Readers sent in questions via email and Twitter to ask candidates for UCS president at the UCS/UFB Candidate Debate, which The Herald co-sponsored last Thursday. Due to time constraints, not all questions could be answered during the debate. The candidates have since submitted their answers to the Herald ...
Readers sent in questions via email and Twitter to ask candidates for UCS vice president at the UCS/UFB Candidate Debate, which The Herald co-sponsored last Thursday. Due to time constraints, not all questions could be answered during the debate. The candidates have since submitted their answers to ...
This year's summer assignment process will find housing for 324 students following the housing lottery's second and final session Tuesday, said Richard Hilton, assistant director of the Office of Residential Life. That number - which includes both those students who chose not to select housing and those ...
About 780 prospective students accepted to the class of 2016 arrived on campus Monday night to spend some time getting to know the University in the annual event A Day on College Hill. High school seniors - hailing from as far as Australia and South Korea - had the chance to mingle with prospective ...
The majority of students approve of how President Obama is handling his job, according to a poll conducted by The Herald March 12-14. A total of 78.8 percent of respondents expressed approval, with 16.5 percent expressing strong approval and 62.3 percent stating that they somewhat approved. Only 12.8 ...
President Ruth Simmons will present eight honorary degrees on behalf of the University to influential individuals who are leaders in their fields during Commencement Weekend. The recipients were selected by the Board of Fellows of the Corporation, the University's highest governing body, following recommendations ...
Renowned academics, businessmen, journalists and politicians from around the world gathered on campus yesterday to exchange ideas, concerns and analyses of the euro crisis in a conference entitled "The Failure of the Euro? Causes and Consequences for Europe and Beyond." Co-sponsored by the Watson Institute ...
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The University will confer eight honorary doctorates at Commencement: biochemist Carolyn Bertozzi, actress Viola Davis, Congressman John Lewis, author Marilynne Robinson, musician Sebastian Ruth, news anchor Diane Sawyer, political theorist Gene Sharp and Zhejiang University President Wei Yang.
President Ruth Simmons will deliver the commencement addresses at the University of Oklahoma and the University of Rochester this year. She will also receive honorary degrees from the universities - the 32nd and 33rd honorary degrees she has received in her lifetime. Simmons will speak at Oklahoma and ...
The World Bank announced Dartmouth President Jim Yong Kim '82, a physician and public health expert whose nomination marked a departure from the traditional selection of candidates in politics and finance, as its next leader Monday. Kim was an unconventional choice for the position given his medical ...
The University's athletics program has undergone many transitional, sometimes trying moments in recent years. Today, less than two weeks after Jack Hayes was announced as the new director of athletics, the department continues its transition to a new era with the unveiling of the long-awaited fitness ...
For the swimming and diving and water polo teams, the benefits of the new swimming facility go far beyond the water. The opening of the Katherine Moran Coleman Aquatics Center ushers in a new era for Brown athletics, offering stability to aquatic teams that have endured four years of uncertainty. Though ...
Brown is now home to the largest installation of hybrid solar-thermal panels in the country. The 168 panels, which cover half the roof of the Katherine Moran Coleman Aquatics Center, will provide around 10 percent of the building's energy needs - equivalent to the number of panels it would take to power ...
From solutions for world problems to discussions of local issues like the responsible use of land opened up by the I-195 relocation, Sunday's TEDx event provided intellectual stimulation for anyone willing to venture down the hill to listen to the almost 20 speakers. TED, a nonprofit organization, has ...
Inside the upscale lobby of the new fitness and aquatics center lies the newest campus eatery - Poppy's Cafe.
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