The University's laundry system underwent a series of drastic changes over the summer, including the introduction of new machines, a price increase, a revamped infrastructure and more efficient energy standards. The changes were implemented after consistent urging by the Admissions and Student Services ...
Though yesterday's weather was damp and dispiriting, President Christina Paxson's Convocation address roused the class of 2016 as she welcomed them to Brown's 249th academic year. The weather forced the address from the Main Green to the Pizzitola Center, and the traditional first-year walk through ...
President Christina Paxson introduced some of her broad goals for the first year of her presidency during Tuesday's faculty meeting, the first of the academic year. Plans to improve financial aid and strengthen the University's resources figured prominently in the priorities she outlined.
President Christina Paxson announced the selection of Kimberly Roskiewicz, former associate dean for operations at Princeton's Woodrow Wilson School of Public and International Affairs, as assistant to the president in a news release Aug. 10.
The newly elected executive board of the Undergraduate Council of Students will serve in a year of transition as members work with President Christina Paxson in her first year as the University's leader while also seeking to implement projects that have a direct impact on student experience.
First-years meandering through the Main Green at noon yesterday were treated to an unorthodox orientation event as 200 workers, union members and their advocates rallied to support unions and fair labor policies in honor of Labor Day. "I'm sure we'd all rather be grilling right now, but we have to make ...
President Christina Paxson announced the selection of Kimberly Roskiewicz, associate dean for operations at Princeton's Woodrow Wilson School of Public and International Affairs, as assistant to the president in a news release Friday. ...
This article was updated August 1.
Updated July 17. On the heels of a report commissioned by Penn State that implicates Penn State's former head football coach Joe Paterno '50 in the cover up of a sexual abuse scandal involving assistant coach Jerry Sandusky, the University has decided to rename the Joseph V. Paterno '50 award, ...
Christina Paxson was officially sworn in July 2 after being named the University's 19th president in March. The former dean of Princeton's Woodrow Wilson School of Public and International Affairs has made several visits to College Hill in recent months - including a trip to campus for Commencement ...
President Ruth Simmons has been named to the Princeton Board of Trustees, Princeton announced Tuesday morning. She will begin her four-year term as a trustee July 1 and was among seven new members elected to the 40-person board. Simmons served as Princeton's vice provost from 1992 to 1995, in addition ...
Updated June 19 to include comment from Carey.
With leaps, cheers, cartwheels and tears, the class of 2012 celebrated the University's 244th Commencement Weekend, recognizing the accomplishments of graduates and honoring President Ruth Simmons as her 11-year tenure as leader of the University comes to an end.
Famed Mexican writer and professor-at-large Carlos Fuentes died May 15 in Mexico City after suffering an internal hemorrhage. Fuentes, who was 83, was a professor-at-large in the University's Hispanic studies department and held an honorary degree from Brown awarded in 1997.
Anthony Bogues, professor of Africana studies, has been selected as the first director of the long-stalled Center for the Study of Slavery and Justice, the University announced Tuesday. His three-year appointment marks a significant milestone for the center, a high-profile recommendation of the Steering ...
Brown Dining Services stopped serving food from Shanghai Restaurant after a student found a grasshopper in noodles purchased at the Blue Room at the end of April. Hot food from Shanghai was previously available in the Blue Room every Tuesday, Thursday and Saturday, and packaged sushi from the restaurant ...
President-elect Christina Paxson discussed financial aid, public health and the University's expansion with faculty members, administrators and representatives from the graduate and undergraduate student bodies Thursday during her second official visit to the University since being named Brown's 19th president ...
Peter Andreas, professor of political science and international studies, was named interim director of the Watson Institute for International Studies, according to an email from the Office of the Provost Wednesday. The Watson Institute was expected to name a new permanent director by the end of the ...
Members of the Brown community, female and male, filled Salomon 101 Monday night for "An Evening with Gloria Steinem," a program featuring a screening of an HBO documentary about the feminist activist from the 1970s followed by a discussion between Steinem and President Ruth Simmons.
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