Ratty renovations still on table
While President Christina Paxson’s P’19 operational plan elaborates on a previously discussed intention to update the Sharpe Refectory, students should not expect construction to begin in the next...
View ArticleJane Goodall named Lecture Board speaker
World-renowned English primatologist Jane Goodall will speak at Brown Oct. 19, representatives of the Brown Lecture Board told The Herald. “Jane has polled consistently highly in the past Lecture Board...
View ArticleMen’s Story Project explores facets of masculinity
Across campus, programs like the Gender, Power and Sexuality workshop — formerly FemSex — and Sexual Assault Peer Education foster conversations to help students examine issues of identity and gendered...
View ArticleBrown misses emission target, sets new green initiatives
For the first time in eight years, Brown’s campus saw an increase in greenhouse gas emissions, according to the fiscal year 2015 Sustainability Progress Report released Oct. 9 by the Office of...
View ArticleNimfa DeVecchis, CIS staff member, dies
Nimfa DeVecchis, a staff member in Computing and Information Services, died Wednesday, wrote Karen Davis, vice president for human resources, in a community-wide email. She was 55. DeVecchis served as...
View ArticleService Response team seeks higher pay, additional staff
The University’s Service Response staff members, who are responsible for handling immediate service needs in all 250 University buildings, have expressed dissatisfaction with low pay and understaffing...
View ArticleBrownTogether campaign to fund campus renovations
The University plans to raise $600 million for campus development under the “BrownTogether” comprehensive campaign. The most significant coming projects are the new School of Engineering building, an...
View ArticleRock to gain grad student study space
Next spring, the Rockefeller Library will undergo a renovation to add a graduate student study center, said University Librarian Harriette Hemmasi. The addition marks a change from the past 10 years,...
View ArticleTrans Week celebrates varied gender expression
Simultaneously queering gender and time, Trans Week — a two-week series of events sponsored by GenderAction with the LGBTQ Center and largely spearheaded by Sana Teramoto ’16 — is designed to empower...
View ArticleTask force aims to rid Med School courses of racial bias
A substantial portion of the curriculum for first- and second-year students at Alpert Medical School contains racially biased information, according to the findings of a group of students. The students...
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