Colonization and its effects are deeply entrenched in the field of archeology, said scholars at an event held Wednesday evening at the Joukowsky Institute for Archaeology and the Ancient World.
The Office of Institutional Equity and Diversity, the John Hay Library and the Rhode Island Black Film Festival partnered to host a screening Tuesday of the documentary “Paul Laurence Dunbar: Beyond the Mask” made by filmmaker Frederick Lewis ’83.
In a virtual event entitled “Legacy of the ‘Dark Side’: The Costs of Unlawful U.S. Detentions and Interrogations Post-9/11,” Political Science Lecturer Nina Tannenwald moderated a discussion with Letta Tayler, associate director in the Crisis and Conflict Division of Human Rights Watch. Tayler ...
The University has not yet released official guidelines regarding the new boosters — and while it is unlikely to mandate the jab, as it did the first three shots, the University plans to run a vaccine clinic in the coming weeks, according to Associate Vice President for Campus Life and Executive ...
In May, the Graduate Labor Organization held elections for president, vice president and a number of other positions on the executive board, marking the first presidential turnover since GLO’s founding. Now, the new leadership group is looking ahead to contract renegotiations with the University ...
For the first week of the school year, Brown Dining Services required students to leave their Brown ID with a cashier to grab to-go boxes in certain dining halls. But as of Monday, students can once again receive a to-go box without leaving behind collateral, wrote Vice President of Dining Programs ...
Students who were displaced by flooding from a storm Sept. 5 have now returned to their residence halls as the University investigates how to minimize flooding incidents in the future. The flooding displaced students in the basement of Archibald-Bronson in Keeney Quad. Several other ...
When Oleksii Shebanov ’26, an international student from Ukraine, received his admission offer from the University, he was also extended the option to arrive on campus early and attend Brown’s summer session. But due to delays with his visa application, which included traveling to the Czech Republic ...
Curious community members and passersby gathered at the steps of the Stephen Robert ’62 Campus Center Friday to attend the swearing-in ceremony of Brown’s newest employee: a one-and-a-half-year-old black labrador retriever named Elvy.
New washing machines and dryers were installed in every residence hall over the summer, Senior Associate Dean and Senior Director of Residential Life Brenda Ice wrote in an email to The Herald. CSC ServiceWorks, a laundry services contractor, replaced units that had “been on campus a number ...
Students, faculty and staff gathered on the Main Green to celebrate the start of the 259th academic year and welcome incoming undergraduate, graduate and medical students as part of its Opening Convocation Saturday morning. The convocation, which was rescheduled from Tuesday due to inclement ...
More than 400 student groups took to the Main Green last Thursday to participate in the annual Fall Activities Fair, hosted by the Student Activities Office and the Undergraduate Council of Students. Each year, the event allows student organizations to showcase their work and recruit new members, ...
As the class of 2026 moved into their dorms on Aug. 31, they were greeted by the Orientation Welcoming Committee — 77 Bruno leaders and six first-year fellows. This year’s orientation marked the beginning of the first fully in-person, mask-optional orientation since the onset of the COVID-19 ...
A federal judge granted preliminary approval of a $1.5 million settlement in a class action lawsuit, which three students brought against the University seeking tuition and fee refunds for the Spring 2020 semester when the University sent students home and switched to remote learning at the start ...
Nearly 70% of students admitted to the University’s class of 2026 accepted a spot last spring, a record-high that slightly surpasses the previous rate set by the class of 2025, Dean of Admission Logan Powell wrote in an email to The Herald.
Mary Jo Callan was appointed as Vice President for Community Engagement and Stark Family Executive Director at the University’s Swearer Center for Public Service, effective September 1, according to an August 31 campus-wide ...
President Christina Paxson P’19 will lead a search committee for the next provost, according to a Tuesday Today@Brown announcement. The search follows an Aug. 11 announcement that Provost Richard Locke P’18 will depart from his role at the end of the 2022-23 academic year. Locke will assume a ...
The Verney-Woolley Dining Hall underwent more than $3 million in renovations over the summer, adding new seating, food storage and amenities, according to dining and construction employees involved with the project.
The Graduate School Council hosted Bryant Ford, the new director of Counseling and Psychological Services, in its first meeting of the semester Wednesday. During the meeting, the council discussed the fall budget and elected a new president and chair of communications.
The Meiklejohn Peer Advising Program will pay peer advisors a $500 stipend this semester, one of several changes made to the role for this academic year.
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