Members of the Undergraduate Council of Students critiqued President Christina Paxson’s strategic plan at Wednesday’s UCS general body meeting, saying the plan does not mention advising, does not prioritize financial aid and emphasizes graduate programs over the undergraduate experience. Council ...
Corporation Trustee Steven Cohen P’08 P’16 could find a way out of his legal troubles, as he has begun negotiations with federal prosecutors to reach a potential settlement of the charges against his hedge fund and himself, multiple news outlets reported Tuesday. The talks are still in initial ...
Harvard kicks off $6.5 billion capital campaign Harvard announced Sept. 21 that it hopes to raise a historic $6.5 billion with its new capital campaign, the Harvard Crimson reported Saturday. Achieving this target amount would make this capital campaign, known as the Harvard Campaign, the largest ...
Students will have more opportunities to get a head start on their graduate studies while abroad as undergraduates through the Brown Plus One program with a newly-launched University partnership in Spain and other locations under consideration. This semester, Universitat Pompeu Fabra in Barcelona became ...
An online system for Course Performance Reports has replaced the issuance of hard copy reports. The reports enable students who are taking courses using the S/NC grade option to receive written evaluations of their performances from their professors, according to the Dean of the College’s website. Students ...
How much can a Brown graduate expect to earn? In a tough economy, that question rests on many students’ and parents’ minds. According to an annual survey that PayScale released last week, Brown graduates have the eighth-highest average income after graduating among alums of U.S. colleges. The ...
University expansion, financial aid and absence of detail in President Christina Paxson’s recently released strategic plan dominated discussion at a forum Tuesday hosted by Paxson and Provost Mark Schlissel P’15 to solicit feedback on the plan from students, faculty members and staff. Proposals ...
A lack of updates to the Critical Review’s course reviews in recent years has caused the site to experience challenges in retaining prominence as a student resource during shopping period. The Critical Review announced updates for courses conducted in the fall 2012 semester in April on the group’s ...
University administrators said they are awaiting further details on President Obama’s plan for a new college ranking system that would be based on a wide range of affordability and performance metrics. The rankings — to be released by the U.S. Department of Education before the 2015-2016 school ...
The following is an account of crime events that took place this weekend, reported to The Herald by Deputy Chief of Police for the Department of Public Safety Paul Shanley: Friday evening DPS officers responded to two thefts from unlocked dorm rooms in Goddard House, one occurring sometime ...
Brown students, faculty members and staff members are eligible for a free one-year New York Times Academic Pass, the library announced Sept. 16. This pass allows account holders unrestricted online access to all Times articles dating back to 1986 and access to five articles dated between 1923 and 1986 ...
India’s persistent inequality stems from the country’s focus on pure economic growth and the government’s neglect of education and health, said Amartya Sen, professor of economics and philosophy at Harvard and a 1998 Nobel laureate in economics, in a lecture Thursday afternoon. The talk, delivered ...
The Office of International Programs has expanded its offerings to include a spring semester in Cuba and a physics program at the University of Cantabria in Spain, but its previously-offered fall semester in Egypt has been canceled due to deteriorating conditions in the nation. Students now have the ...
The University has launched a partnership with the U.S. National Archives and Records Administration and the Brazilian National Archives to digitize a trove of documents on diplomatic relations between the two countries. Memos and telegrams from U.S. Department of State files pertaining to Brazil’s ...
Brown Concert Agency’s annual Fall Concert has been canceled as part of an effort to devote more funds to this year’s Spring Weekend, said BCA Communications Chair Will Peterson ’14. BCA and the Undergraduate Finance Board agreed upon the change, Peterson said. Because this academic year marks ...
Three out of Brown’s five pre-orientation programs — Excellence at Brown, The Third World Transition Program and Catalyst — saw increases in the number of applicants this year. While 80 students enrolled in Excellence at Brown four years ago, 135 out of the 200 freshmen who applied enrolled this ...
President Christina Paxson offered a framework for the University’s trajectory over the next decade with Wednesday’s release of a long-term strategic plan, “Building on Distinction.” If approved by the Corporation — which is set to review the 11-page document at its October meeting — the ...
Students offered mixed reactions to President Christina Paxson’s strategic plan — a draft of which was released to the community Wednesday — with many praising certain elements but some voicing concerns that the plan lacked ambition. The plan, titled “Building on Distinction,” identifies ...
University of Virginia to study school’s connection to slavery The University of Virginia announced last Thursday the formation of a new Commission on Slavery and the University to investigate the school’s historical ties to the slave trade and the role of slave labor in constructing important ...
As a two-year renovation of residence halls and dining facilities nears completion, students still see areas for additional improvement. The $56 million renovation project is set to conclude with the rejuvenation of Andrews Dining Commons, said Senior Associate Dean of Residential and Dining Services ...
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