University News

Lecturer talks human rights prosecution

More RISD students enroll in Brown courses

The number of special students - non-degree-seeking students enrolled in Brown courses - has increased over the last decade from 339 to 439, according to an October report released by the Office of Institutional Research. Special students include groups such as University employees, post-baccalaureates, ...

Poll: Four in five undergrads support abortion rights

More than 80 percent of Brown students believe abortion should be legal in at least the first trimester of a woman's pregnancy, according to a poll conducted by The Herald last month. About 42 percent of students polled said abortion should always be legal, while a combined 8.9 percent said it should ...

U.'s Sandy precautions stir few complaints in aftermath

When Hurricane Sandy hit the East Coast two weeks ago, the University canceled all classes Oct. 29 and Oct. 30 as a precautionary measure. The decision to cancel classes was mostly met with supportive responses from students and faculty members, but several faculty members reported a "disruption involved ...

City to lease parking spots for faculty, staff

Providence will lease 250 parking spaces to the University beginning July 1, as part of a broader attempt by the city, the University and local businesses to increase the availability of parking on College Hill. As determined in negotiations with the city last spring, Brown faculty and staff members ...

Students face off in startup 'games'

The Hunger Games came to Brown Saturday, but instead of competing for their lives, tributes participating in the Brown Entrepreneurship Program event vied to develop innovative startup ideas. The 24 Brown and Rhode Island School of Design students who competed in the event were hand-picked by the event's ...

Early applications rise for class of 2017

The number of early applications to the University rose by about 1 percent this year, while applications to the Program in Liberal Medical Education decreased by about 10 percent, according to Dean of Admission Jim Miller '73. The Admission Office received a record number of 2,957 early decision applications ...

Poll: Single students have sex, seek relationships

If Brown were to have a relationship status on Facebook, it would be "single" with no hookups or partners to complicate the situation. Despite stereotypes that describe Brown's population as sexually experimental, about 48 percent of students reported in an October poll conducted by The Herald that ...

Police rescue URI student from 8-inch alleyway

Providence Fire and Rescue and the Providence Police Department led a rescue effort early Friday morning after an apparently intoxicated woman became trapped in a narrow space between FedEx Kinko's and City Sports near the corner of Meeting and Thayer streets.   Courtney Malloy, a University of ...

World Bank economist discusses past, future of India

Discussing India's politics and economic prospects, World Bank Chief Economist Kaushik Basu emphasized the importance of incorporating sound economic theory into practical policy making work in a lecture Friday afternoon. The lecture, entitled "From the Slopes of Raisina Hill: India's Economic Reforms ...

Psych director to step down

Belinda Johnson, director of Psychological Services, will retire at the end of this year, wrote Margaret Klawunn, vice president for campus life and student services, in an email Friday. Johnson will step down after 20 years as director and 35 years with Psychological Services, where she started as ...

URC opens up budget discussion to community

The University Resources Council held its annual open forum to discuss the budgeting process and how it affects members of the University community Thursday evening.  A crowd of staff, students and faculty crowded into Petterutti Lounge to hear Provost Mark Schlissel P'15, chair of the URC, speak ...

Higher Ed Roundup

Yale names provost new president

Expanded printing reinstated for engineers

The School of Engineering implemented a 20-page-per-week printing quota for most of its students last Wednesday. The new policy comes after students objected to the revoking of  more extensive printing privileges for concentrators this semester, said David Mycue, the school's director of information ...

Faculty unanimously approves public health school

The Program in Public Health took a major step toward becoming an officially accredited school as the faculty unanimously approved the school's formation at their meeting Tuesday. The faculty vote marks "the last of the campus approval steps" in the 12-year effort to establish the school for public ...

Poll: More than half of students get sufficient sleep

About 65.5 percent of students sleep six to eight hours a night, according to a poll conducted by The Herald last month. Slightly more than a quarter of students polled said they sleep four to six hours a night, and 7.1 percent reported sleeping at least eight hours nightly. The recommended amount ...

U. ranks first for 2012 undergrad Fulbrights

Brown ranked third among research universities in the number of Fulbright grants awarded this year, according to a report published Oct. 28 by the Chronicle of Higher Education. Twenty-seven recent alums from the classes of 2012 and 2011 and two graduate students received the scholarship out of Brown's ...

Supreme Court may restrict access to cheaper textbooks

The Supreme Court heard arguments for the case Kirtsaeng v. John Wiley and Sons, which centers on the issue of whether international copyrighted works can be bought and sold in the United States without the owner's consent, last Monday. Depending on the decision the court reaches, students may no longer ...

Storm blows in, power goes out

Only a week after Hurricane Sandy cut a wide swath of destruction through the Northeast, the Nor'easter Athena blew into the Ocean State, bringing high winds and a shock of blustery snow. 

Faculty approves public health school

The faculty unanimously approved a motion to create a school of public health Tuesday night. The Corporation will vote on the proposal at its February meeting.