During its monthly meeting on Wednesday, the Graduate Student Council voted to add two new positions 鈥� Chair of Education and Chair of Diversity, Equity and Inclusion 鈥� to its Executive Board.
Lisa Raiola 鈥�84 opened Hope & Main in 2014 to serve as a business food 鈥渋ncubator鈥� and to support aspiring culinary entrepreneurs. A hub for culinary creativity, the Warren-based nonprofit has served as an important resource for Rhode Islanders seeking to break into the food industry. After ...
If you skip TAPS 1280W: 鈥淣ative American Indigenous Theatre Performance,鈥� your instructor will definitely notice.
For months, residents of College Hill have been buzzing with excitement over the announcement of Brown Bee Coffee 鈥� a new cafe and bakery set to open at 404 Benefit St..
The Mellon Foundation granted Assistant Professor of Classics Sasha-Mae Eccleston 鈥�06 and Princeton Associate Professor Dan-el Padilla Peralta $1 million to establish a fellowship program to diversify and reimagine the Classics through a racial lens.
Earlier this year, the University announced that it would transition to need-blind admissions for international students starting with the class of 2029, becoming the eighth university in the United States to adopt the policy. The University has practiced need-blind admissions for domestic applicants ...
On March 2, roughly 200 people gathered with the Rhode Island Poor People鈥檚 Campaign 鈥渢o launch a 40-week effort to mobilize poor and low-wage voters in Rhode Island,鈥� and to 鈥渄emand legislators take immediate action to end the crisis of death by poverty in the United States,鈥� according to ...
Historian Dominic Erdozain discussed the politics, culture and laws surrounding guns in the United States at a Wednesday talk for his book 鈥淥ne Nation Under Guns.鈥�
On Feb. 21, Rhode Island Commerce launched 鈥淎ll That,鈥� a new statewide tourism marketing campaign which aims to drive revenue into the Ocean State.
RIPTA currently stands on the edge of a $40 million fiscal cliff set to tip over in July 2025 if the agency does not receive adequate funding. The transit organization, which is also facing a driver shortage, is considering service changes that would affect 33 routes, in many cases cutting and ...
At Tuesday鈥檚 faculty meeting, President Paxson P鈥�19 P鈥橫D鈥�20 reaffirmed the University鈥檚 plans to pursue charges against the 41 Brown students who were arrested in a Dec. 11 sit-in. The students demanded Paxson to call for a ceasefire in the ongoing Israel-Palestine war and support divestment ...
The Labor Organization of Community Coordinators began their first contract bargaining session with the University on Feb.16.
Brown aims to seek approval from faculty and the Corporation in May to convert the Watson Institute for International and Public Affairs into a school for international and public affairs, Provost Francis Doyle said at Tuesday鈥檚 faculty meeting.
Faculty approved a new standing committee to review gifts and grants for compliance with Brown鈥檚 Gift Acceptance and Openness in Research policies at Tuesday鈥檚 faculty meeting.
Justin Bolsen 鈥�26 placed second in his appearance on 鈥淛eopardy!鈥� this Tuesday night with a final score of $9,958. Bolsen walked away from the show with a $5,000 prize.
DoorDash, a popular food delivery company, has partnered with Farm Fresh RI鈥檚 Harvest Kitchen program to increase 鈥渟upport to program participants outside of the culinary program hours,鈥� according to a press release from DoorDash. Harvest Kitchen trainees will receive $2,500 in DoorDash gift cards ...
Two weeks ago, Rhode Island School of Design staff installed a metal structure over an air vent next to 2 College St., a site where an unhoused woman usually sleeps. On Feb. 22, Waverly Huang, a RISD sophomore, started a petition to have the grate removed, which amassed over 1,000 signatures. A day ...
Brown University will reinstate standardized testing requirements for most applicants to the College beginning with the class of 2029, according to University administrators.
On Monday night, the Student Government Association began its Spring 2024 election cycle for its three branches 鈥� the Undergraduate Council of Students, the Undergraduate Financial Board and the Class Coordinating Board 鈥� with two information sessions. The sessions were the first two of SGA鈥檚 ...
Inside Stephen Robert 鈥�62 Hall, through the double doors on Brook Street, passers-by are immediately immersed in Mahnoor Hussain鈥檚 new exhibition 鈥淒igitizing the Miniature: Mahnoor Hussain and the Spirit of Feminism.鈥�
