The University spent $140,000 on federal lobbying in 2021, down from $150,000 in 2020. The sum is the lowest reported in the Ivy League, with Harvard and Yale leading at $560,000 each in 2021. On campus and across the country, the federal government is directly involved in the funding of university ...
Women occupied 21.7% of all STEM faculty positions in the 2020-21 academic year, according to Phase II of the Pathways to Diversity and Inclusion Action Plan, which was issued by the Office of Institutional Equity and Diversity in 2021. According to the report, among subsections of STEM fields, ...
Twenty-six students and 11 employees reported positive test results for COVID-19 from March 24 through March 30, according to an April 1 Today@Brown announcement from Executive Vice President for Planning and Policy Russell Carey ’91 MA’06. The update also reported that three students were in ...
“The Journey of Humanity: The Origins of Wealth and Inequality,” Professor of Economics Oded Galor’s second book and his first written for a general audience, was released March 22 in 30 languages. The book tells a narrative of how growth and inequality emerged over the course of human history ...
The University extended offers of admission to 1,651 applicants tonight, resulting in an overall acceptance rate of 5% this year, Dean of Admission Logan Powell wrote in an email to The Herald.
Elena Shih, assistant professor of American studies and ethnic studies, delivered the Annual Elizabeth Munves Sherman ’77, P’06, P’09 Lecture in Gender and Sexuality Studies Thursday afternoon in Pembroke Hall.
When Beverly Hodgson ’70 became editor-in-chief of The Brown Daily Herald in 1969, she made national headlines as the “First Woman Editor of (an) Ivy League Daily.”
When students returned to College Hill in the fall of 1970, they quickly encountered fliers asking a list of questions. “Does it bother you that the secretaries at Pembroke earn less than the secretaries at Brown?”
The College Curriculum Council approved a new curricular designation, “Race, Power and Privilege,” which will be implemented for courses beginning in the Summer 2022 term, according to a March 16 Today@Brown announcement.
For 48 years the Sarah Doyle Center for Women and Gender has been a center for feminist and gender-centered discussions and activism at the University.
The new residence hall on Brook Street is currently on schedule to be complete and ready for occupancy by August 2023. “The project in general is very healthy,” said Assistant Vice President of Planning, Design & Construction Paul Dietel. The project faced some supply chain issues after the ...
Beginning March 14, the University made masking in most settings and asymptomatic COVID-19 testing optional for fully vaccinated undergraduates, The Herald previously reported. While some students and faculty have expressed relief over the loosened guidelines, others have voiced concerns about how ...
Alexander Valentini ’24 did not have Tiktok downloaded on his phone until 105 days ago. But after starting his 30-day challenge of “trying the worst foods my dining hall has to offer” Dec. 9, he became an overnight internet sensation. In total, he has amassed a following of over 185,000 followers ...
The onset of the COVID-19 pandemic and the uncertainty that followed fundamentally changed the rhythms of day-to-day life on Brown’s campus and beyond. Almost two years after students were
Tom Perez ’83, former United States secretary of labor and former chair of the Democratic National Committee, discussed voting rights with Wendy Schiller, professor of political science and director of the Taubman Center for American Politics and Policy, at the Watson Institute for International ...
The University has held three pilot sessions of a new grief group for faculty and staff, meant to help the members process their grief after losing a loved one, this month. Chaplain of the University Janet Cooper Nelson and Mika MacInnis ’02, a psychologist, led the group together. The group met ...
International undergraduates studying in STEM fields came together to reflect on their experiences interning in the United States in a discussion on Wednesday afternoon titled “International Student Internships in Focus: STEM Panel.” The panel, part of an ongoing March 2022 series, will be followed ...
The Undergraduate Council of Students held its general body meeting Wednesday evening. According to UCS Vice President Sam Caplan ’22, University President Christina Paxson P’19 “is planning on attending one of the (Council’s) future (general body) meetings.”
Leah VanWey, dean of the School of Professional Studies and professor of sociology, was appointed as the next dean of the faculty, according to a March 18 Today@Brown announcement from Provost Richard Locke P’18. Beginning July 1, VanWey will succeed Kevin McLaughlin, who has served in the role ...
On Feb. 24, Mariya Bachmaha MPH ’16 woke up at 6 a.m. in her hometown of Lviv — a city in Western Ukraine — to news of Russia’s invasion. Bachmaha was initially shocked by the news, as well as worried about her family’s safety and the possible consequences of such a conflict. But once the ...
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