent

The Program in Liberal Medical Education­­­ — which allows students to earn their undergraduate and medical degrees in a single eight-year program ­— admitted a total of 97 students this year, including 20 early decision candidates, Ip wrote in an e-mail to The Herald. Both ...

Laid-off ProJo workers print 'stimulus' paper

Four former Providence Journal employees have teamed up to have "a little fun in the face of potential economic ruin" — by creating their own newsletter.

Tougaloo exchange opens eyes, doors

When Courtney Johnson MD'12 arrived on College Hill in the dead of winter last January, she had never seen snow before.

Forbes: Providence a tough place to live

If you can make it here, you can make it anywhere — at least according to Forbes.

Zakaria will be graduation speaker

Journalist and political scientist Fareed Zakaria will deliver the baccalaureate address at Commencement next month, the University announced Thursday.

Mock trial team makes it to nationals

Ten members of Brown Mock Trial earned a place at the American Mock Trial Association National Championship last weekend.

Faunce overhaul headlines summer construction

Initial construction on the Stephen Robert '62 Campus Center in Faunce House is now underway, according to Stephen Maiorisi, vice president for Facilities Management.