Brown undergraduate and graduate students have joined with community partners to launch a new app called Atbee that acts as a personal nutrition assistant. Atbee aims to “personalize health and nutrition to make your life easier” and make healthy food more accessible, said Alexandro Pando GS, a ...
Nimfa DeVecchis, a staff member in Computing and Information Services, died Wednesday, wrote Karen Davis, vice president for human resources, in a community-wide email. She was 55. DeVecchis served as computer operator I for CIS, reporting to Associate Director of the Data Center at CIS David Rollins. ...
The Undergraduate Council of Students passed a resolution encouraging the University to boycott the Hilton Providence amidst an ongoing labor dispute at its general body meeting Wednesday. Introduced by the Brown Student Labor Alliance, the resolution recommended that University events not be held at ...
Professor of Computer Science Shriram Krishnamurthi received a $1.5 million grant from the National Science Foundation for the study and expansion of Bootstrap — an online math program he helped develop that teaches algebra to middle and high school students nationwide by creating one-of-a-kind video ...
Most students fill their shopping carts and schedules with courses that meet during the morning and afternoon. But for a smaller group of students, classes continue after the sun sets. This semester, the University is offering nine courses that meet on Tuesdays and Thursdays from 6:40-8 p.m. These courses ...
Peers and family members remember Georges St. Laurent III GS as intellectually curious and extremely passionate about his life’s work in molecular biology. “He was a multifaceted person, extremely intelligent. No challenges were too big for him to undertake,” said his brother, William St. Laurent ...
For the first time in eight years, Brown’s campus saw an increase in greenhouse gas emissions, according to the fiscal year 2015 Sustainability Progress Report released Oct. 9 by the Office of Sustainable Energy and Environmental Initiatives. The report outlines green initiatives at the University, ...
The University’s arts programs are experiencing a season of expansion, with new initiatives such as a new performing arts venue, a potential study abroad program in Berlin and a six-year joint degree program in architecture with the Rhode Island School of Design on the agenda, said Michael Steinberg, ...
Michael Dell, CEO of Dell Inc., detailed his experience as an entrepreneur and discussed the future of information technology with students and faculty members Friday in Salomon 101. Dell spoke extensively about innovation within the information technology industry and survival in a rapidly evolving ...
Updated October 14, 2015 at 11:49 p.m. Over 300 students and Indigenous people from across the country gathered Monday on the Main Green to call upon the University to change the name of Fall Weekend to “Indigenous People’s Day.” The demonstration, organized by members of the student group Native ...
Graduate students responded to President Christina Paxson’s P’19 Sept. 21 community-wide email announcing the results of a campus-wide sexual assault survey, expressing disappointment that she did not highlight the various ways graduate students are affected by sexual assault. While there were areas ...
Black student leaders and a collective of Asian, Asian American and Pacific Islander students released statements Wednesday and Thursday, respectively, about The Herald’s publication of two racist opinions columns earlier this week. In the statements, the two groups expressed their solidarity with ...
Only a select handful of students at Brown and the Rhode Island School of Design are chosen to participate in the Brown-RISD Dual Degree program each year. But hundreds of other students at both institutions choose to cross-register for classes at their neighbor on College Hill, getting a taste of both ...
Graduate students and faculty members have moved into the Division of Applied Mathematics’ new and improved building on 170 Hope St. The move marks the conclusion of nearly a year of construction. The new three-story building features chalkboard walls, allowing students to solve problems wherever ...
This fall, CareerLAB unveiled Project 2019, a series of programs specifically aimed at getting first-years involved in the services and opportunities CareerLAB offers. Project 2019 was created over the summer by a group of CareerLAB counselors, said Ron Foreman, a CareerLAB advisor. CareerLAB’s increased ...
After struggling to generate enough offense in its first two games, the football team was finally able to notch its first victory of the season Saturday against the University of Rhode Island. The game marked the 100th meeting between the Bears and their Ocean State rivals, with the winner claiming ...
The Undergraduate Council of Students released a statement of solidarity with students affected by the recent publication of two racist Herald opinions columns at its general body meeting Wednesday. The UCS Executive Board drafted the three-sentence statement, which was amended through discussion and ...
The Center for Careers and Life After Brown has launched a new version of the Job and Internship Board designed to make discovering new opportunities more efficient and intuitive for students, said Matthew Donato, director of CareerLAB. This marks the first major interface update to the JIB in five ...
Nine killed in Oregon community college shooting Eight Oregon community college students and one teacher were killed, and nine were wounded Oct. 1 after a 26-year-old male gunman opened fire on classrooms at Umpqua Community College, the New York Times reported. Students were evacuated to Douglas County ...
The University is creating a new website for scheduling courses that will replace the current online course scheduler tool. The new system will be ready by summer 2016 and will make it easier to search and register for courses, have a mobile design and feature a modern, user-friendly interface, said ...
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