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Princeton prof. asks: What is whiteness?
By Max Godnick | March 8What makes white people white?
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Transfer applications up 5 percent from last year
By Ana Alvarez | March 8The Office of Admission has received 1,461 transfer applications so far for the 2010 fall term, about a 5 percent increase from last year's total, said Dean of Admission Jim Miller '73. This reflects the 20 percent increase in first-year applications for the class of 2014.
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COE will send interns to Hong Kong
By Zung Nguyen Vu | March 8This summer, Brown's Commerce, Organizations and Entrepreneurship Program is launching a pilot internship program in Hong Kong. According to Maria Carcovick, the program's administrative director, two to three students will be placed with two private Hong Kong-based financial companies that have operations ...
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Tuition jump to be met with financial aid increase
By Alex Bell | March 8Next year's tuition increases will be offset in large part by increases in financial aid, especially in the Alpert Medical School, according to a University press release following the Corporation meeting in February.
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Ambassador program start pushed to September
By Sarah Julian | March 7The start of the 2010 Ambassador Program has been postponed from January to September of this year because the program requires a significant amount of time from participants and the featured departments, according to the Brown and the Economy Web site.
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Brown partners with renowned Cape Cod lab
By Goda Thangada | March 7Corrections appended.
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Charges dropped, but Young still banned from campus
By Alex Bell | March 7The city prosecutor has dismissed disorderly conduct charges against Chris Young, the mayoral candidate's lawyers announced on Friday.
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Wesleyan to award Simmons honorary degree
By Nicole Boucher | March 7President Ruth Simmons is one of four people who will be awarded an honorary degree from Wesleyan University May 23, according to an e-mail sent to the Wesleyan community.
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University to change faculty early retirement policy
By Kate Monks | March 4Brown is looking to change faculty retirement plans as part of University-wide budget cuts, according to recommendations made at the Jan. 26 Faculty Executive Committee meeting.
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U. plans a makeover for its main Web site
By Heeyoung Min | March 4For the first time in four years, the University plans to redesign its Web site's main pages, said Vice President for Public Affairs and University Relations Marisa Quinn, who is spearheading the redesign team.
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Student group speaks out against profiting from Israel-Palestine conflict
By Crys Cuerra and Anne Artley | March 4With the hope of building a campus-wide movement, Brown Students for Justice in Palestine held their spring kick-off event, Education without Occupation, on Wednesday, presenting their campaign for divestment from companies profiting from what the group called the Israeli occupation of Palestine.
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Crash course in international studies
By Brielle Friedman | March 4International students have always been a presence at the University, but technology is now allowing Brunonians to collaborate with students in Brazil, India and Cuba without requiring a passport.
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Female orgasms come to Brown
By Alicia Chen | March 3Despite the chill and snow last night, Salomon 101 was packed with both women and men who came to hear Marshall Miller '96 and Dorian Solot '95 discuss the female orgasm. As "full-time professional sex educators," the couple travels around the country to speak to different groups.
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Frosh will need to show writing skills
By Anne Simons | March 3Seniors will have to "show evidence of their writing" in order to graduate, beginning with the class of 2013, Dean of the College Katherine Bergeron will announce Thursday.
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Juniors elected to Phi Beta Kappa
By Brown Daily Herald | March 3Forty juniors were elected to the Rhode Island Alpha of Phi Beta Kappa on Feb. 17. The honors society, founded in 1776 at the College of William and Mary, "encourages intellectual distinction among undergraduates by recognizing outstanding academic accomplishment in the course of a broad liberal education," ...
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Reception formally launches Science Center
By Ana Alvarez | March 3At a grand opening for the Science Center held Wednesday night, faculty, students and administration flocked to the third floor of the Sciences Library to observe the new space's available resources. The center has been open since Feb. 5, but Wednesday evening marked its formal introduction to the Brown ...
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New Banner scheduler apes Mocha features
By Mark Raymond | March 3Correction appended.
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Digital initiative starts
By Corina Chase | March 3In an effort to support the use of new technologies in teaching, learning and research, the University Library launched the Center for Digital Scholarship in 2009. The center will serve as "a focal point … at Brown for digital humanities and digital library methods and tools," according to the ...
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Committee to review campus pedestrian safety
By Claire Peracchio | March 3Cars still zoom through the intersection of Hope and Thayer streets, where Avi Schaefer '13 was killed less than two weeks ago — a reminder of the challenges that remain in ensuring pedestrian safety on College Hill.
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Neighborhood clashes on waterfront property
By Caitlin Trujillo | March 3Ever since the former nightclub closed its doors over 10 years ago, the future of the Shooters property has been subject to contentious debate. But last week — in what John Rousseau of the Fox Point Neighborhood Association described as a "hard-fought victory" — the City Plan Commission ...
