The University took initial steps toward charting new paths for the curriculum with the release Friday of the interim report of the Committee on Educational Innovation. The set of preliminary recommendations included a three-year bachelor’s degree, 250 online courses, a reconfiguration of the Program ...
The Committee on Doctoral Education released an interim report Friday with recommendations for improving the University’s commitment to graduate studies. The report highlighted initiatives specifically centered around achieving two objectives — excellence and distinctiveness — for graduate programs. ‘Bottom ...
The Committee on Reimagining the Campus and Community stressed ideas regarding the creation of shared, collaborative spaces between departments, renovations to existing classrooms, further expansion into the Jewelry District and the construction of several new facilities in its interim report released ...
The Committee on Financial Aid endorsed need-blind admission for all undergraduate applicants as a long-term goal for the University in its interim report released Friday. As part of the strategic planning process, the committee also proposed reducing the student summer earnings expectation, simplifying ...
The Online Teaching and Learning committee’s interim report recommended the University develop online education initiatives by encouraging faculty members to create online courses, outlining policies regarding ownership of courses taught online and determining a stance on Brown’s place in the larger ...
The University published interim reports Friday for the six strategic planning committees that are expected to guide President Christina Paxson’s tenure, offering preliminary recommendations and soliciting community involvement in the coming months. The committees — which concern financial aid, ...
The Committee on Faculty Recruitment, Career Development and Retention advised the University to prioritize recruiting talentedfaculty members, nurturing them as scholars and educators, and maintaining their commitment to Brown in the face of recruitment efforts by other institutions, according to its ...
Listings are categorized into user-friendly links, said Geoffrey Greene, director of informational technology support services. “It’s a lot easier to use and better organized because you can just click on the links instead of having to scroll down all the way,” said Crystal Acevedo ’15. Some ...
In response to last December’s shooting at Sandy Hook Elementary in Newtown, Conn., President Christina Paxson will sponsor a series of forums this spring intended to provoke a campus-wide dialogue concerning the causes and prevention of campus shootings. The plan represents a stronger response to ...
The English Department is evaluating the effects of three recently introduced concentration requirements, ENGL 0210, ENGL 0410 and ENGL 0610, said Stephen Foley ’74 P’04 P’07, department director of undergraduate studies and associate professor of English. These requirements — established in ...
After years of falling membership and decreasing member activity, Art House, a program house located in Harkness House on Patriots Court, will cease to exist as an organization at the end of this semester. Art House leaders chose to opt out of the housing process this year, making their space in Harkness ...
In response to this year’s particularly severe flu season, Brown has implemented several measures to prevent the spread of the flu and to care for those infected, Health Services administrators said. Health Services sent an email to all students last week about the recent outbreak, outlining how ...
Expanding the University’s financial aid to be need-blind for all students — a recommendation the Committee on Financial Aid is considering making — would be unsustainable under the current University budget, said Beppie Huidekoper, executive vice president for finance and administration. The ...
The Undergraduate Council of Students has made financial aid a key priority this academic year, in part due to the results of its fall undergraduate poll and the campus dialogues spurred last spring by the formation of the student group Brown for Financial Aid. As President Christina Paxson develops ...
Though Spring Weekend will coincide with the Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival for the third year in a row, Brown Concert Agency has booked and confirmed the acts that will be performing this year. Spring Weekend’s coincidence with the festival has caused booking complications in the past, ...
More than 50 students and faculty members gathered this weekend to discuss the value of a Brown education at a “Re-Orientation Boot Camp,” organized by the Brown Conversation. Through a series of two-hour discussion blocks with upperclassmen, faculty members and other community members affected ...
Despite the brisk winter weather, President Christina Paxson, Providence Mayor Angel Taveras and more than 30 others gathered Wednesday morning for the topping-off ceremony of the Building for Environmental Research and Teaching. The ceremony took place outside of the renovated building, the former ...
The University Resources Committee is considering allocating more funds to the recently formed Center for the Study of Slavery and Justice, Provost Mark Schlissel P’15 said at Wednesday night’s Undergraduate Council of Students meeting. The center was a major initiative under former President Ruth ...
A new version of the website courses.brown.edu was launched this month, enabling students to access syllabus information from courses for which they are not registered. The remodeling of the website, which was launched by Computing and Information Services in conjunction with the Office of the Dean ...
Donald Hornig, the University’s 14th president, died Monday at the age of 92, according to a University press release. Hornig served as president from 1970 to 1976. Like his predecessor, Ray Heffner, Hornig presided over the University during tumultuous times. During his tenure, he faced campus-wide ...
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