Khan named medical director of health services
July 17, 2014
Unab Khan has been named medical director of health services at Brown.
Annenberg initiative awarded $50K
July 16, 2014
The Annenberg Institute for School Reform has been awarded a $50,000 grant to support the Urban Philanthropists Network a new initiative that brings together organizations working to prepare disadvantaged students for college.
McNeil to direct student veteran programming
July 14, 2014
Karen McNeil has been named program director in the Office of Student Veterans and Commissioning Programs. Ricky Gresh, director of campus life projects in that office, sent out the following announcement about McNeil's appointment.
Brown holds annual college fair
July 11, 2014
Brown held its 23rd Annual Summer@Brown College Fair on Thursday, July 10. More than 1,500 summer and local high school students had the opportunity to meet with representatives from 100 colleges, universities and conservatories.
Four faculty named to 'Most Influential' list
July 11, 2014
Four Brown University faculty members were named among the world's most highly cited researchers for 2014 on a list compiled by Thomson Reuters.
President Paxson at Aspen Ideas Festival
July 3, 2014
President Christina Paxson was in Colorado for a few days before the Fourth of July, participating in the Aspen Ideas Festival.
The contemplative studies concentration
June 30, 2014
In May, the College Curriculum Council approved contemplative studies as a concentration, turning the 10-year-old Contemplative Studies Initiative into a full-fledged degree option for students and making it the first college major of its kind in North America. Harold Roth, professor of religious studies and director of the Contemplative Studies Initiative, spoke with Courtney Coelho about the new concentration.
2014 Solar Decathlon Europe
RISD/Brown/Erfurt team unveils unique fabric solar house
June 27, 2014
A team of students from RISD, Brown, and the University of Applied Sciences Erfurt, now in France, has unpacked and reassembled a solar house they built in Providence this spring. They are in an international competition on the grounds of the Palace of Versailles. Popular voting is underway online.
Morone named director of Taubman Center
June 24, 2014
James Morone, professor of political science and urban studies, has been named director of the A. Alfred Taubman Center for Public Policy and American Institutions. He begins his new duties July 1, 2014.
Day of discovery
First-graders flood campus
June 13, 2014
On a very soggy Friday in June, 55 first-graders from the Paul Cuffee School in Providence flooded campus for a series of activities that supported their classroom work studying multiple intelligences.