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(11/25/19 4:39am)
Famed circuses Barnum and Bailey and the Ringling Bros. may have shut their doors for good, but the popularity of circus is actually on the rise. This is in no small part due to the increasing accessibility ...
(11/12/19 5:52am)
The University provides students with a number of digital tools to supplement their academic work. But these tools are only useful if they are effectively implemented. For instance, the technological ...
(10/28/19 2:37am)
Questioning the validity of astrology and its place in modern conversations may seem straightforward 鈥 after all, as Jamie Flynn 鈥20.5 stated in his recent opinion, 鈥渁strology is pure pseudoscience.鈥 ...
(10/15/19 4:33am)
Many academic institutions are attempting to increase accessibility, considering everything from the design of campus buildings to accommodations at conferences and workshops. But modifying infrastructure ...
(10/03/19 4:06am)
In an era rife with accusations of and reactions to 鈥渇ake news,鈥 engagement between scholars and the public is crucial for sharing and correctly interpreting research. But public scholarship 鈥 and ...
(09/19/19 4:18am)
There is currently a vaccine that could help prevent certain types of cancer, but many people are turning it down. The vaccine fights strains of the Human Papillomavirus, which can cause cervical, penile ...
(09/04/19 4:17am)
Alcohol use and abuse is a noted problem for undergraduate students, but in my experience, it becomes an accepted and expected part of the culture in grad school. In grad school, alcohol is worryingly ...
(04/25/19 6:16am)
Brown students are required to have health insurance, which is provided by default through the University鈥檚 Student Health Insurance Plan. Although graduate students often are older, have their own ...
(04/10/19 4:00am)
One of the most stressful parts of the University experience isn鈥檛 taking midterms or writing final papers: it鈥檚 applying to jobs, internships and graduate school. Often, employers and schools ask ...
(03/15/19 4:42am)
Recent movements like #MeToo and Time鈥檚 Up have pushed us to hold the perpetrators of sexual assault accountable. But the more we had admired the accused, the more reluctant we are to address the allegations ...
(02/25/19 5:00am)
Universities function as conduits for insular communities 鈥 your cohort, the other people in your concentration, your housemates and others. The further you commit to one course of study and the deeper ...
(02/06/19 4:50am)
On the first day of classes, I walked to campus up to College Hill on sidewalks that had seen little shoveling or salting. On many occasions it seemed safer to walk on the plowed and salted streets, which ...
(01/24/19 4:50am)
In the past few weeks, disturbing tales of sexist and racist harassment at academic conferences have been making headlines. Women scholars have been belittled at the American Historical Association annual ...
(11/27/18 4:01am)
Preregistration for spring 2019 courses took place just a few weeks ago, a process that reminded me of the number of different online tools required to navigate my Brown education. While registration ...
(11/15/18 3:38am)
On my short walk to campus, I cross intersections with pedestrian traffic signals where the light has burnt out, where the light never changes and where the whole light pole has been turned to face away ...
(10/30/18 4:09am)
I got my flu shot last week. The whole process was fast, convenient and entirely free 鈥 in fact, the most difficult part for a brand new student was finding the basement lounge where the shots were ...